Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-03-09

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Mar 9
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
310 head
119 vs last sale 191 42 vs year ago 268 · +15.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
26 vs last sale 11 0 vs year ago 37 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
15 vs last sale 5 39 vs year ago 59 · 66.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls weak. Feeder cattle 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows steady. Approximately 80 plus head of value added weaned worked yearlings with shot records.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.26/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$145.26
40 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$253
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$19.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.99
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2330162.425364thin
Medium and Large 1550143.3678936
One grade step is worth $19.06/cwt here — about −$253 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 sale40 hd
145.26
FL average9 barns · 426 hd
160.26
−14.99
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
BullsAverage1,56385.751,3404thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64760.871,0033thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22458.0471011
CowsLean 85-90%Average96350.244846thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1330170.78/cwt167.50–172.505643
BullsMedium and Large 1373159.91/cwt157.50–165.005963
BullsMedium and Large 1430140.39/cwt138.00–145.006043
BullsMedium and Large 2430133.47/cwt132.00–135.005744
BullsMedium and Large 2374152.19/cwt152.00–152.505695
Bulls1,56385.75/cwt84.00–89.001,3404
SteersMedium and Large 1435147.21/cwt145.00–152.006405
SteersMedium and Large 2330162.42/cwt160.00–165.005364
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01899.25/cwt95.00–105.001,0102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,00867.61/cwt65.00–70.006824
HeifersMedium and Large 1473128.46/cwt127.00–130.006084
HeifersMedium and Large 1378141.13/cwt137.50–145.005336
HeifersMedium and Large 1533115.44/cwt113.00–118.006156
HeifersMedium and Large 2433127.47/cwt126.00–129.005524
HeifersMedium and Large 2386127.33/cwt123.00–130.004916
SteersMedium and Large 1322172.89/cwt170.00–175.005575
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19061.51/cwt61.00–62.007322
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23157.27/cwt56.00–60.007059
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64760.87/cwt58.00–63.001,0033
CowsLean 85-90%96350.24/cwt48.00–54.004846
HeifersMedium and Large 1330157.58/cwt155.00–160.005204
HeifersMedium and Large 1430130.98/cwt130.00–132.005634
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added564141.22/cwt137.00–145.007967
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added636135.36/cwt134.00–140.0086119

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.