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
Bulls—Average1,60384.791,3596thin
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
Bulls——1,60384.79/cwt78.00–95.001,3596
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,04563.59/cwt62.00–65.006654
SteersMedium and Large 1—375166.54/cwt165.00–168.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270132.62/cwt130.00–135.0035820
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433118.56/cwt115.00–122.005138
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568105.15/cwt100.00–110.005978
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528114.65/cwt110.00–119.006056
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470127.58/cwt125.00–130.006004
BullsMedium and Large 2—470133.58/cwt131.00–136.006288
BullsMedium and Large 2—428134.57/cwt132.00–137.005766
BullsMedium and Large 2—321154.18/cwt150.00–155.004956
BullsMedium and Large 2—235153.43/cwt150.00–157.003614
BullsMedium and Large 1—475144.51/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.