Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-04-19

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Apr 19
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
100 vs last sale 280 180 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
17 vs last sale 41 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle too few to call trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.71/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$128.71
24 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$558
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.12
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447131.8458914thin
Medium and Large 2415124.3351510thin
One grade step is worth $7.51/cwt here — about $73 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 sale24 hd
128.71
FL average10 barns · 779 hd
142.83
−14.12
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
BullsHigh1,64789.711,4773thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27163.848118thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17256.746655thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1323141.60/cwt140.00–145.004573
Bulls1,80096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,7281
Bulls1,57086.56/cwt83.00–90.001,3592
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27163.84/cwt59.00–67.008118
CowsLean 85-90%1,17256.74/cwt56.00–60.006655
BullsMedium and Large 1523134.50/cwt134.00–135.007032
BullsMedium and Large 1332157.30/cwt155.00–162.505223
BullsMedium and Large 2370143.65/cwt140.00–147.505324
HeifersMedium and Large 2431123.88/cwt122.00–130.005344
HeifersMedium and Large 2465118.00/cwt118.00–118.005492
HeifersMedium and Large 1428131.84/cwt129.00–138.005643
BullsMedium and Large 2433137.58/cwt135.00–143.005963
BullsMedium and Large 2330142.42/cwt140.00–145.004704
HeifersMedium and Large 1530129.43/cwt126.00–133.006864
HeifersMedium and Large 1470126.94/cwt124.00–130.005974
BullsMedium and Large 3372130.77/cwt127.50–132.504863
SteersMedium and Large 2425146.38/cwt143.00–150.006224
SteersMedium and Large 3467116.67/cwt116.00–117.005453
SteersMedium and Large 3430127.44/cwt125.00–130.005484
HeifersMedium and Large 2373127.94/cwt125.00–131.004774
SteersMedium and Large 2465138.99/cwt138.00–140.006462

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.