Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2026-10-12

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Oct 12
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
510 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 556▼ 60 vs year ago 570 · −10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 54▼ 48 vs year ago 85 · −56.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 66▲ 20 vs year ago 110 · +18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Feeder and replacement cows fully steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.78/cwt on 10 head, up $26.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 15 comparable sales and sits −48.71 against this barn's trailing median of $381.49.
Average price
$332.78
▲ 26.32 vs prior sale
10 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,850
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−2.63
vs FL average
−39.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556332.781,85010thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
332.78
—
FL average6 barns · 154 hd
335.41
−2.63
National average193 barns · 18,908 hd
372.76
−39.98
This barn, trailing median15 sales
381.49
−48.71
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 500–600 lb

15 sales
439390341292median 381.4905/1106/1507/2710/0510/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $425.28, low $306.46, median $381.49 across 15 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—Average1,577172.042,71216
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,238137.181,69816

Every lot

40 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325580.92/cwt560.00–600.001,88822
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373481.01/cwt450.00–510.001,7944
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374524.06/cwt490.00–560.001,96015
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423416.04/cwt390.00–440.001,76018
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430365.35/cwt350.00–380.001,5714
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475392.89/cwt380.00–405.001,86630
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525380.29/cwt370.00–390.001,99718
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573365.46/cwt350.00–380.002,0948
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619335.15/cwt310.00–345.002,07514
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655340.92/cwt330.00–352.002,23312
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723280.48/cwt260.00–300.002,0286
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270585.83/cwt570.00–600.001,5826
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273520.92/cwt500.00–540.001,4224
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323531.09/cwt510.00–550.001,71544
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325431.15/cwt405.00–455.001,40112
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373386.64/cwt350.00–420.001,4424
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375445.53/cwt425.00–465.001,6714
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425385.53/cwt370.00–400.001,63922
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425330.47/cwt310.00–350.001,4044
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470367.74/cwt360.00–375.001,72844
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530335.09/cwt330.00–340.001,7764
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573331.24/cwt320.00–342.001,8986
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623325.10/cwt320.00–330.002,02526
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220682.05/cwt650.00–710.001,50118
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2228531.65/cwt500.00–560.001,2126
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270575.33/cwt550.00–610.001,5535
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1276630.07/cwt590.00–660.001,73911
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323481.43/cwt450.00–510.001,55514
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1326584.67/cwt560.00–610.001,90615
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373525.50/cwt510.00–540.001,9608
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374478.93/cwt450.00–500.001,7919
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473385.19/cwt380.00–390.001,82216
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522360.34/cwt350.00–375.001,8815
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530320.19/cwt300.00–330.001,6973
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,540170.40/cwt166.00–174.002,62414
Bulls——1,833183.51/cwt183.00–184.003,3642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238137.18/cwt134.00–140.001,69816
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,065258.94/cwt220.00–290.002,75816
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,196165.82/cwt160.00–174.001,98315
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,058220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,32826

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.