Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2018-05-28

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, May 28
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
67 vs last sale 202 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
13 vs last sale 21 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
91 head
31 vs last sale 60 91 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows firm in very light test. Slaughter bulls untested. Feeder classes uneven but mostly weak in light test. Feeder and replacement cows firm with very good quality.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.87/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$151.87
37 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$697
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.06
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1471158.4774624
Medium and Large 2438139.7061213thin
One grade step is worth $18.77/cwt here — about $134 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 sale37 hd
151.87
FL average7 barns · 596 hd
151.81
+0.06
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25156.687096thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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 1320185.08/cwt182.50–187.505922
BullsMedium and Large 1422183.50/cwt182.50–184.007743
HeifersMedium and Large 1423154.31/cwt151.00–157.506532
HeifersMedium and Large 1478146.34/cwt142.00–149.007003
HeifersMedium and Large 1328181.11/cwt177.50–185.005944
HeifersMedium and Large 1525141.45/cwt139.00–144.007434
HeifersMedium and Large 1625152.17/cwt120.00–215.009516
HeifersMedium and Large 2428140.00/cwt140.00–140.0059910
HeifersMedium and Large 2472138.68/cwt138.00–140.006553
HeifersMedium and Large 1371170.46/cwt168.00–174.006325
SteersMedium and Large 1265217.55/cwt215.00–220.005772
SteersMedium and Large 2418161.88/cwt157.50–166.006772
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29911,215.37/cwt1,075.00–1,275.0012,04411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,055111.82/cwt105.00–122.501,18014
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09486.42/cwt82.50–92.5094512
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2954107.79/cwt92.50–125.001,0289
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16055.17/cwt53.00–57.006404
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43359.71/cwt58.00–61.008562

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.