Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-01-21

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.76/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$138.76

75 head · 366 lb average

Value per head Derived

$508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$4.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.63

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	382	140.94	539	40
Medium and Large 2	347	136.26	473	35

One grade step is worth $4.67/cwt here — about $66 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 sale75 hd

138.76

—

FL average10 barns · 1,056 hd

141.39

−2.63

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	1,662	68.58	1,140	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,220	47.92	585	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	42.05	463	6thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	187	277.47/cwt	275.00–280.00	519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	326	164.90/cwt	160.00–167.50	538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	183.61/cwt	180.00–187.50	505	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	272	161.08/cwt	157.50–165.00	438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	146.12/cwt	142.50–150.00	621	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	138.25/cwt	137.50–139.00	590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	162.42/cwt	160.00–167.50	536	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	262	187.57/cwt	185.00–190.00	491	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	156.94/cwt	155.00–160.00	678	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	147.42/cwt	145.00–152.50	638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	276	173.25/cwt	170.00–175.00	478	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	137.11/cwt	135.00–140.00	447	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	130.47/cwt	129.00–132.00	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	120.95/cwt	119.00–123.00	643	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	160.57/cwt	157.50–165.00	605	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	152.08/cwt	146.00–155.00	570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	154.82/cwt	150.00–157.50	489	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	128.59/cwt	127.00–132.00	553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	131.46/cwt	129.00–135.00	493	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	166.57/cwt	165.00–170.00	460	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	140.94/cwt	140.00–145.00	479	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	139.04/cwt	137.50–145.00	534	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	267	152.38/cwt	150.00–155.00	407	4
Bulls	—	—	1,705	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,228	1
Bulls	—	—	1,648	67.44/cwt	66.00–70.00	1,111	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	42.05/cwt	41.00–43.00	463	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	47.92/cwt	46.00–50.00	585	9

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 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 248Last week 225Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 26Year 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	—	187	275.00–280.00	277.47
3	—	326	160.00–167.50	164.90
4	—	275	180.00–187.50	183.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	272	157.50–165.00	161.08
6	—	425	142.50–150.00	146.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	427	137.50–139.00	138.25
4	—	470	129.00–132.00	130.47
4	—	532	119.00–123.00	120.95
6	—	276	165.00–170.00	166.57
10	—	340	140.00–145.00	140.94
14	—	384	137.50–145.00	139.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	326	135.00–140.00	137.11
6	—	430	127.00–132.00	128.59
7	—	375	129.00–135.00	131.46
4	—	267	150.00–155.00	152.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	160.00–167.50	162.42
4	—	262	185.00–190.00	187.57
5	—	432	155.00–160.00	156.94
7	—	377	157.50–165.00	160.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	145.00–152.50	147.42
6	—	276	170.00–175.00	173.25
3	—	375	146.00–155.00	152.08
6	—	316	150.00–157.50	154.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	72.00	72.00
3	—	1,648	66.00–70.00	67.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,100	41.00–43.00	42.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,220	46.00–50.00	47.92

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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