Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-02-08

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Feb 8
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
151 head
▼ 136 vs last sale 287▼ 174 vs year ago 325 · −53.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 35▲ 2 vs year ago 37 · +5.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 25▼ 14 vs year ago 25 · −56.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to firm, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady in light test. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.27/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$138.27
19 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$728
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$75
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.65
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2488141.7769110thin
Medium and Large 1570134.387669thin
One grade step is worth $7.39/cwt here — about −$75 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 sale19 hd
138.27
—
FL average8 barns · 501 hd
155.92
−17.65
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—Average1,64889.741,4796thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35260.678206thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08852.7457412

Every lot, as filed

17 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 1—288134.93/cwt132.50–137.503892
SteersMedium and Large 1—623123.92/cwt121.00–127.007726
SteersMedium and Large 1—465155.30/cwt154.00–156.007223
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330134.42/cwt132.00–137.004444
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325130.41/cwt127.50–132.504245
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,00987.00/cwt85.00–87.508785
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08852.74/cwt50.00–55.0057412
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35260.67/cwt58.00–64.008206
Bulls——1,64889.74/cwt88.00–93.001,4796
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370128.41/cwt125.00–132.004754
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425127.59/cwt126.00–131.005423
SteersMedium and Large 2—428139.98/cwt139.00–141.005992
SteersMedium and Large 2—530129.45/cwt127.00–132.006864
SteersMedium and Large 2—475154.98/cwt154.00–156.007364
BullsMedium and Large 1—530141.25/cwt139.00–146.007493
BullsMedium and Large 1—270171.79/cwt170.00–175.004643
BullsMedium and Large 1—370157.56/cwt153.00–162.505832

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.