Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2018-12-17

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Dec 17
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
138 vs last sale 242 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
2 vs last sale 25 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
58 vs last sale 0 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.65/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$158.65
26 head · 306 lb average
Value per head Derived
$486
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$49.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.31
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1220192.814248thin
Medium and Large 2345143.4649418thin
One grade step is worth $49.35/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale26 hd
158.65
FL average10 barns · 577 hd
161.95
−3.31
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,75072.081,2613thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22545.075526thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02640.464155thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%1,02640.46/cwt36.00–43.004155
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22545.07/cwt44.00–48.005526
Bulls1,75072.08/cwt70.00–74.001,2613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,08580.00/cwt80.00–80.008681
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,17759.36/cwt57.50–62.506996
SteersMedium and Large 2322143.48/cwt142.50–150.0046210
SteersMedium and Large 2373143.44/cwt140.00–150.005358
SteersMedium and Large 1220192.81/cwt190.00–195.004248
HeifersMedium and Large 2273142.21/cwt140.00–145.003888

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.