Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-08-24

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Aug 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
423 head
48 vs last sale 375 149 vs year ago 274 · +54.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
21 vs last sale 58 9 vs year ago 28 · +32.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
30 vs last sale 16 25 vs year ago 21 · +119.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder cattle mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $117.21/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$117.21
82 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$248
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.36
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567125.5171246
Medium and Large 2525115.6660724
Medium and Large 352488.4646412thin
One grade step is worth $37.06/cwt here — about $248 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 sale82 hd
117.21
FL average10 barns · 1,199 hd
136.56
−19.36
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
BullsAverage1,47687.821,2965thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30965.248549thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96157.465527thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
SteersMedium and Large 1775113.00/cwt113.00–113.008761
SteersMedium and Large 1435151.24/cwt150.00–152.506582
HeifersMedium and Large 1473112.43/cwt110.00–115.005326
HeifersMedium and Large 1534106.47/cwt105.00–109.005698
HeifersMedium and Large 2430111.59/cwt110.00–115.004803
HeifersMedium and Large 252497.66/cwt96.00–100.005125
HeifersMedium and Large 342092.44/cwt90.00–95.003884
SteersMedium and Large 2523114.83/cwt110.00–120.006018
SteersMedium and Large 2428131.33/cwt127.50–134.005625
SteersMedium and Large 1735105.65/cwt102.00–110.007773
SteersMedium and Large 347589.84/cwt85.00–95.004276
SteersMedium and Large 2571109.14/cwt107.00–111.0062311
SteersMedium and Large 1538126.97/cwt125.00–135.0068310
SteersMedium and Large 1620111.90/cwt110.00–115.006949
SteersMedium and Large 1658116.26/cwt115.00–120.007654
SteersMedium and Large 1460141.75/cwt140.00–147.006524
SteersMedium and Large 357387.07/cwt84.00–90.004996
SteersMedium and Large 1337174.88/cwt172.50–180.005893
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,012102.02/cwt97.50–110.001,0323
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10863.21/cwt60.00–66.007008
SteersMedium and Large 1580120.77/cwt120.00–124.0070010
CowsLean 85-90%96157.46/cwt55.00–60.005527
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30965.24/cwt63.00–67.008549
Bulls1,47687.82/cwt85.00–91.001,2965
BullsMedium and Large 2418125.09/cwt120.00–130.005232
BullsMedium and Large 1422144.57/cwt140.00–145.0061012
BullsMedium and Large 1330168.61/cwt165.00–172.005564

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.