Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.72/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$124.72

37 head · 353 lb average

Value per head Derived

$440

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$6

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$22.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.15

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	306	141.71	433	9thin
Medium and Large 2	368	119.25	439	28

One grade step is worth $22.45/cwt here — about −$6 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 sale37 hd

124.72

—

FL average10 barns · 616 hd

126.87

−2.15

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	—	High	1,828	93.59	1,711	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,197	64.07	767	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,153	54.20	625	7thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	123.62/cwt	121.00–125.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	141.43/cwt	140.00–143.00	386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	141.93/cwt	140.00–145.00	471	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	721	95.75/cwt	95.00–96.00	690	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	108.55/cwt	107.00–110.00	405	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	148.36/cwt	147.50–150.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	121.64/cwt	120.00–125.00	471	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	64.07/cwt	61.00–67.00	767	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	54.20/cwt	52.00–58.00	625	7
Bulls	—	—	1,828	93.59/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	123.38/cwt	120.00–127.50	337	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	113.21/cwt	110.00–120.00	495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	127.42/cwt	125.00–130.00	420	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	127.43/cwt	125.00–130.00	471	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	115.70/cwt	112.50–119.00	541	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 May 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 233Last week 260Year ago 152

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 23Year ago 31

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	121.00–125.00	123.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	147.50–150.00	148.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	273	140.00–143.00	141.43
5	—	332	140.00–145.00	141.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	387	120.00–125.00	121.64
11	—	273	120.00–127.50	123.38
3	—	437	110.00–120.00	113.21
3	—	733	86.00	86.00
8	—	330	125.00–130.00	127.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	721	95.00–96.00	95.75
4	—	370	125.00–130.00	127.43
4	—	468	112.50–119.00	115.70
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	107.00–110.00	108.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,197	61.00–67.00	64.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,153	52.00–58.00	54.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,828	92.00–95.00	93.59

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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