Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-12-10

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.20/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$134.20

33 head · 425 lb average

Value per head Derived

$570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$7.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.08

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	432	135.13	583	29
Medium and Large 2	376	127.47	479	4thin

One grade step is worth $7.66/cwt here — about $104 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 sale33 hd

134.20

—

FL average10 barns · 928 hd

129.12

+5.08

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	1,785	74.01	1,321	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,391	49.07	683	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,171	46.08	540	8thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	Medium and Large 2	—	436	142.30/cwt	137.00–144.00	620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	105.49/cwt	102.00–109.00	746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	156.30/cwt	155.00–157.50	422	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	127.47/cwt	124.00–129.00	479	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	127.46/cwt	125.00–130.00	602	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	376	148.59/cwt	147.00–152.00	559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	169.91/cwt	167.50–175.00	467	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	156.94/cwt	155.00–160.00	584	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	321	172.95/cwt	172.00–175.00	555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	218	194.22/cwt	192.50–198.00	423	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	272	188.58/cwt	185.00–192.50	513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	163.59/cwt	160.00–167.50	376	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	531	117.66/cwt	116.00–123.00	625	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	46.08/cwt	45.00–49.00	540	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,391	49.07/cwt	48.00–51.00	683	3
Bulls	—	—	1,785	74.01/cwt	73.00–75.00	1,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	111.75/cwt	110.00–119.00	599	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	148.53/cwt	147.50–150.00	492	5

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 Dec 10, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 242Last week 305Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 19Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	137.00–144.00	142.30
3	—	376	147.00–152.00	148.59
3	—	275	167.50–175.00	169.91
4	—	531	116.00–123.00	117.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	155.00–160.00	156.94
3	—	321	172.00–175.00	172.95
3	—	218	192.50–198.00	194.22
2	—	272	185.00–192.50	188.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	707	102.00–109.00	105.49
4	—	270	155.00–157.50	156.30
6	—	472	125.00–130.00	127.46
4	—	230	160.00–167.50	163.59
5	—	536	110.00–119.00	111.75
5	—	331	147.50–150.00	148.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	376	124.00–129.00	127.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	151.00	151.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,171	45.00–49.00	46.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,391	48.00–51.00	49.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,785	73.00–75.00	74.01

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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