Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-05-18

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, May 18
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
270 head
118 vs last sale 152 7 vs year ago 263 · +2.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
9 vs last sale 31 14 vs year ago 26 · +53.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
2 vs last sale 92 90 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 steady to firm. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Feeder and replacement cows firm. Value added calves weaned and shot records. Number 2 valued added calves strong Brahman influence.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $120.64/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$120.64
56 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$687
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
22.40
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559126.1570533
Medium and Large 2585112.7366023
One grade step is worth $13.42/cwt here — about $45 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 sale56 hd
120.64
FL average10 barns · 661 hd
143.04
−22.40
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
BullsHigh1,83095.001,7392thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20570.7285222
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04663.0465912

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,26095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1971
BullsMedium and Large 1435138.93/cwt137.00–145.006044
BullsMedium and Large 1573109.49/cwt109.00–110.006274
BullsMedium and Large 2427133.33/cwt126.00–145.005695
Bulls1,68597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,6341
Bulls1,97593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,8371
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20570.72/cwt67.00–74.0085222
SteersMedium and Large 2469127.39/cwt125.00–132.005976
SteersMedium and Large 1480140.45/cwt138.00–143.006744
SteersMedium and Large 1631111.13/cwt110.00–115.007018
SteersMedium and Large 1567116.71/cwt115.00–120.006629
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1561,181.47/cwt1,100.00–1,450.0013,65817
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,16876.64/cwt67.00–85.0089512
CowsLean 85-90%1,04663.04/cwt60.00–65.0065912
HeifersMedium and Large 1270133.61/cwt130.00–137.503614
HeifersMedium and Large 1530118.43/cwt115.00–122.006284
HeifersMedium and Large 1566105.34/cwt105.00–106.005969
HeifersMedium and Large 2375117.40/cwt115.00–120.004404
HeifersMedium and Large 2555106.51/cwt105.00–108.005914
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added511141.74/cwt138.00–143.007248
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added568111.01/cwt110.00–112.006312
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added568131.98/cwt128.00–136.007504
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added634107.10/cwt105.00–109.0067915

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.