Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-09-06

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Sep 6
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
531 head
210 vs last sale 741 274 vs year ago 257 · +106.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
19 vs last sale 130 117 vs year ago 32 · +365.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
151 head
68 vs last sale 83 7 vs year ago 144 · +4.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady. Feeder cattle steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.41/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$124.41
25 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$575
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$246
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.04
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486129.4862920
Medium and Large 3368104.133835thin
One grade step is worth $25.35/cwt here — about $246 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 sale25 hd
124.41
FL average6 barns · 664 hd
135.45
−11.04
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42775.351,0753thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28169.3588855
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01463.8764825

Every lot, as filed

14 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 1272159.47/cwt155.00–162.004343
HeifersMedium and Large 1570124.42/cwt120.00–129.007094
SteersMedium and Large 1285180.60/cwt177.50–187.505156
HeifersMedium and Large 1480130.96/cwt130.00–135.006295
HeifersMedium and Large 1528119.83/cwt118.00–125.006338
HeifersMedium and Large 3368104.13/cwt100.00–110.003835
SteersMedium and Large 1471163.44/cwt160.00–167.007708
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2351,241.75/cwt1,150.00–1,325.0015,3368
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2945846.56/cwt800.00–900.008,00016
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,24575.11/cwt70.00–78.0093520
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28369.06/cwt67.00–71.0088651
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25873.04/cwt72.00–74.009194
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42775.35/cwt75.00–76.001,0753
CowsLean 85-90%1,01463.87/cwt61.00–66.0064825

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.