Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-06-21

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jun 21
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
240 head
60 vs last sale 300 40 vs year ago 200 · +20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
33 vs last sale 100 48 vs year ago 19 · +252.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady to firm in limited test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.80/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$131.80
30 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.94
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508136.1269218thin
Medium and Large 2402125.3250312thin
One grade step is worth $10.80/cwt here — about $189 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 sale30 hd
131.80
FL average9 barns · 755 hd
133.74
−1.94
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
BullsHigh1,503100.241,5066thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19976.6391919
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13564.6073313

Every lot, as filed

19 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
BullsMedium and Large 1473148.65/cwt145.00–152.507032
HeifersMedium and Large 2430128.22/cwt126.00–133.005516
HeifersMedium and Large 1343148.76/cwt147.50–150.005102
BullsMedium and Large 3380118.84/cwt115.00–125.004525
BullsMedium and Large 1533132.44/cwt130.00–135.007064
SteersMedium and Large 1530150.96/cwt150.00–153.008003
Bulls1,582103.11/cwt102.00–104.001,6313
BullsMedium and Large 1415162.44/cwt160.00–167.506743
BullsMedium and Large 1379176.19/cwt175.00–180.006684
CowsLean 85-90%1,13564.60/cwt59.00–66.0073313
Bulls1,42397.36/cwt97.00–98.001,3853
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15772.54/cwt70.00–77.0083912
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27183.64/cwt81.00–86.001,0637
HeifersMedium and Large 1428144.64/cwt142.00–147.506192
HeifersMedium and Large 1483134.51/cwt133.00–141.006505
BullsMedium and Large 2373143.21/cwt140.00–150.005343
BullsMedium and Large 2533125.95/cwt124.00–130.006713
HeifersMedium and Large 1577132.32/cwt132.00–135.007639
HeifersMedium and Large 2373122.42/cwt120.00–125.004576

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.