Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-06-03

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jun 3
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
347 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 290▲ 142 vs year ago 205 · +69.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 67▲ 3 vs year ago 39 · +7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 116▼ 41 vs year ago 74 · −55.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle 3.00 to mostly 6.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.09/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$122.09
39 head · 376 lb average
Value per head Derived
$460
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$207
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.08
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475129.6161610thin
Medium and Large 2342119.5040929
One grade step is worth $10.11/cwt here — about $207 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
122.09
—
FL average10 barns · 652 hd
134.17
−12.08
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
Bulls—High1,77487.321,5497thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22360.8274417
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02051.7852812

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—473146.46/cwt145.00–148.006932
BullsMedium and Large 1—373146.29/cwt145.00–149.005463
BullsMedium and Large 1—427151.06/cwt149.00–155.006453
BullsMedium and Large 2—433127.46/cwt125.00–130.005524
BullsMedium and Large 2—473113.72/cwt112.50–115.005384
BullsMedium and Large 2—530115.51/cwt115.00–116.006124
BullsMedium and Large 2—327144.04/cwt140.00–145.004715
BullsMedium and Large 3—415116.24/cwt115.00–118.004825
HeifersMedium and Large 1—412131.38/cwt130.00–134.005413
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467129.26/cwt124.00–132.006043
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529128.55/cwt124.00–130.006804
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418113.27/cwt110.00–115.004733
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528109.75/cwt107.00–115.005793
HeifersMedium and Large 2—372116.96/cwt115.00–120.004355
HeifersMedium and Large 2—264123.74/cwt120.00–130.003278
HeifersMedium and Large 2—312122.18/cwt120.00–130.0038110
SteersMedium and Large 1—413156.18/cwt152.50–160.006452
SteersMedium and Large 1—470150.43/cwt147.00–154.007074
SteersMedium and Large 1—332159.37/cwt157.50–162.505296
SteersMedium and Large 2—431139.41/cwt135.00–143.006019
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—88276.12/cwt70.00–80.006715
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,00393.85/cwt90.00–97.509412
Bulls——1,96098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,9211
Bulls——1,74385.54/cwt83.00–88.001,4916
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25865.01/cwt64.00–66.008185
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20859.07/cwt56.00–62.0071412
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02051.78/cwt49.00–54.0052812

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.