Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-01-25

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jan 25
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 153▼ 169 vs year ago 369 · −45.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 27▼ 30 vs year ago 46 · −65.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 0▲ 12 vs year ago 20 · +60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady in light test. Feeder cattle steady. Feeder and replacement cow steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.69/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$117.69
50 head · 352 lb average
Value per head Derived
$415
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.40
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1376135.0250816thin
Medium and Large 2408115.5447114thin
Medium and Large 3294105.3431020
One grade step is worth $29.68/cwt here — about $197 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 sale50 hd
117.69
—
FL average8 barns · 555 hd
127.10
−9.40
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—High1,61782.771,3388thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43359.468522thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls——2,05591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,8701
Bulls——1,55481.60/cwt79.00–85.001,2687
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43359.46/cwt58.00–61.008522
BullsMedium and Large 1—375151.95/cwt150.00–156.005703
BullsMedium and Large 1—330159.85/cwt155.00–165.005284
SteersMedium and Large 1—525142.49/cwt141.00–144.007482
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431132.30/cwt131.00–134.005709
SteersMedium and Large 1—878104.98/cwt104.00–106.009222
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—71878.79/cwt72.00–85.0056612
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—61585.00/cwt85.00–85.005236
SteersMedium and Large 1—758112.52/cwt110.00–115.008532
BullsMedium and Large 2—373129.57/cwt127.00–135.004833
BullsMedium and Large 2—473124.27/cwt122.00–129.005883
BullsMedium and Large 2—533120.38/cwt117.00–122.006423
SteersMedium and Large 1—695132.00/cwt132.00–132.009171
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373122.41/cwt120.00–127.504573
HeifersMedium and Large 1—332132.93/cwt131.00–136.004415
SteersMedium and Large 2—480132.96/cwt130.00–135.006385
SteersMedium and Large 2—374145.50/cwt140.00–147.505444
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573105.91/cwt102.00–110.006074
SteersMedium and Large 1—622134.67/cwt134.00–135.008383
HeifersMedium and Large 1—238152.47/cwt150.00–155.003632
SteersMedium and Large 1—808107.52/cwt105.00–110.008692
SteersMedium and Large 1—473145.07/cwt140.00–147.506863
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—86791.60/cwt90.00–100.007947
HeifersMedium and Large 3—331106.14/cwt100.00–110.003518
HeifersMedium and Large 3—270104.81/cwt100.00–110.0028312
BullsMedium and Large 2—573113.26/cwt110.00–120.006493
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328118.10/cwt110.00–128.003877

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.