Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-09-07

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Sep 7
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
257 head
1 vs last sale 258 341 vs year ago 598 · 57.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
11 vs last sale 21 54 vs year ago 86 · 62.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
144 head
115 vs last sale 29 114 vs year ago 30 · +380.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle auctions at Arcadia (N/S), Columbia (433), Ocala (N/S) and Okeechobee (N/S). Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder classes steady. Replacement cows firm. Most sales closed due to the holiday.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.28/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits 69.01 against this barn's trailing median of $205.29.
Average price
$136.28
48 head · 414 lb average
Value per head Derived
$564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.62
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464137.5363814thin
Medium and Large 2394135.7653434
One grade step is worth $1.77/cwt here — about $104 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales
231217202188median 205.2905/0405/0406/0107/2707/27
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.34, low $201.59, median $205.29 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale48 hd
136.28
FL average7 barns · 313 hd
130.65
+5.62
This barn, trailing median3 sales
205.29
−69.01
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
BullsAverage1,74488.721,5476thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23863.5378610
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03756.005816thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34869.51/cwt69.00–70.009372
Bulls1,74488.72/cwt86.00–93.001,5476
BullsMedium and Large 2333148.61/cwt145.00–152.504958
BullsMedium and Large 2430131.93/cwt129.00–135.005676
BullsMedium and Large 2267141.75/cwt140.00–145.003786
BullsMedium and Large 2472123.12/cwt120.00–128.005815
HeifersMedium and Large 1275136.45/cwt135.00–138.003754
HeifersMedium and Large 1373130.29/cwt129.00–133.004863
HeifersMedium and Large 2379125.43/cwt124.00–130.004754
HeifersMedium and Large 2270127.89/cwt125.00–131.003454
CowsLean 85-90%1,03756.00/cwt56.00–56.005816
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21062.04/cwt59.00–65.007518
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01481.01/cwt67.50–85.0082128
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,029101.12/cwt85.00–115.001,04135
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1021,156.12/cwt1,100.00–1,375.0012,74017
BullsMedium and Large 2372145.48/cwt142.00–151.005415
BullsMedium and Large 2580110.47/cwt109.00–112.006414
BullsMedium and Large 1477132.34/cwt130.00–136.006315
BullsMedium and Large 1428144.40/cwt141.00–148.006184
BullsMedium and Large 1578116.98/cwt116.00–119.006763
BullsMedium and Large 1333167.59/cwt165.00–170.005582

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.