Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-09-19

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Sep 19
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
850 head
▲ 373 vs last sale 477▲ 177 vs year ago 673 · +26.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 110▲ 49 vs year ago 89 · +55.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 45▲ 41 vs year ago 75 · +54.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.05/cwt on 158 head.
Average price
$168.05
158 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$830
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.58
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495175.3986782
Medium and Large 2493160.1379076
One grade step is worth $15.26/cwt here — about $78 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 sale158 hd
168.05
—
FL average9 barns · 887 hd
171.63
−3.58
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—Average1,253102.671,2864thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21578.4695332
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10465.6972532

Every lot

39 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330210.15/cwt205.00–215.006936
Steers—Medium and Large 1373213.62/cwt210.00–217.507976
Steers—Medium and Large 2390174.94/cwt170.00–180.006826
Steers—Medium and Large 1432193.74/cwt190.00–200.0083713
Steers—Medium and Large 2436168.70/cwt165.00–175.0073616
Steers—Medium and Large 1470177.41/cwt170.00–179.0083411
Steers—Medium and Large 2490163.65/cwt160.00–167.0080221
Steers—Medium and Large 2526154.16/cwt148.00–158.0081120
Steers—Medium and Large 1527166.17/cwt163.00–168.0087614
Steers—Medium and Large 1559157.85/cwt156.00–165.0088227
Steers—Medium and Large 2566146.24/cwt145.00–153.0082813
Steers—Medium and Large 1616156.17/cwt153.00–161.009625
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1208199.14/cwt197.50–200.004143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2225164.89/cwt160.00–170.003714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270182.19/cwt177.00–187.004924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320153.28/cwt150.00–155.004909
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329147.70/cwt145.00–150.004869
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372142.45/cwt140.00–145.0053019
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426137.66/cwt135.00–142.0058610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427144.06/cwt140.00–152.0061517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523133.55/cwt130.00–135.006987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528141.77/cwt140.00–147.0074947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement531160.73/cwt160.00–162.008538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571144.12/cwt142.00–145.008237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement613163.26/cwt163.00–164.001,0014
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1223248.26/cwt225.00–270.005542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1326203.39/cwt197.50–212.506635
Bulls—Medium and Large 1384201.86/cwt197.50–205.007757
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438174.91/cwt170.00–180.007662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522153.28/cwt152.00–155.008007
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523145.87/cwt142.00–150.007636
Bulls—Medium and Large 1582146.32/cwt145.00–149.008523
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,253102.67/cwt100.00–109.001,2864
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08569.93/cwt67.00–73.0075917
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12560.89/cwt58.00–63.0068515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20477.85/cwt75.00–80.0093729
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32384.31/cwt84.00–85.001,1153
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,008117.19/cwt115.00–125.001,1816
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,18090.71/cwt86.00–100.001,07018

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.