Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-01-14

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.01/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$141.01

51 head · 362 lb average

Value per head Derived

$510

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$10.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.86

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	353	144.87	511	32
Medium and Large 2	377	134.51	508	19thin

One grade step is worth $10.36/cwt here — about $3 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 sale51 hd

141.01

—

FL average10 barns · 912 hd

141.86

−0.86

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	1,587	67.27	1,067	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,370	46.00	630	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,216	42.06	511	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	965	37.55	362	5thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1	—	432	150.66/cwt	147.50–154.00	651	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	376	159.89/cwt	157.50–165.00	601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	172.86/cwt	170.00–177.50	570	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	276	183.08/cwt	180.00–187.50	505	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	164.81/cwt	160.00–170.00	445	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	150.07/cwt	147.50–152.50	563	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	467	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	168.65/cwt	165.00–172.50	624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	163.09/cwt	159.00–165.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	195.85/cwt	192.00–200.00	529	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	180.75/cwt	180.00–182.00	589	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	139.88/cwt	137.50–145.00	396	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	128.63/cwt	126.00–134.00	561	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	136.10/cwt	132.50–140.00	504	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	126.88/cwt	125.00–127.50	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	139.63/cwt	137.50–142.50	445	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	149.85/cwt	147.50–155.00	414	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	155.75/cwt	155.00–160.00	526	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	142.23/cwt	140.00–145.00	531	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	131.62/cwt	130.00–135.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	227	166.29/cwt	165.00–167.50	377	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	137.44/cwt	135.00–140.00	591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	144.55/cwt	142.50–147.50	483	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	57.94/cwt	55.00–61.00	632	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	49.32/cwt	46.00–54.00	510	10
Bulls	—	—	2,285	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,691	1
Bulls	—	—	1,412	65.59/cwt	64.00–69.00	926	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	42.06/cwt	41.00–43.00	511	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	630	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	37.55/cwt	35.00–41.00	362	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 Jan 14, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 225Last week 192Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 19Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 41Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	432	147.50–154.00	150.66
3	—	376	157.50–165.00	159.89
5	—	330	170.00–177.50	172.86
7	—	276	180.00–187.50	183.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	270	160.00–170.00	164.81
4	—	375	147.50–152.50	150.07
6	—	338	155.00–160.00	155.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	207.50	207.50
2	—	370	165.00–172.50	168.65
3	—	425	159.00–165.00	163.09
4	—	270	192.00–200.00	195.85
5	—	326	180.00–182.00	180.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	283	137.50–145.00	139.88
3	—	436	126.00–134.00	128.63
4	—	370	132.50–140.00	136.10
4	—	485	125.00–127.50	126.88
5	—	319	137.50–142.50	139.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	276	147.50–155.00	149.85
11	—	373	140.00–145.00	142.23
3	—	463	130.00–135.00	131.62
4	—	227	165.00–167.50	166.29
4	—	430	135.00–140.00	137.44
7	—	334	142.50–147.50	144.55

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)	2	—	1,090	55.00–61.00	57.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,035	46.00–54.00	49.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,285	74.00	74.00
4	—	1,412	64.00–69.00	65.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,216	41.00–43.00	42.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	46.00	46.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	965	35.00–41.00	37.55

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle