Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-02-15

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Feb 15
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
18 vs last sale 151 172 vs year ago 305 · 56.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
7 vs last sale 39 0 vs year ago 32 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
8 vs last sale 11 16 vs year ago 35 · 45.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle weak in limited test. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.85/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$120.85
21 head · 395 lb average
Value per head Derived
$478
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.25
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402126.6850910thin
Medium and Large 2390115.5445011thin
One grade step is worth $11.14/cwt here — about $58 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 sale21 hd
120.85
FL average10 barns · 731 hd
127.10
−6.25
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
BullsHigh1,68397.141,6352thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30069.5490415
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01660.276129thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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%1,23868.06/cwt67.00–69.0084310
HeifersMedium and Large 1223159.92/cwt157.50–162.503572
HeifersMedium and Large 1465116.66/cwt116.00–117.005423
HeifersMedium and Large 1435119.40/cwt117.00–120.005195
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-294597.71/cwt92.50–102.509232
HeifersMedium and Large 2424107.07/cwt105.00–110.004547
HeifersMedium and Large 2330130.36/cwt126.00–135.004304
CowsLean 85-90%1,01660.27/cwt57.50–62.006129
Bulls1,68397.14/cwt96.00–98.001,6352
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42372.50/cwt71.00–75.001,0325

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.