Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady on the higher quality calves, 2.00 to 5.00 lower on the lower quality calves. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.10/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$113.10

101 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$8.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.36

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	466	115.96	541	66
Medium and Large 2	435	107.69	468	35

One grade step is worth $8.27/cwt here — about $72 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 sale101 hd

113.10

—

FL average10 barns · 1,093 hd

115.45

−2.36

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	—	High	1,755	69.60	1,222	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,194	45.20	540	31

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	423	156.90/cwt	152.50–159.00	664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	115.00/cwt	110.00–118.00	707	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	111.61/cwt	109.00–117.00	748	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	159.53/cwt	157.50–160.00	526	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	130.90/cwt	127.00–134.00	685	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	143.02/cwt	140.00–145.00	533	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	124.73/cwt	124.00–125.00	710	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	136.38/cwt	133.00–140.00	580	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	135.03/cwt	134.00–136.00	639	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	131.21/cwt	130.00–135.00	487	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	130.71/cwt	127.50–132.50	421	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	106.82/cwt	105.00–110.00	621	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	124.13/cwt	120.00–127.00	461	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	113.39/cwt	112.00–120.00	544	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	120.40/cwt	117.00–124.00	521	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	109.55/cwt	107.00–112.00	577	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	101.72/cwt	100.00–104.00	531	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	113.55/cwt	110.00–117.50	372	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	107.43/cwt	105.00–110.00	508	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	107.44/cwt	105.00–110.00	462	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	130.97/cwt	129.00–133.00	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	151.77/cwt	149.00–157.50	645	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	271	169.94/cwt	167.50–172.50	461	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	145.15/cwt	141.50–149.00	687	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	121.02/cwt	119.00–123.00	881	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	129.12/cwt	127.00–130.00	688	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	136.42/cwt	135.00–142.50	592	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	97.53/cwt	97.00–98.00	871	2
Bulls	—	—	1,770	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,363	1
Bulls	—	—	1,753	68.37/cwt	66.00–70.00	1,199	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	49.07/cwt	48.00–50.00	627	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	44.63/cwt	42.00–47.00	527	27

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 Oct 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 614Last week 464Year ago 513

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 42Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 47Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	152.50–159.00	156.90
3	—	615	110.00–118.00	115.00
3	—	670	109.00–117.00	111.61
5	—	330	157.50–160.00	159.53
7	—	523	127.00–134.00	130.90
10	—	373	140.00–145.00	143.02
11	—	569	124.00–125.00	124.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	133.00–140.00	136.38
4	—	473	134.00–136.00	135.03
8	—	371	130.00–135.00	131.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	322	127.50–132.50	130.71
8	—	581	105.00–110.00	106.82
10	—	371	120.00–127.00	124.13
11	—	480	112.00–120.00	113.39
12	—	433	117.00–124.00	120.40
19	—	527	107.00–112.00	109.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	522	100.00–104.00	101.72
8	—	328	110.00–117.50	113.55
8	—	473	105.00–110.00	107.43
12	—	430	105.00–110.00	107.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	129.00–133.00	130.97
3	—	425	149.00–157.50	151.77
4	—	271	167.50–172.50	169.94
4	—	473	141.50–149.00	145.15
4	—	728	119.00–123.00	121.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	533	127.00–130.00	129.12
10	—	434	135.00–142.50	136.42

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	893	97.00–98.00	97.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	77.00	77.00
6	—	1,753	66.00–70.00	68.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,278	48.00–50.00	49.07
27	—	1,181	42.00–47.00	44.63

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