Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-03-11

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $166.88/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −38.41 against this barn's trailing median of $205.29.

Average price

$166.88

54 head · 407 lb average

Value per head Derived

$679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$12.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.20

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	402	170.81	686	37
Medium and Large 2	418	158.33	661	17thin

One grade step is worth $12.48/cwt here — about $25 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.34, low $201.59, median $205.29 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale54 hd

166.88

—

FL average10 barns · 440 hd

165.68

+1.20

This barn, trailing median3 sales

205.29

−38.41

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	1,665	84.56	1,408	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,129	59.13	668	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,011	53.85	544	5thin

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	—	217	200.29/cwt	195.00–205.00	435	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	152.56/cwt	151.00–155.00	877	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	173.60/cwt	170.00–177.50	559	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	165.20/cwt	160.00–169.00	719	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	160.99/cwt	157.50–169.00	757	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	177.36/cwt	172.50–180.00	647	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	166.36/cwt	163.00–170.00	624	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	161.39/cwt	160.00–164.00	510	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	147.57/cwt	145.00–150.00	553	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	142.41/cwt	140.00–145.00	605	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	82.89/cwt	80.00–85.00	744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	160.50/cwt	160.00–162.50	438	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	138.47/cwt	137.00–140.00	658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	152.93/cwt	150.00–155.00	502	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	170.71/cwt	169.00–174.00	796	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	156.14/cwt	152.50–160.00	675	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	147.22/cwt	146.00–149.00	698	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	185.58/cwt	182.00–189.00	770	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	186.71/cwt	185.00–190.00	614	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	186.90/cwt	184.00–190.00	695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	168.36/cwt	165.00–172.00	542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	153.69/cwt	150.00–155.00	563	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	150.98/cwt	150.00–152.00	652	4
Bulls	—	—	1,665	84.56/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,408	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	914	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	58.75/cwt	56.00–61.00	655	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	53.85/cwt	53.00–55.00	544	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 Mar 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 268Last week 197Year ago 437

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 20Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 59Last week 24Year ago 51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	217	195.00–205.00	200.29
5	—	575	151.00–155.00	152.56
6	—	322	170.00–177.50	173.60
6	—	435	160.00–169.00	165.20
7	—	470	157.50–169.00	160.99
9	—	365	172.50–180.00	177.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	375	163.00–170.00	166.36
4	—	432	152.50–160.00	156.14
5	—	474	146.00–149.00	147.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	316	160.00–164.00	161.39
5	—	273	160.00–162.50	160.50
4	—	366	150.00–155.00	153.69
4	—	432	150.00–152.00	150.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	145.00–150.00	147.57
4	—	425	140.00–145.00	142.41
4	—	475	137.00–140.00	138.47
5	—	328	150.00–155.00	152.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	466	169.00–174.00	170.71
4	—	415	182.00–189.00	185.58
11	—	329	185.00–190.00	186.71
2	—	372	184.00–190.00	186.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	322	165.00–172.00	168.36

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)	5	—	897	80.00–85.00	82.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,665	82.00–87.00	84.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	66.00	66.00
18	—	1,115	56.00–61.00	58.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,011	53.00–55.00	53.85

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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