Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-12-12

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Dec 12
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
700 head
▼ 236 vs last sale 936▲ 86 vs year ago 614 · +14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
151 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 91▲ 25 vs year ago 126 · +19.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
313 head
▲ 104 vs last sale 209▲ 189 vs year ago 124 · +152.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Replacement type 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 $148.91/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$148.91
91 head · 410 lb average
Value per head Derived
$611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.40
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1375168.0163022
Medium and Large 2422142.8260269
One grade step is worth $25.19/cwt here — about $27 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 sale91 hd
148.91
—
FL average9 barns · 923 hd
154.31
−5.40
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—Average1,74290.351,5749thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36673.561,00536
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17962.7974023

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,125$1,2196
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)925$89112

Every lot

31 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1319199.44/cwt197.50–205.006368
Steers—Medium and Large 1416193.29/cwt188.00–197.5080414
Steers—Medium and Large 2435177.50/cwt177.50–177.507724
Steers—Medium and Large 1463181.62/cwt175.00–185.008413
Steers—Medium and Large 2475161.44/cwt160.00–167.5076710
Steers—Medium and Large 1524178.65/cwt175.00–182.509368
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1218226.72/cwt220.00–230.004943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273147.72/cwt145.00–150.004037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361163.93/cwt160.00–165.0059210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367149.01/cwt142.00–150.0054725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420159.39/cwt155.00–162.506695
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433145.98/cwt140.00–170.0063217
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468137.95/cwt135.00–140.006465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470144.95/cwt142.50–147.506814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533133.97/cwt129.00–136.007147
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573123.30/cwt120.00–129.007078
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1213275.18/cwt270.00–280.005864
Bulls—Medium and Large 2218213.82/cwt212.50–215.004662
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328174.39/cwt170.00–177.505725
Bulls—Medium and Large 1371188.24/cwt187.50–190.0069814
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63285.34/cwt85.00–86.001,3935
Bulls——1,88096.61/cwt95.00–100.001,8164
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07559.12/cwt57.00–60.006366
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21664.08/cwt62.00–66.0077917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35177.12/cwt75.00–80.001,04217
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37970.38/cwt67.00–74.0097119
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2932116.91/cwt110.00–124.001,09010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-293399.14/cwt96.00–102.009258
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-297378.03/cwt75.00–80.0075916
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2925890.54/head825.00–950.0089112
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,219.04/head1,150.00–1,350.001,2196

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.