Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2026-06-08

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jun 8
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 369▼ 228 vs year ago 528 · −43.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 50▼ 24 vs year ago 59 · −40.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 38▼ 9 vs year ago 51 · −17.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Feeder and replacement cows' steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb bulls averaged $450.37/cwt on 25 head, up $8.53 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 22 comparable sales and sits +31.45 against this barn's trailing median of $418.92.
Average price
$450.37
▲ 8.53 vs prior sale
25 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,065
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$419
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$60.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.05
vs FL average

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478489.002,3379thin
Medium and Large 2448428.651,91816thin
One grade step is worth $60.36/cwt here — about $419 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale25 hd
450.37
—
FL average4 barns · 87 hd
457.42
−7.05
This barn, trailing median22 sales
418.92
+31.45
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

22 sales
512459406353median 418.9205/0406/0808/1009/2811/02
Bulls 400–500 lb: high $498.04, low $367.23, median $418.92 across 22 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,720206.923,5598thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,198182.212,18314
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,075165.261,7778thin

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 PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,085$3,4344thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360520.28/cwt500.00–540.001,8734
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425512.06/cwt495.00–520.002,1763
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476480.17/cwt470.00–485.002,28612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523437.58/cwt435.00–440.002,2894
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523391.88/cwt375.00–400.002,0503
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556437.03/cwt435.00–440.002,4305
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620382.70/cwt370.00–395.002,3736
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273540.46/cwt530.00–550.001,4754
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325590.92/cwt570.00–610.001,9204
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328495.95/cwt470.00–520.001,6274
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376491.69/cwt480.00–500.001,8497
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379425.15/cwt415.00–430.001,6116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430457.52/cwt420.00–475.001,9673
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467446.23/cwt440.00–455.002,0845
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523402.56/cwt400.00–405.002,1054
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2220650.91/cwt640.00–670.001,4326
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1223746.87/cwt740.00–750.001,6663
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275720.36/cwt700.00–730.001,9813
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328615.57/cwt600.00–630.002,0194
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330525.68/cwt510.00–540.001,7356
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365527.03/cwt520.00–540.001,9246
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373475.84/cwt450.00–500.001,7754
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418421.86/cwt410.00–455.001,7638
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477435.43/cwt410.00–450.002,0778
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478489.00/cwt470.00–520.002,3379
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,720206.92/cwt198.00–213.003,5598
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075165.26/cwt161.00–169.001,7778
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198182.21/cwt178.00–186.002,18314
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2905330.88/cwt310.00–350.002,99410
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,030210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,1636
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0853,433.76/head2,950.00–3,900.003,4344

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.