Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-06-10

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jun 10
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
187 vs last sale 347 268 vs year ago 428 · 62.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
10 vs last sale 42 27 vs year ago 25 · +108.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
23 vs last sale 33 28 vs year ago 38 · 73.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle and replacement cows not well tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.62/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$122.62
46 head · 401 lb average
Value per head Derived
$492
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$197
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.57
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2317128.6040728
Medium and Large 1533113.3060418thin
One grade step is worth $15.30/cwt here — about −$197 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 sale46 hd
122.62
FL average10 barns · 866 hd
132.19
−9.57
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
BullsAverage1,60384.791,3596thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33359.4879323
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08851.2855812

Every lot, as filed

15 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,08851.28/cwt48.00–54.0055812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33359.48/cwt56.00–63.0079323
Bulls1,60384.79/cwt78.00–95.001,3596
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04563.59/cwt62.00–65.006654
SteersMedium and Large 1375166.54/cwt165.00–168.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 2270132.62/cwt130.00–135.0035820
HeifersMedium and Large 2433118.56/cwt115.00–122.005138
HeifersMedium and Large 1568105.15/cwt100.00–110.005978
HeifersMedium and Large 1528114.65/cwt110.00–119.006056
HeifersMedium and Large 1470127.58/cwt125.00–130.006004
BullsMedium and Large 2470133.58/cwt131.00–136.006288
BullsMedium and Large 2428134.57/cwt132.00–137.005766
BullsMedium and Large 2321154.18/cwt150.00–155.004956
BullsMedium and Large 2235153.43/cwt150.00–157.003614
BullsMedium and Large 1475144.51/cwt144.00–145.006864

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.