Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-05-17

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, May 17
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
210 head
23 vs last sale 233 60 vs year ago 270 · 22.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
10 vs last sale 40 10 vs year ago 40 · 25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
60 vs last sale 0 30 vs year ago 90 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.11/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$130.11
26 head · 390 lb average
Value per head Derived
$507
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.63
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1405133.2553918thin
Medium and Large 2355123.044378thin
One grade step is worth $10.22/cwt here — about $102 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 sale26 hd
130.11
FL average10 barns · 647 hd
129.48
+0.63
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
BullsHigh1,51686.971,3189thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21863.387724thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01452.3053015

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
SteersMedium and Large 2525136.76/cwt136.00–137.507182
BullsMedium and Large 2375138.60/cwt135.00–142.505204
SteersMedium and Large 1518146.61/cwt145.00–147.007595
HeifersMedium and Large 1317138.77/cwt135.00–142.504406
HeifersMedium and Large 1372134.44/cwt132.50–137.505005
HeifersMedium and Large 1530124.47/cwt123.00–126.006604
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2-3725700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,0754
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2675625.00/cwt625.00–625.004,2194
HeifersMedium and Large 2327123.27/cwt120.00–125.004033
BullsMedium and Large 1422139.66/cwt139.00–140.005893
BullsMedium and Large 1372162.61/cwt157.50–165.006053
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-292857.93/cwt55.00–63.005388
SteersMedium and Large 1373165.80/cwt165.00–167.506183
HeifersMedium and Large 1468131.96/cwt130.00–133.006183
HeifersMedium and Large 2372122.90/cwt120.00–125.004575
CowsLean 85-90%1,03346.11/cwt44.00–48.004766
CowsLean 85-90%1,00156.43/cwt54.00–59.005659
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21863.38/cwt61.00–66.007724
Bulls1,82397.70/cwt96.00–101.001,7813
Bulls1,42983.50/cwt82.00–87.001,1934
Bulls1,22877.82/cwt77.00–79.009562

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.