Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter classes fully steady. Feeder classes steady to weak. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $166.52/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −38.77 against this barn's trailing median of $205.29.

Average price

$166.52

34 head · 362 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$8.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.67

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	363	170.22	618	19thin
Medium and Large 2	361	161.84	585	15thin

One grade step is worth $8.38/cwt here — about $34 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 sale34 hd

166.52

—

FL average7 barns · 328 hd

153.85

+12.67

This barn, trailing median3 sales

205.29

−38.77

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	1,543	82.23	1,269	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,409	62.95	887	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,215	57.63	700	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	976	49.53	483	4thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	55.58/cwt	54.00–57.00	636	12
Bulls	—	—	1,765	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,553	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	49.53/cwt	45.00–51.00	483	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	62.95/cwt	62.00–66.00	887	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	60.09/cwt	58.00–63.00	781	10
Bulls	—	—	1,488	80.79/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,202	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	989.97/cwt	925.00–1,050.00	11,909	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	754.35/cwt	650.00–850.00	8,675	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	142.45/cwt	140.00–145.00	755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	190.08/cwt	188.00–192.00	633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	176.77/cwt	172.00–182.00	659	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	137.46/cwt	136.00–139.00	790	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	132.94/cwt	130.00–139.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	568	134.66/cwt	134.00–135.00	765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	662	126.34/cwt	126.00–128.00	836	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	130.43/cwt	128.00–133.00	489	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	141.95/cwt	140.00–144.00	610	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	329	167.78/cwt	165.00–170.00	552	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	376	158.48/cwt	152.50–162.00	596	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	172.29/cwt	168.00–177.00	560	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	166.67/cwt	164.00–170.00	715	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	151.16/cwt	147.50–155.00	650	2

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 Sep 3, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 334Last week 462Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 42Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 117Last week 51Year ago 0

Slaughter classes fully steady. Feeder classes steady to weak. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,145	54.00–57.00	55.58
10	—	1,300	58.00–63.00	60.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	976	45.00–51.00	49.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,409	62.00–66.00	62.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,765	88.00	88.00
4	—	1,488	77.00–85.00	80.79

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)	18	—	1,203	925.00–1,050.00	989.97
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,150	650.00–850.00	754.35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	140.00–145.00	142.45
2	—	333	188.00–192.00	190.08
8	—	373	172.00–182.00	176.77
10	—	575	136.00–139.00	137.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	485	130.00–139.00	132.94
8	—	430	140.00–144.00	141.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	134.00–135.00	134.66
6	—	662	126.00–128.00	126.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	128.00–133.00	130.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	329	165.00–170.00	167.78
6	—	376	152.50–162.00	158.48
2	—	430	147.50–155.00	151.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	325	168.00–177.00	172.29
7	—	429	164.00–170.00	166.67

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

Reporter comment USDA

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle