Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-09-17

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.29/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$130.29

50 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$2.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.89

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	130.46	662	46
Medium and Large 2	430	128.42	552	4thin

One grade step is worth $2.04/cwt here — about $109 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 sale50 hd

130.29

—

FL average10 barns · 1,173 hd

128.40

+1.89

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,185	53.00	628	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,017	45.94	467	6thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	45.94/cwt	45.00–47.00	467	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	51.45/cwt	48.00–55.00	610	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	57.26/cwt	57.00–58.00	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	168.56/cwt	165.00–172.00	728	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	187.36/cwt	182.50–192.50	674	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	160.84/cwt	157.00–165.00	510	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	150.40/cwt	146.00–155.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	115.96/cwt	115.00–125.00	675	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	137.42/cwt	136.00–140.00	595	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	139.06/cwt	137.00–142.00	520	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	570	141.59/cwt	138.00–145.00	807	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	128.42/cwt	125.00–132.00	552	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	128.66/cwt	127.00–131.00	668	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	129.29/cwt	127.00–133.00	605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	112.68/cwt	110.00–118.00	739	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	988	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	782	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	148.21/cwt	145.00–155.00	646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	147.06/cwt	145.00–150.00	629	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	161.06/cwt	159.00–162.50	689	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	367	174.66/cwt	172.00–177.50	641	4

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 17, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 425Last week 565Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 33Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 79Last week 76Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,017	45.00–47.00	45.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,185	48.00–55.00	51.45
4	—	1,185	57.00–58.00	57.26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	432	165.00–172.00	168.56
4	—	360	182.50–192.50	187.36
2	—	470	146.00–155.00	150.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	317	157.00–165.00	160.84
3	—	436	145.00–155.00	148.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	582	115.00–125.00	115.96
9	—	433	136.00–140.00	137.42
7	—	374	137.00–142.00	139.06
5	—	519	127.00–131.00	128.66
4	—	468	127.00–133.00	129.29
3	—	656	110.00–118.00	112.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	570	138.00–145.00	141.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	125.00–132.00	128.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	145.00–150.00	147.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	159.00–162.50	161.06
4	—	367	172.00–177.50	174.66

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)	10	—	1,040	95.00	95.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	920	85.00	85.00

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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle