Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-03-05

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $165.15/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$165.15

41 head · 387 lb average

Value per head Derived

$640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$15.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.42

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	383	170.07	652	28
Medium and Large 2	396	154.56	612	13thin

One grade step is worth $15.51/cwt here — about $39 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 sale41 hd

165.15

—

FL average10 barns · 860 hd

164.73

+0.42

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,750	89.00	1,558	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,452	64.07	930	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	61.97	728	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	57.87	587	11

Every lot, as filed

21 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	311	178.48/cwt	175.00–185.00	555	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	75.26/cwt	72.00–80.00	700	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	202.66/cwt	197.50–207.50	638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	171.72/cwt	170.00–175.00	732	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	181.76/cwt	175.00–185.00	682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	186.71/cwt	185.00–190.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	165.38/cwt	162.00–170.00	686	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	158.54/cwt	155.00–161.00	742	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	175.55/cwt	172.00–177.50	562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	178.28/cwt	175.00–180.00	588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	157.66/cwt	155.00–160.00	586	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	149.60/cwt	145.00–152.50	651	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	209.79/cwt	207.00–215.00	590	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	187.93/cwt	185.00–190.00	692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	172.48/cwt	170.00–175.00	636	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	191.86/cwt	187.50–194.00	629	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	61.97/cwt	60.00–66.00	728	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	57.87/cwt	54.00–61.00	587	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	64.07/cwt	62.00–65.00	930	4
Bulls	—	—	1,750	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,558	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,073	102.93/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,104	6

How this sale compares

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

Mon Mar 5, 2018

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 248Last week 269Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 30Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 64Last week 60Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	311	175.00–185.00	178.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	187.50–194.00	191.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	315	197.50–207.50	202.66
3	—	281	207.00–215.00	209.79
5	—	368	185.00–190.00	187.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	426	170.00–175.00	171.72
3	—	375	175.00–185.00	181.76
3	—	330	175.00–180.00	178.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	185.00–190.00	186.71
7	—	415	162.00–170.00	165.38
5	—	468	155.00–161.00	158.54
3	—	320	172.00–177.50	175.55
10	—	369	170.00–175.00	172.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	372	155.00–160.00	157.66
5	—	435	145.00–152.50	149.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	930	72.00–80.00	75.26
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,073	100.00–105.00	102.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,175	60.00–66.00	61.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,015	54.00–61.00	57.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,452	62.00–65.00	64.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	89.00	89.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Columbia Livestock Market

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle