Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2018-04-16

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Apr 16
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
219 head
10 vs last sale 229 219 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
20 vs last sale 44 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
11 vs last sale 40 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder classes mostly steady in limited test. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.75/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$159.75
26 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$190
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$0.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
20.95
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543159.8586820
Medium and Large 2425159.436786thin
One grade step is worth $0.42/cwt here — about $190 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 sale26 hd
159.75
FL average9 barns · 561 hd
180.71
−20.95
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
BullsAverage1,66384.171,4002thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average98057.005594thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02451.865318thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
BullsMedium and Large 2478141.62/cwt140.00–145.006773
BullsMedium and Large 2375157.40/cwt155.00–160.005904
BullsMedium and Large 2578131.05/cwt127.00–135.007576
HeifersMedium and Large 1520125.00/cwt125.00–125.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 1474133.92/cwt132.00–140.006354
HeifersMedium and Large 1569120.00/cwt120.00–120.006834
SteersMedium and Large 1915113.73/cwt110.00–118.001,0414
HeifersMedium and Large 1420137.00/cwt137.00–137.005751
SteersMedium and Large 1372190.48/cwt188.00–195.007093
HeifersMedium and Large 1627118.33/cwt116.00–120.007426
SteersMedium and Large 1525154.50/cwt154.00–155.008112
SteersMedium and Large 1474163.34/cwt157.50–167.507747
SteersMedium and Large 1428179.57/cwt177.00–182.007694
SteersMedium and Large 2375169.14/cwt167.50–170.006343
SteersMedium and Large 2475149.72/cwt147.00–155.007113
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0301,091.50/cwt1,075.00–1,100.0011,2423
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,11072.50/cwt72.50–72.508055
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-295573.75/cwt72.50–75.007042
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-292282.45/cwt80.00–87.507603
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2933100.12/cwt90.00–110.009344
Bulls1,66384.17/cwt82.00–86.001,4002
CowsBoner 80-85%98057.00/cwt56.00–60.005594
CowsLean 85-90%1,02451.86/cwt50.00–54.005318

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.