Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-05-13

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, May 13
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
225 head
16 vs last sale 209 95 vs year ago 130 · +73.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
17 vs last sale 30 12 vs year ago 25 · 48.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
9 vs last sale 0 62 vs year ago 71 · 87.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls steady in light test. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Feeder and replacement cows very limited test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.49/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$165.49
40 head · 405 lb average
Value per head Derived
$671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$355
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.64
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431166.2071735
Medium and Large 2225160.543615thin
One grade step is worth $5.66/cwt here — about $355 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 sale40 hd
165.49
FL average10 barns · 409 hd
167.13
−1.64
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,21059.007141thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15949.425735thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00345.684583thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1375167.43/cwt165.00–172.506283
HeifersMedium and Large 1473141.54/cwt140.00–143.006692
HeifersMedium and Large 1377149.89/cwt147.50–155.005653
HeifersMedium and Large 1530136.29/cwt134.00–141.007223
HeifersMedium and Large 1430144.56/cwt142.00–147.006224
HeifersMedium and Large 1327150.77/cwt147.50–152.504939
HeifersMedium and Large 2268147.91/cwt145.00–150.003965
SteersMedium and Large 1415166.71/cwt165.00–170.006923
SteersMedium and Large 1537151.58/cwt149.00–157.008143
SteersMedium and Large 1275182.32/cwt177.50–187.505014
SteersMedium and Large 1370172.92/cwt170.00–175.006405
SteersMedium and Large 1581147.36/cwt146.00–153.008565
SteersMedium and Large 1624144.82/cwt143.00–146.009045
SteersMedium and Large 1326180.73/cwt177.50–187.5058910
SteersMedium and Large 2225160.54/cwt160.00–162.503615
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-296060.04/cwt57.50–62.505764
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15949.42/cwt49.00–50.005735
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,21059.00/cwt59.00–59.007141
CowsLean 85-90%1,00345.68/cwt45.00–46.004583

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.