Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-07-27

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jul 27
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
394 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 330▼ 2 vs year ago 396 · −0.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 44▼ 18 vs year ago 52 · −34.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 31▲ 24 vs year ago 23 · +104.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder cattle 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.89/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$116.89
48 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$506
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.14
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1415123.8051319thin
Medium and Large 2445112.3649929
One grade step is worth $11.45/cwt here — about $14 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 sale48 hd
116.89
—
FL average10 barns · 926 hd
128.02
−11.14
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
Bulls—Average1,64592.661,5244thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49570.301,0512thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14767.7377710
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00258.055826thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533102.96/cwt100.00–106.005496
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00258.05/cwt55.00–63.005826
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49570.30/cwt68.00–72.001,0512
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14767.73/cwt65.00–70.0077710
Bulls——1,64592.66/cwt89.00–96.001,5244
BullsMedium and Large 2—472125.25/cwt123.00–130.005916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375122.43/cwt120.00–125.0045910
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478106.65/cwt105.00–111.005107
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433111.62/cwt110.00–115.004836
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433121.62/cwt120.00–125.005276
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330131.91/cwt130.00–135.004355
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530113.45/cwt111.00–116.006014
SteersMedium and Large 2—530118.43/cwt115.00–122.006284
SteersMedium and Large 2—474128.45/cwt125.00–132.006094
SteersMedium and Large 1—531131.82/cwt130.00–135.007008
SteersMedium and Large 1—430146.93/cwt145.00–150.006325
SteersMedium and Large 1—664117.47/cwt115.00–120.007804
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378127.29/cwt125.00–128.004814
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,13965.70/cwt65.00–67.007484
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,01699.33/cwt92.50–105.001,0095
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1931,195.39/cwt1,125.00–1,325.0014,2613
SteersMedium and Large 1—575121.46/cwt120.00–126.006984
SteersMedium and Large 1—623117.51/cwt115.00–120.007322
SteersMedium and Large 1—470149.43/cwt146.00–153.007022
BullsMedium and Large 2—372150.86/cwt150.00–152.505613
BullsMedium and Large 2—420144.00/cwt144.00–144.006051
BullsMedium and Large 1—330162.54/cwt160.00–167.505366
BullsMedium and Large 1—473135.89/cwt132.00–140.006434
BullsMedium and Large 1—440141.00/cwt141.00–141.006204
BullsMedium and Large 1—372161.55/cwt155.00–165.006013

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.