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
BullsHigh1,77487.321,5497thin
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 1473146.46/cwt145.00–148.006932
BullsMedium and Large 1373146.29/cwt145.00–149.005463
BullsMedium and Large 1427151.06/cwt149.00–155.006453
BullsMedium and Large 2433127.46/cwt125.00–130.005524
BullsMedium and Large 2473113.72/cwt112.50–115.005384
BullsMedium and Large 2530115.51/cwt115.00–116.006124
BullsMedium and Large 2327144.04/cwt140.00–145.004715
BullsMedium and Large 3415116.24/cwt115.00–118.004825
HeifersMedium and Large 1412131.38/cwt130.00–134.005413
HeifersMedium and Large 1467129.26/cwt124.00–132.006043
HeifersMedium and Large 1529128.55/cwt124.00–130.006804
HeifersMedium and Large 2418113.27/cwt110.00–115.004733
HeifersMedium and Large 2528109.75/cwt107.00–115.005793
HeifersMedium and Large 2372116.96/cwt115.00–120.004355
HeifersMedium and Large 2264123.74/cwt120.00–130.003278
HeifersMedium and Large 2312122.18/cwt120.00–130.0038110
SteersMedium and Large 1413156.18/cwt152.50–160.006452
SteersMedium and Large 1470150.43/cwt147.00–154.007074
SteersMedium and Large 1332159.37/cwt157.50–162.505296
SteersMedium and Large 2431139.41/cwt135.00–143.006019
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-288276.12/cwt70.00–80.006715
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,00393.85/cwt90.00–97.509412
Bulls1,96098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,9211
Bulls1,74385.54/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.