Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-05-25

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, May 25
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
214 head
56 vs last sale 270 76 vs year ago 290 · 26.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
18 vs last sale 40 9 vs year ago 67 · 13.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
172 head
82 vs last sale 90 56 vs year ago 116 · +48.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $117.51/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$117.51
19 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$144
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.04
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2506117.7759514thin
Medium and Large 1633116.807395thin
One grade step is worth $0.97/cwt here — about −$144 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 sale19 hd
117.51
FL average7 barns · 474 hd
136.56
−19.04
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
BullsAverage1,49388.791,32610
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20669.8184219
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08460.4965617

Every lot, as filed

17 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 1570109.49/cwt109.00–110.006242
BullsMedium and Large 1530123.45/cwt121.00–126.006544
Bulls1,49388.79/cwt88.00–92.001,32610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36574.46/cwt73.00–76.001,0162
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18769.26/cwt66.00–72.0082217
CowsLean 85-90%1,08460.49/cwt57.00–63.0065617
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29761,042.65/cwt950.00–1,125.0010,17623
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3231,451.32/cwt1,350.00–1,550.0019,2014
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1921,220.81/cwt1,100.00–1,350.0014,55220
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,06085.07/cwt82.50–92.509028
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01871.87/cwt68.00–77.5073224
HeifersMedium and Large 1463123.98/cwt123.00–125.005742
HeifersMedium and Large 1220155.34/cwt150.00–160.003424
HeifersMedium and Large 1368139.98/cwt139.00–141.005154
SteersMedium and Large 1633116.80/cwt116.00–120.007395
SteersMedium and Large 2473118.06/cwt114.00–120.005586
SteersMedium and Large 2530117.55/cwt115.00–120.006238

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.