Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-07-25

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jul 25
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
560 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 560▲ 0 vs year ago 560 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 91▼ 26 vs year ago 100 · −26.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 87▼ 10 vs year ago 80 · −12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.61/cwt on 123 head.
Average price
$138.61
123 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$207
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.66
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535139.2574581
Medium and Large 2392137.3653842
One grade step is worth $1.89/cwt here — about $207 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale123 hd
138.61
—
FL average9 barns · 1,030 hd
141.27
−2.66
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,712103.081,7655thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26974.1194020
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10162.4868817

Every lot

34 lots · USDA AMS · Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2377153.87/cwt150.00–160.005805
Steers—Medium and Large 2420157.30/cwt156.00–160.006613
Steers—Medium and Large 1430167.44/cwt165.00–170.007204
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added463166.00/cwt166.00–166.007697
Steers—Medium and Large 1478167.62/cwt166.00–171.008013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added518155.00/cwt155.00–155.008034
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added564156.27/cwt150.00–158.0088129
Steers—Medium and Large 1581157.38/cwt156.00–161.009147
Steers—Medium and Large 1624149.80/cwt147.00–153.009355
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added659149.44/cwt149.00–150.0098516
Steers—Medium and Large 1670146.47/cwt145.00–148.009814
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327138.27/cwt135.00–140.004529
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371138.20/cwt135.00–140.0051316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425141.29/cwt140.00–145.006004
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430136.17/cwt135.00–140.0058611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475135.97/cwt135.00–137.006466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479142.08/cwt140.00–145.006817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added482139.00/cwt139.00–139.0067010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added526142.55/cwt140.00–145.0075025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535136.94/cwt135.00–140.0073310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582135.30/cwt134.00–138.007879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added596141.00/cwt141.00–141.008405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added615134.00/cwt134.00–134.0082411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2271155.23/cwt150.00–160.0042111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373162.76/cwt160.00–165.006077
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430143.42/cwt140.00–147.006174
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475137.91/cwt135.00–142.5065510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1601140.93/cwt140.00–141.0084714
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,666100.35/cwt98.00–105.001,6724
Bulls——1,895114.00/cwt114.00–114.002,1601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10162.48/cwt60.00–66.0068817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19872.24/cwt70.00–74.0086510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33975.98/cwt75.00–77.001,01710
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-296681.85/cwt77.00–88.0079128

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.