Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-02-04

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.90/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$142.90

47 head · 394 lb average

Value per head Derived

$563

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$1.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.02

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	418	143.34	599	31
Medium and Large 2	347	142.06	493	16thin

One grade step is worth $1.28/cwt here — about $105 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 sale47 hd

142.90

—

FL average10 barns · 835 hd

142.92

−0.02

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	1,460	74.50	1,088	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,251	55.06	689	17

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	370	180.57/cwt	177.00–182.50	668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	166.71/cwt	165.00–170.00	709	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	133.30/cwt	130.00–135.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	272	201.42/cwt	195.00–205.00	548	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	180.27/cwt	175.00–185.00	496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	166.60/cwt	165.00–170.00	538	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	192.60/cwt	190.00–195.00	611	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	211.46/cwt	205.00–215.00	567	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	189.21/cwt	185.00–192.00	708	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	146.88/cwt	144.00–150.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	124.98/cwt	124.00–126.00	712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	143.24/cwt	142.50–144.00	619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	175.85/cwt	170.00–180.00	577	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	156.30/cwt	152.00–160.00	741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	162.71/cwt	160.00–165.00	695	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	167.30/cwt	165.00–170.00	619	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	128.13/cwt	126.00–130.00	670	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	138.48/cwt	138.00–140.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	143.25/cwt	140.00–145.00	456	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	147.51/cwt	144.00–150.00	491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	168.54/cwt	167.50–170.00	460	7
Bulls	—	—	1,255	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	866	1
Bulls	—	—	1,665	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,332	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	55.06/cwt	52.00–60.00	689	17

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 Feb 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 338Last week 248Year ago 235

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 20Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	177.00–182.50	180.57
3	—	425	165.00–170.00	166.71
3	—	518	130.00–135.00	133.30
8	—	272	195.00–205.00	201.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	175.00–185.00	180.27
3	—	323	165.00–170.00	166.60
19	—	370	165.00–170.00	167.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	317	190.00–195.00	192.60
3	—	268	205.00–215.00	211.46
5	—	374	185.00–192.00	189.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	328	170.00–180.00	175.85
5	—	474	152.00–160.00	156.30
9	—	427	160.00–165.00	162.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	144.00–150.00	146.88
2	—	570	124.00–126.00	124.98
4	—	432	142.50–144.00	143.24
11	—	523	126.00–130.00	128.13
5	—	333	144.00–150.00	147.51
7	—	273	167.50–170.00	168.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	138.00–140.00	138.48
12	—	318	140.00–145.00	143.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	69.00	69.00
1	—	1,665	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,251	52.00–60.00	55.06

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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