Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-01-24

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jan 24
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
378 head
54 vs last sale 432 178 vs year ago 200 · +89.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
129 head
43 vs last sale 86 113 vs year ago 16 · +706.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
84 head
50 vs last sale 34 52 vs year ago 32 · +162.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.80/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$139.80
62 head · 412 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.44
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437144.2363032
Medium and Large 2385135.0752030
One grade step is worth $9.16/cwt here — about $110 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 sale62 hd
139.80
FL average9 barns · 756 hd
151.24
−11.44
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
BullsHigh1,47595.521,40921
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27373.3693426

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1327191.53/cwt185.00–195.006263
BullsMedium and Large 1370166.41/cwt163.00–170.006162
BullsMedium and Large 2470151.17/cwt147.50–155.007104
HeifersMedium and Large 2475132.45/cwt130.00–135.006294
HeifersMedium and Large 1278179.77/cwt175.00–185.005002
HeifersMedium and Large 1470140.98/cwt140.00–142.006634
SteersMedium and Large 1479161.92/cwt160.00–168.007764
SteersMedium and Large 1520162.45/cwt160.00–165.008452
SteersMedium and Large 1332197.12/cwt190.00–212.506543
SteersMedium and Large 2427152.88/cwt150.00–159.006533
SteersMedium and Large 1575156.31/cwt155.00–159.008993
HeifersMedium and Large 2425132.41/cwt130.00–135.0056312
HeifersMedium and Large 1420142.21/cwt137.00–145.005979
HeifersMedium and Large 2373132.42/cwt130.00–135.004944
SteersMedium and Large 1379171.19/cwt170.00–175.006494
SteersMedium and Large 1273238.17/cwt235.00–245.006503
SteersMedium and Large 1423166.96/cwt165.00–169.007064
HeifersMedium and Large 1570140.49/cwt140.00–141.008014
HeifersMedium and Large 1623130.49/cwt130.00–131.008134
HeifersMedium and Large 1333147.56/cwt140.00–157.004919
SteersMedium and Large 2327173.27/cwt170.00–175.005673
HeifersMedium and Large 2270144.81/cwt140.00–150.003914
HeifersMedium and Large 2330137.42/cwt135.00–140.004536
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2905101.32/cwt96.00–107.009178
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,00369.15/cwt65.00–73.006948
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1901,202.52/cwt1,125.00–1,300.0014,3107
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09390.66/cwt90.00–92.009913
Bulls2,040106.29/cwt103.00–114.002,1683
Bulls1,38193.73/cwt90.00–96.001,29418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21670.41/cwt67.00–74.0085617
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38278.93/cwt78.00–81.001,0919

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.