Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-10-10

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Oct 10
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
820 head
▲ 200 vs last sale 620▲ 120 vs year ago 700 · +17.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 88▼ 50 vs year ago 127 · −39.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
123 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 116▲ 10 vs year ago 113 · +8.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.95/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$138.95
96 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.69
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445142.9663665
Medium and Large 2426130.5355631
One grade step is worth $12.44/cwt here — about $80 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 sale96 hd
138.95
—
FL average9 barns · 986 hd
138.25
+0.69
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26167.5485118
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47864.339518thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12859.7867432

Every lot

32 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1273172.39/cwt170.00–175.004712
Steers—Medium and Large 1332178.42/cwt175.00–180.005923
Steers—Medium and Large 1370166.88/cwt162.50–170.006175
Steers—Medium and Large 2372158.95/cwt157.50–160.005915
Steers—Medium and Large 2428153.97/cwt152.50–155.006595
Steers—Medium and Large 1432167.08/cwt162.50–170.0072215
Steers—Medium and Large 1471152.86/cwt150.00–157.507206
Steers—Medium and Large 1520148.73/cwt147.50–150.007734
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329160.14/cwt157.50–165.0052714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333144.14/cwt142.50–145.004803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371146.85/cwt142.00–150.005458
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380133.92/cwt132.50–140.0050910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424126.46/cwt125.00–130.005367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435136.81/cwt135.00–142.5059512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471127.09/cwt125.00–130.005997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483138.69/cwt137.50–142.506708
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533135.85/cwt135.00–137.5072423
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533124.96/cwt122.00–128.006664
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278157.34/cwt155.00–160.004374
Bulls—Medium and Large 1321176.03/cwt170.00–180.0056516
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365158.24/cwt155.00–160.005786
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378159.11/cwt157.50–162.506013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433147.97/cwt145.00–152.006418
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435156.21/cwt155.00–160.006804
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478152.89/cwt150.00–157.507315
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12762.00/cwt59.00–64.0069916
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12857.56/cwt55.00–59.0064916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21966.78/cwt65.00–69.0081414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40670.20/cwt69.00–71.009874
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47864.33/cwt63.00–67.009518
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2955135.55/cwt120.00–154.001,2955
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2998100.27/cwt88.00–112.001,00112

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.