Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-06-24

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jun 24
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
326 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 312▼ 20 vs year ago 346 · −5.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 53▲ 6 vs year ago 34 · +17.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 25▼ 14 vs year ago 49 · −28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: slaughter cows and bulls fully steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.16/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$125.16
69 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.21
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488126.5661738
Medium and Large 2459123.8656824
Medium and Large 3325122.013977thin
One grade step is worth $4.55/cwt here — about $221 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 sale69 hd
125.16
—
FL average9 barns · 757 hd
128.37
−3.21
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—Average1,75091.231,5973thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34563.008472thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23861.1775715
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05053.5856312

Every lot, as filed

30 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—385177.00/cwt177.00–177.006812
BullsMedium and Large 1—419148.10/cwt145.00–151.006214
BullsMedium and Large 1—525137.57/cwt135.00–140.007224
BullsMedium and Large 1—633123.98/cwt122.00–126.0078510
BullsMedium and Large 2—225150.22/cwt145.00–155.003384
BullsMedium and Large 2—425132.59/cwt130.00–135.005644
BullsMedium and Large 2—370151.75/cwt145.00–169.005615
BullsMedium and Large 2—273147.61/cwt145.00–150.004036
BullsMedium and Large 2—527125.77/cwt120.00–128.006637
HeifersMedium and Large 1—388138.98/cwt136.00–142.005394
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479132.28/cwt130.00–133.006344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573118.07/cwt115.00–121.006778
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529120.88/cwt118.00–125.0063910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433130.91/cwt128.00–134.0056712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368134.58/cwt131.00–137.504957
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525116.60/cwt113.00–120.006128
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470121.97/cwt115.00–128.005739
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325122.01/cwt120.00–125.003977
SteersMedium and Large 1—372171.76/cwt169.00–177.006393
SteersMedium and Large 1—425156.89/cwt154.00–160.006674
SteersMedium and Large 1—470143.24/cwt142.00–145.006735
SteersMedium and Large 1—581130.36/cwt129.00–136.007575
SteersMedium and Large 2—373156.61/cwt155.00–160.005843
SteersMedium and Large 2—427144.59/cwt140.00–147.006173
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—98778.11/cwt75.00–85.0077122
Bulls——1,75091.23/cwt90.00–94.001,5973
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,48566.00/cwt66.00–66.009802
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20060.43/cwt58.00–62.0072513
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,34563.00/cwt63.00–63.008472
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05053.58/cwt52.00–55.0056312

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.