Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-05-07

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $168.14/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −37.15 against this barn's trailing median of $205.29.

Average price

$168.14

52 head · 376 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$26.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.72

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	370	184.28	682	20
Medium and Large 3	276	158.67	438	8thin
Medium and Large 2	414	157.85	653	24

One grade step is worth $26.43/cwt here — about $28 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.34, low $201.59, median $205.29 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale52 hd

168.14

—

FL average10 barns · 329 hd

152.42

+15.72

This barn, trailing median3 sales

205.29

−37.15

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,393	53.33	743	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,086	53.16	577	12

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	53.33/cwt	52.00–54.00	743	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	149.01/cwt	145.00–152.00	705	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	272	168.09/cwt	165.00–170.00	457	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	931	51.09/cwt	47.00–55.00	476	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	169.28/cwt	168.00–172.00	730	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	217	190.29/cwt	185.00–195.00	413	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	898	125.73/cwt	117.00–130.00	1,129	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	93.81/cwt	90.00–97.50	947	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	149.73/cwt	147.00–155.00	783	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	159.53/cwt	155.00–162.00	751	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	169.49/cwt	169.00–170.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	145.74/cwt	142.00–149.00	770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	158.53/cwt	157.50–160.00	583	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	157.06/cwt	147.00–162.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	178.83/cwt	172.00–182.00	488	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	142.23/cwt	140.00–143.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	276	158.67/cwt	150.00–160.00	438	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	160.09/cwt	155.00–165.00	445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	152.45/cwt	150.00–158.00	633	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	316	154.72/cwt	150.00–157.00	489	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	172.01/cwt	169.50–175.00	636	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	171.76/cwt	170.00–173.00	816	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	163.26/cwt	162.50–164.00	697	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	220	256.36/cwt	250.00–270.00	564	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	186.20/cwt	185.00–187.50	503	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	57.71/cwt	57.00–58.00	646	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	51.64/cwt	47.00–55.00	555	9

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 May 7, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 231Last week 245Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 28Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 70Last week 57Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,393	52.00–54.00	53.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,120	57.00–58.00	57.71
9	—	1,075	47.00–55.00	51.64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	145.00–152.00	149.01
4	—	217	185.00–195.00	190.29
4	—	528	142.00–149.00	145.74
5	—	368	157.50–160.00	158.53
3	—	273	172.00–182.00	178.83
6	—	415	150.00–158.00	152.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	140.00–143.00	142.23
3	—	278	155.00–165.00	160.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	272	165.00–170.00	168.09
6	—	523	147.00–155.00	149.73
6	—	471	155.00–162.00	159.53
4	—	415	147.00–162.00	157.06
3	—	316	150.00–157.00	154.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	276	150.00–160.00	158.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	370	169.50–175.00	172.01
4	—	475	170.00–173.00	171.76
4	—	427	162.50–164.00	163.26
3	—	220	250.00–270.00	256.36
2	—	270	185.00–187.50	186.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	431	168.00–172.00	169.28
2	—	470	169.00–170.00	169.49
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	134.00	134.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	26	—	931	47.00–55.00	51.09
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	898	117.00–130.00	125.73
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,010	90.00–97.50	93.81

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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

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