Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-03-16

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Mar 16
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
299 head
11 vs last sale 310 22 vs year ago 277 · +7.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
31 vs last sale 37 25 vs year ago 31 · 80.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle mostly steady in limited test. Feeder cattle mostly 15.00 to 25.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows not well tested. Value Added cattle, bunk broke, shot records, and worked. Approximately 80 head in those groups.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.41/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$126.41
39 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$574
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.55
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459127.6658634
Medium and Large 2419117.904945thin
One grade step is worth $9.76/cwt here — about $92 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 sale39 hd
126.41
FL average10 barns · 413 hd
144.95
−18.55
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
BullsAverage1,46083.001,2121thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,48362.679295thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Bulls1,46083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,2121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48362.67/cwt61.00–65.009295
HeifersMedium and Large 2310120.94/cwt117.00–125.003752
SteersMedium and Large 1325146.03/cwt145.00–147.004752
SteersMedium and Large 1377136.00/cwt136.00–136.005137
SteersMedium and Large 2419117.90/cwt115.00–120.004945
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added463106.04/cwt105.00–108.004913
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added525104.37/cwt100.00–109.005484
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added421114.20/cwt110.00–118.0048111
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added610114.01/cwt113.00–115.006952
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added428127.09/cwt124.00–130.005446
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added524124.84/cwt124.00–126.006547
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added486123.18/cwt120.00–128.0059910

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.