Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-02-25

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.84/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$151.84

39 head · 360 lb average

Value per head Derived

$547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$0.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.53

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	406	152.09	617	17thin
Medium and Large 2	324	151.64	492	22

One grade step is worth $0.45/cwt here — about $125 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 sale39 hd

151.84

—

FL average9 barns · 655 hd

148.31

+3.53

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	1,471	81.81	1,203	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,538	59.00	907	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	56.49	706	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	997	49.48	493	4thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	412	176.49/cwt	175.00–178.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	223	201.42/cwt	197.50–210.00	449	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	276	198.26/cwt	195.00–202.00	547	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	182.43/cwt	180.00–185.00	675	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	187.42/cwt	182.50–190.00	581	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	160.94/cwt	159.00–165.00	697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	161.63/cwt	160.00–165.00	687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	157.39/cwt	155.00–162.50	592	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	137.62/cwt	135.00–140.00	592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	151.06/cwt	147.00–153.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	123.65/cwt	122.00–125.00	774	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	146.80/cwt	145.00–152.50	565	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	189.73/cwt	187.00–192.50	734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	272	184.77/cwt	180.00–190.00	503	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	174.77/cwt	170.00–180.00	568	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	287	157.87/cwt	155.00–162.50	453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	222	159.92/cwt	157.50–162.50	355	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	162.40/cwt	160.00–165.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	164.09/cwt	162.50–167.50	456	3
Bulls	—	—	2,060	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,854	1
Bulls	—	—	1,373	80.44/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,104	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	880	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	49.48/cwt	48.00–51.00	493	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	56.49/cwt	53.00–58.00	706	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	929	1

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 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 250Last week 338Year ago 269

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 20Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	412	175.00–178.00	176.49
3	—	223	197.50–210.00	201.42
3	—	276	195.00–202.00	198.26
4	—	370	180.00–185.00	182.43
6	—	310	182.50–190.00	187.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	159.00–165.00	160.94
8	—	272	180.00–190.00	184.77
8	—	325	170.00–180.00	174.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	160.00–165.00	161.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	187.00	187.00
2	—	387	187.00–192.50	189.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	376	155.00–162.50	157.39
3	—	433	147.00–153.00	151.06
3	—	626	122.00–125.00	123.65
2	—	317	160.00–165.00	162.40
3	—	278	162.50–167.50	164.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	135.00–140.00	137.62
8	—	385	145.00–152.50	146.80
5	—	287	155.00–162.50	157.87
6	—	222	157.50–162.50	159.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,060	90.00	90.00
6	—	1,373	78.00–85.00	80.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	55.00	55.00
1	—	1,475	63.00	63.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	997	48.00–51.00	49.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,250	53.00–58.00	56.49

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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