Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-10-22

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.76/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$132.76

50 head · 397 lb average

Value per head Derived

$527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$116

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

$1.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.42

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	348	133.46	464	23
Medium and Large 1	439	132.16	580	27

One grade step is worth $1.30/cwt here — about −$116 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

132.76

—

FL average10 barns · 870 hd

126.34

+6.42

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	1,630	71.92	1,173	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,242	47.24	587	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,037	40.14	416	6thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	132.95/cwt	131.00–135.00	831	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	612	137.04/cwt	135.00–139.00	839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	226	163.24/cwt	160.00–170.00	369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	115.73/cwt	115.00–120.00	603	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	142.46/cwt	140.00–145.00	406	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	123.03/cwt	122.00–125.00	523	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	180.93/cwt	177.00–185.00	773	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	168.37/cwt	165.00–172.00	455	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	134.91/cwt	132.50–140.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	132.92/cwt	129.00–135.00	556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	141.15/cwt	138.00–145.00	517	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	127.12/cwt	126.00–130.00	585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	239	147.69/cwt	145.00–152.00	353	5
Bulls	—	—	1,801	78.05/cwt	77.00–80.00	1,406	3
Bulls	—	—	1,545	68.86/cwt	65.00–72.00	1,064	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	50.05/cwt	49.00–51.00	653	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	46.44/cwt	43.00–47.00	568	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	40.14/cwt	37.00–43.00	416	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	147.67/cwt	147.00–149.00	761	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	177.57/cwt	175.00–180.00	648	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	150.23/cwt	149.00–151.00	706	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	160.91/cwt	157.00–165.00	692	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	272	179.77/cwt	175.00–185.00	489	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	332	162.44/cwt	160.00–165.00	539	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	152.57/cwt	150.00–155.00	713	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	183.38/cwt	180.00–187.00	691	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	138.45/cwt	136.00–141.00	651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	148.04/cwt	146.00–150.00	839	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 Oct 22, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 513Last week 479Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 72Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	131.00–135.00	132.95
2	—	427	177.00–185.00	180.93
4	—	467	150.00–155.00	152.57
10	—	377	180.00–187.00	183.38
4	—	567	146.00–150.00	148.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	136.00–141.00	138.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	612	135.00–139.00	137.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	226	160.00–170.00	163.24
7	—	521	115.00–120.00	115.73
3	—	418	129.00–135.00	132.92
5	—	366	138.00–145.00	141.15
7	—	460	126.00–130.00	127.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	285	140.00–145.00	142.46
12	—	425	122.00–125.00	123.03
5	—	239	145.00–152.00	147.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	270	165.00–172.00	168.37
3	—	476	132.50–140.00	134.91
4	—	332	160.00–165.00	162.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	147.00–149.00	147.67
4	—	365	175.00–180.00	177.57
5	—	470	149.00–151.00	150.23
6	—	430	157.00–165.00	160.91
10	—	272	175.00–185.00	179.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,801	77.00–80.00	78.05
6	—	1,545	65.00–72.00	68.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,305	49.00–51.00	50.05
14	—	1,224	43.00–47.00	46.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,037	37.00–43.00	40.14

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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