Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-05-11

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, May 11
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
152 head
98 vs last sale 250 73 vs year ago 225 · 32.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
1 vs last sale 30 18 vs year ago 13 · +138.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
92 head
10 vs last sale 82 83 vs year ago 9 · +922.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady. Replacement cows reported were a herd sell out.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.81/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits 64.48 against this barn's trailing median of $205.29.
Average price
$140.81
26 head · 383 lb average
Value per head Derived
$539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$106
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.61
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2361143.0051621
Medium and Large 1473131.616235thin
One grade step is worth $11.39/cwt here — about −$106 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales
231217202188median 205.2905/0405/0406/0107/2707/27
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.34, low $201.59, median $205.29 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale26 hd
140.81
FL average9 barns · 411 hd
137.20
+3.61
This barn, trailing median3 sales
205.29
−64.48
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
BullsHigh1,74292.981,6204thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32071.3894217

Every lot, as filed

19 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 1473131.61/cwt118.00–138.006235
BullsMedium and Large 2275159.91/cwt157.50–162.504404
BullsMedium and Large 2365139.49/cwt139.00–140.005094
BullsMedium and Large 2334153.78/cwt149.00–156.005146
BullsMedium and Large 2431126.09/cwt125.00–129.005437
Bulls1,78597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,7311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,16977.30/cwt70.00–90.009047
HeifersMedium and Large 1363138.47/cwt135.00–142.005036
HeifersMedium and Large 2418118.96/cwt117.00–121.004972
HeifersMedium and Large 2375131.58/cwt130.00–135.004933
SteersMedium and Large 1533135.30/cwt134.00–138.007213
SteersMedium and Large 1570132.49/cwt132.00–133.007552
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0821,298.53/cwt1,100.00–1,450.0014,05020
Bulls1,72891.64/cwt89.00–95.001,5843
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16563.41/cwt60.00–66.007396
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40575.73/cwt74.00–78.001,06411
HeifersMedium and Large 1433126.26/cwt124.00–131.005473
HeifersMedium and Large 1495109.00/cwt109.00–109.005404
HeifersMedium and Large 1570102.95/cwt100.00–106.005874

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.