Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sales the previous two weeks. Closed for holidays.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.25/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −79.04 against this barn's trailing median of $205.29.

Average price

$126.25

32 head · 409 lb average

Value per head Derived

$516

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$18.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.44

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	474	129.31	613	15thin
Medium and Large 2	343	127.44	437	13thin
Medium and Large 3	378	110.92	419	4thin

One grade step is worth $18.39/cwt here — about $194 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

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 sale32 hd

126.25

—

FL average4 barns · 241 hd

133.69

−7.44

This barn, trailing median3 sales

205.29

−79.04

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,581	79.31	1,254	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,335	54.54	728	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	981	50.08	491	5thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,543	57.64/cwt	55.00–59.00	889	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	50.08/cwt	48.00–53.00	491	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	52.21/cwt	51.00–55.00	616	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	131.31/cwt	130.00–134.00	495	3
Bulls	—	—	1,583	78.22/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,238	8
Bulls	—	—	1,565	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	121.95/cwt	119.00–125.00	589	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	125.42/cwt	122.00–129.00	539	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	374	124.14/cwt	120.00–129.00	464	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	116.93/cwt	115.00–120.00	388	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	123.03/cwt	120.00–125.00	648	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	97.65/cwt	92.50–102.50	837	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	134.68/cwt	134.00–135.00	502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	123.98/cwt	123.00–125.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	135.42/cwt	133.00–143.00	643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	119.46/cwt	117.00–122.00	517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	114.38/cwt	110.00–119.00	423	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	134.59/cwt	131.00–138.00	633	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	273	134.86/cwt	130.00–140.00	368	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	378	110.92/cwt	107.00–115.00	419	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	130.31/cwt	129.00–133.00	478	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	77.36/cwt	67.50–82.50	741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	121.20/cwt	120.00–125.00	387	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	136.38/cwt	133.00–140.00	580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	124.00/cwt	123.00–125.00	673	4

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

Mon Jan 4, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 314Last week 459Year ago 31

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 44Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 58Last week 0Year ago 267

No sales the previous two weeks. Closed for holidays.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,543	55.00–59.00	57.64
4	—	1,179	51.00–55.00	52.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	981	48.00–53.00	50.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,583	75.00–80.00	78.22
1	—	1,565	88.00	88.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	130.00–134.00	131.31
6	—	527	120.00–125.00	123.03
6	—	470	131.00–138.00	134.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	374	120.00–129.00	124.14
4	—	273	130.00–140.00	134.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	107.00–115.00	110.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	483	119.00–125.00	121.95
4	—	433	117.00–122.00	119.46
4	—	319	120.00–125.00	121.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	332	115.00–120.00	116.93
4	—	370	110.00–119.00	114.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	122.00–129.00	125.42
6	—	367	129.00–133.00	130.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	134.00–135.00	134.68
4	—	570	123.00–125.00	123.98
4	—	475	133.00–143.00	135.42
4	—	425	133.00–140.00	136.38
4	—	543	123.00–125.00	124.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	857	92.50–102.50	97.65
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	958	67.50–82.50	77.36

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Columbia Livestock Market

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

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Feeder Cattle

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