Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-05-04

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, May 4
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
55 vs last sale 195 41 vs year ago 209 · +19.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
4 vs last sale 34 0 vs year ago 30 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
82 head
66 vs last sale 16 82 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls firm. Feeder cattle steady. Feeder and replacement cows firm. Most replacement type cows were a heard sell out.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.22/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$135.22
32 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$573
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.41
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445137.1061121
Medium and Large 2382131.6250211thin
One grade step is worth $5.48/cwt here — about $108 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 sale32 hd
135.22
FL average10 barns · 379 hd
143.63
−8.41
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
BullsAverage1,53182.721,2664thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15365.2575210
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05156.345928thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1573113.91/cwt110.00–118.006532
BullsMedium and Large 1330147.25/cwt146.00–150.004863
BullsMedium and Large 1528108.91/cwt105.00–113.005754
BullsMedium and Large 1476124.18/cwt123.00–126.005915
BullsMedium and Large 2475118.14/cwt114.00–120.0056110
Bulls1,53182.72/cwt80.00–86.001,2664
SteersMedium and Large 1307160.84/cwt160.00–162.504943
SteersMedium and Large 1523134.00/cwt134.00–134.007013
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1231,267.37/cwt1,050.00–1,450.0014,23310
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,098971.12/cwt850.00–1,050.0010,66311
HeifersMedium and Large 1373138.85/cwt136.00–140.005187
SteersMedium and Large 1475131.94/cwt130.00–134.006274
SteersMedium and Large 1424136.54/cwt134.00–140.005799
SteersMedium and Large 2325145.29/cwt141.00–150.004724
SteersMedium and Large 2414123.81/cwt121.00–127.005137
SteersMedium and Large 1573119.00/cwt119.00–119.006822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38569.46/cwt68.00–71.009622
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09564.20/cwt62.00–66.007038
CowsLean 85-90%1,05156.34/cwt55.00–60.005928
HeifersMedium and Large 1535107.48/cwt105.00–110.005754
HeifersMedium and Large 1478116.31/cwt114.00–120.005565
HeifersMedium and Large 1429126.47/cwt124.00–129.005436

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.