Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trends market closed last week for holiday. 350 head Columbia Livestock Value Added Board Sale. Value added calves are board sale cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.10/cwt on 216 head.

Average price

$132.10

216 head · 469 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$6.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.15

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	489	132.73	649	183
Medium and Large 2	283	131.84	373	15thin
Medium and Large 1	417	125.89	525	18thin

One grade step is worth $6.84/cwt here — about $124 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 sale216 hd

132.10

—

FL average4 barns · 521 hd

125.95

+6.15

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,805	83.35	1,504	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,264	60.62	766	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,126	51.39	579	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,233	51.11	630	19

Every lot, as filed

20 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	142.43/cwt	140.00–145.00	527	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	327	156.87/cwt	152.00–160.00	513	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	267	138.25/cwt	135.00–140.00	369	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	142.39/cwt	140.00–145.00	320	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	117.45/cwt	115.00–120.00	622	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	123.97/cwt	123.00–125.00	531	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	662	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	223	133.62/cwt	130.00–137.50	298	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	131.65/cwt	130.00–137.00	362	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	130.94/cwt	127.00–132.50	420	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	137.09/cwt	135.00–140.00	579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	802	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	95
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	128.75/cwt	127.00–130.00	543	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	1,046.07/cwt	950.00–1,075.00	10,565	4
Bulls	—	—	1,805	83.35/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,504	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	60.62/cwt	57.00–62.00	766	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,233	51.11/cwt	48.00–54.00	630	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	51.39/cwt	48.00–53.00	579	11

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

Mon Jul 8, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 597Last week 326Year ago 1,232

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 40Year ago 111

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 35Year ago 106

Compared to a week ago: No trends market closed last week for holiday. 350 head Columbia Livestock Value Added Board Sale. Value added calves are board sale cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	140.00–145.00	142.43
5	—	327	152.00–160.00	156.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	267	135.00–140.00	138.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	225	140.00–145.00	142.39
6	—	530	115.00–120.00	117.45
8	—	428	123.00–125.00	123.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · estimate wt
88	—	450	140.00	140.00
95	—	525	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	223	130.00–137.50	133.62
4	—	275	130.00–137.00	131.65
7	—	321	127.00–132.50	130.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	422	135.00–140.00	137.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · estimate wt
85	—	590	136.00	136.00
95	—	475	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	422	127.00–130.00	128.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,010	950.00–1,075.00	1,046.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,805	82.00–85.00	83.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,264	57.00–62.00	60.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,233	48.00–54.00	51.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,126	48.00–53.00	51.39

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Columbia Livestock Market

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle