Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2018-03-26

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Mar 26
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
246 head
35 vs last sale 211 246 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
11 vs last sale 22 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
17 vs last sale 39 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.41/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$171.41
58 head · 426 lb average
Value per head Derived
$730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
24.62
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447173.2377535
Medium and Large 2393168.6566323
One grade step is worth $4.59/cwt here — about $112 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 sale58 hd
171.41
FL average10 barns · 524 hd
196.03
−24.62
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
BullsLow1,70075.201,2784thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20758.7370912
CowsLean 85-90%Low94251.014814thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%94251.01/cwt48.00–52.004814
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20758.73/cwt58.00–62.0070912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10559.21/cwt54.00–64.006544
Bulls1,70075.20/cwt74.00–78.001,2784
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,09595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0401
SteersMedium and Large 1576154.06/cwt150.00–156.008873
HeifersMedium and Large 2483125.99/cwt124.00–127.006093
SteersMedium and Large 2362168.01/cwt162.50–170.006084
SteersMedium and Large 2525146.36/cwt145.00–149.007683
SteersMedium and Large 1475167.55/cwt165.00–170.0079610
SteersMedium and Large 1532157.56/cwt155.00–160.008388
SteersMedium and Large 1371190.45/cwt187.50–195.007078
SteersMedium and Large 1325190.23/cwt185.00–195.006186
SteersMedium and Large 2425164.82/cwt160.00–170.007008
SteersMedium and Large 2327181.15/cwt177.00–185.005928
HeifersMedium and Large 2421132.03/cwt130.00–134.005564
HeifersMedium and Large 2321141.79/cwt140.00–145.004553
HeifersMedium and Large 1271148.90/cwt140.00–157.5040412
HeifersMedium and Large 1528125.57/cwt120.00–127.006635
HeifersMedium and Large 1470132.55/cwt130.00–135.006234
BullsMedium and Large 2433157.00/cwt157.00–157.006803

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.