Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-08-31

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Aug 31
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
258 head
165 vs last sale 423 258 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
16 vs last sale 37 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
17 vs last sale 46 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder cattle generally steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.71/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$121.71
55 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.45
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1453124.0956136
Medium and Large 2440117.2251619thin
One grade step is worth $6.87/cwt here — about $46 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 sale55 hd
121.71
FL average10 barns · 824 hd
120.26
+1.45
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
BullsAverage1,57089.651,4076thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15260.026918thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13553.906123thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1430130.36/cwt129.00–131.005613
HeifersMedium and Large 1375133.46/cwt132.00–135.005004
HeifersMedium and Large 1536111.58/cwt110.00–114.005985
HeifersMedium and Large 1471120.26/cwt117.00–122.5056610
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-293989.21/cwt85.00–100.008384
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26863.10/cwt62.00–64.008002
SteersMedium and Large 1420158.58/cwt155.00–162.006662
SteersMedium and Large 1482145.97/cwt145.00–148.007043
SteersMedium and Large 1368168.97/cwt167.50–170.006225
SteersMedium and Large 1535127.94/cwt126.00–131.0068410
SteersMedium and Large 1576118.56/cwt117.00–125.0068310
SteersMedium and Large 2565109.98/cwt108.00–112.006214
HeifersMedium and Large 2370123.97/cwt123.00–125.004594
HeifersMedium and Large 2437119.97/cwt118.00–125.005247
HeifersMedium and Large 2478111.43/cwt109.00–114.005338
HeifersMedium and Large 1573112.95/cwt111.00–117.006476
HeifersMedium and Large 1334138.00/cwt138.00–138.004618
SteersMedium and Large 2532123.78/cwt123.00–125.006595
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11358.99/cwt57.00–61.006576
CowsLean 85-90%1,13553.90/cwt53.00–56.006123
Bulls1,50387.48/cwt87.00–88.001,3154
Bulls1,70394.00/cwt93.00–95.001,6012
BullsMedium and Large 2477120.93/cwt119.00–125.005776
BullsMedium and Large 1275173.55/cwt170.00–177.504776
BullsMedium and Large 1333161.11/cwt157.50–165.005362

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.