Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-02-14

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Feb 14
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
22 vs last sale 378 267 vs year ago 133 · +200.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
6 vs last sale 115 89 vs year ago 32 · +278.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
87 head
7 vs last sale 80 68 vs year ago 19 · +357.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder cattle firm, with strong demand for roping size calves. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.10/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$143.10
42 head · 411 lb average
Value per head Derived
$588
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.82
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1406150.3861022
Medium and Large 2417135.0856320
One grade step is worth $15.30/cwt here — about $47 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 sale42 hd
143.10
FL average9 barns · 798 hd
157.92
−14.82
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
BullsAverage1,44899.041,43413
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23071.5588025
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16061.6771512

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 1373181.93/cwt180.00–184.006794
BullsMedium and Large 1475161.39/cwt158.00–165.007674
HeifersMedium and Large 1368148.26/cwt145.00–150.005463
HeifersMedium and Large 1222193.08/cwt190.00–200.004293
HeifersMedium and Large 1473137.43/cwt135.00–140.006504
HeifersMedium and Large 1528137.42/cwt135.00–140.007262
SteersMedium and Large 2380160.00/cwt160.00–160.006082
SteersMedium and Large 1478174.41/cwt172.00–177.008342
SteersMedium and Large 3373154.83/cwt150.00–160.005784
SteersMedium and Large 1228264.75/cwt250.00–297.006043
SteersMedium and Large 1263226.26/cwt225.00–227.505952
SteersMedium and Large 2333179.81/cwt175.00–185.005994
HeifersMedium and Large 2330142.42/cwt140.00–145.004704
HeifersMedium and Large 1418144.02/cwt143.00–145.006022
SteersMedium and Large 1520170.98/cwt170.00–172.008892
SteersMedium and Large 1370197.92/cwt195.00–201.007324
SteersMedium and Large 1435191.18/cwt190.00–197.508326
SteersMedium and Large 1320212.42/cwt210.00–215.006804
HeifersMedium and Large 2430137.44/cwt135.00–140.005914
HeifersMedium and Large 2376136.80/cwt135.00–140.005148
SteersMedium and Large 2534154.53/cwt153.00–161.008255
HeifersMedium and Large 2573121.96/cwt120.00–124.006994
HeifersMedium and Large 1575136.72/cwt135.00–140.007863
HeifersMedium and Large 1330152.33/cwt150.00–154.005035
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,26374.62/cwt72.00–80.009429
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03292.11/cwt90.00–97.009513
Bulls1,565105.37/cwt100.00–110.001,6497
Bulls1,31291.65/cwt90.00–94.001,2026
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29376.49/cwt75.00–79.009898
CowsLean 85-90%1,16061.67/cwt59.00–64.0071512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20069.22/cwt66.00–74.0083117

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.