Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-10-01

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.36/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$131.36

84 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$2.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.43

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	470	132.47	622	52
Medium and Large 2	419	129.56	543	32

One grade step is worth $2.91/cwt here — about $79 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 sale84 hd

131.36

—

FL average9 barns · 857 hd

132.79

−1.43

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	—	Average	1,706	75.32	1,285	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,191	51.41	612	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,032	44.62	460	12

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Bulls	—	—	1,706	75.32/cwt	75.00–76.00	1,285	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,029	62.34/cwt	58.00–66.00	641	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	161.01/cwt	160.00–165.00	597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	169.23/cwt	167.50–172.50	552	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	126.96/cwt	125.00–129.00	602	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	121.93/cwt	119.00–125.00	649	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	141.64/cwt	140.00–142.50	596	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	143.94/cwt	142.50–150.00	541	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	133.38/cwt	130.00–137.00	490	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	521	131.71/cwt	130.00–135.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	576	129.14/cwt	128.00–131.00	744	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	118.43/cwt	115.00–122.00	563	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	132.59/cwt	128.00–135.00	565	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	116.46/cwt	115.00–118.00	670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	143.34/cwt	140.00–147.00	466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	149.32/cwt	148.00–155.00	493	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	81.89/cwt	77.50–87.00	834	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	142.43/cwt	140.00–145.00	665	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	132.92/cwt	130.00–136.00	704	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	136.67/cwt	135.00–142.00	592	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	367	147.41/cwt	145.00–150.00	541	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	154.81/cwt	152.00–161.00	656	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	55.56/cwt	55.00–57.00	684	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	50.02/cwt	48.00–52.00	589	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	44.62/cwt	42.00–47.00	460	12

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 Oct 1, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 459Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 98Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,706	75.00–76.00	75.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,232	55.00–57.00	55.56
12	—	1,177	48.00–52.00	50.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,032	42.00–47.00	44.62

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,029	58.00–66.00	62.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,018	77.50–87.00	81.89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	371	160.00–165.00	161.01
6	—	326	167.50–172.50	169.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	474	125.00–129.00	126.96
6	—	532	119.00–125.00	121.93
6	—	421	140.00–142.50	141.64
5	—	376	142.50–150.00	143.94
5	—	330	148.00–155.00	149.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	367	130.00–137.00	133.38
6	—	475	115.00–122.00	118.43
6	—	426	128.00–135.00	132.59
4	—	575	115.00–118.00	116.46
4	—	325	140.00–147.00	143.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	521	130.00–135.00	131.71
8	—	576	128.00–131.00	129.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	467	140.00–145.00	142.43
6	—	530	130.00–136.00	132.92
4	—	433	135.00–142.00	136.67
4	—	367	145.00–150.00	147.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	424	152.00–161.00	154.81

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle