Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $141.55/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −63.74 against this barn's trailing median of $205.29.

Average price

$141.55

55 head · 427 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$22.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.07

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	450	151.23	680	23
Medium and Large 2	431	139.47	602	17thin
Medium and Large 3	387	129.07	500	15thin

One grade step is worth $22.16/cwt here — about $181 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.34, low $201.59, median $205.29 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale55 hd

141.55

—

FL average8 barns · 488 hd

146.62

−5.07

This barn, trailing median3 sales

205.29

−63.74

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	—	Average	1,697	91.30	1,549	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,362	75.82	1,033	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,241	74.03	918	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	60.49	632	15

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	268	182.52/cwt	178.00–185.00	489	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	157.91/cwt	156.00–162.00	595	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	317	173.08/cwt	170.00–178.00	549	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	124.55/cwt	121.00–127.00	782	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	131.38/cwt	129.00–132.00	741	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	155.93/cwt	152.00–160.00	675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	152.26/cwt	147.00–155.00	787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	145.25/cwt	140.00–149.00	623	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	128.63/cwt	127.00–132.00	737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	122.52/cwt	120.00–125.00	827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	145.86/cwt	144.00–150.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	141.30/cwt	140.00–144.00	668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	132.51/cwt	130.00–138.00	437	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	172.29/cwt	171.00–175.00	643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	151.61/cwt	150.00–155.00	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	129.31/cwt	128.00–130.00	605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	127.70/cwt	125.00–129.00	732	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	113.20/cwt	110.00–120.00	478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	151.59/cwt	150.00–155.00	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	126.96/cwt	124.00–130.00	810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	142.44/cwt	140.00–145.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	531	121.43/cwt	120.00–126.00	645	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	228	165.27/cwt	160.00–170.00	377	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	125.99/cwt	125.00–128.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	218	194.71/cwt	190.00–200.00	424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	143.72/cwt	142.50–145.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	129.75/cwt	125.00–132.00	484	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	138.95/cwt	137.00–141.00	514	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	123.46/cwt	122.00–128.00	710	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	132.05/cwt	130.00–135.00	697	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	123.29/cwt	118.00–126.00	534	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	273	135.23/cwt	130.00–140.00	369	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	323	134.88/cwt	130.00–140.00	436	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	101.50/cwt	101.00–102.00	942	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	84.03/cwt	82.00–90.00	777	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	72.92/cwt	70.00–79.00	815	17
Bulls	—	—	1,650	89.63/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,479	11
Bulls	—	—	1,868	97.43/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,820	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	70.61/cwt	67.00–74.00	865	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	77.13/cwt	76.00–79.00	968	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,362	75.82/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,033	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	60.49/cwt	57.00–65.00	632	15

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 Sep 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 655Last week 531Year ago 532

Slaughter CattleReceipts 171Last week 149Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 101Last week 151Year ago 65

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	268	178.00–185.00	182.52
3	—	377	156.00–162.00	157.91
5	—	317	170.00–178.00	173.08
5	—	628	121.00–127.00	124.55
5	—	564	129.00–132.00	131.38
2	—	433	152.00–160.00	155.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	531	120.00–126.00	121.43
3	—	433	118.00–126.00	123.29
4	—	273	130.00–140.00	135.23
4	—	323	130.00–140.00	134.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	228	160.00–170.00	165.27
4	—	370	137.00–141.00	138.95
4	—	575	122.00–128.00	123.46
5	—	528	130.00–135.00	132.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	147.00–155.00	152.26
3	—	373	171.00–175.00	172.29
3	—	472	150.00–155.00	151.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	429	140.00–149.00	145.25
3	—	573	127.00–132.00	128.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	120.00–125.00	122.52
3	—	333	144.00–150.00	145.86
3	—	473	140.00–144.00	141.30
3	—	573	125.00–129.00	127.70
3	—	273	150.00–155.00	151.59
4	—	638	124.00–130.00	126.96
2	—	420	140.00–145.00	142.44
3	—	527	125.00–128.00	125.99
2	—	218	190.00–200.00	194.71
2	—	370	142.50–145.00	143.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	130.00–138.00	132.51
3	—	468	128.00–130.00	129.31
3	—	373	125.00–132.00	129.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	110.00–120.00	113.20

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	928	101.00–102.00	101.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	925	82.00–90.00	84.03
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,118	70.00–79.00	72.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,650	87.00–93.00	89.63
3	—	1,868	95.00–101.00	97.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,225	67.00–74.00	70.61
22	—	1,255	76.00–79.00	77.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,362	75.00–78.00	75.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,044	57.00–65.00	60.49

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

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Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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Columbia Livestock Market

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle