Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-02-21

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Feb 21
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
492 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 400▲ 326 vs year ago 166 · +196.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 121▲ 86 vs year ago 35 · +245.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
120 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 87▲ 63 vs year ago 57 · +110.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle under 300 pounds 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder cattle over 300 pounds steady to weak. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.54/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$155.54
52 head · 377 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.96
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1387162.5562933
Medium and Large 2356145.9751915thin
Medium and Large 3370133.654954thin
One grade step is worth $28.90/cwt here — about $134 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 sale52 hd
155.54
—
FL average9 barns · 728 hd
157.50
−1.96
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
Bulls—Average1,700106.541,8129thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29273.3094735
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14765.7875532

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1—323198.66/cwt195.00–202.506422
BullsMedium and Large 1—278201.01/cwt197.50–205.005596
BullsMedium and Large 1—428161.94/cwt160.00–164.006936
BullsMedium and Large 2—325162.38/cwt160.00–165.005284
BullsMedium and Large 2—470148.67/cwt145.00–152.506994
BullsMedium and Large 2—265196.60/cwt195.00–200.005213
SteersMedium and Large 1—260222.40/cwt220.00–225.005784
SteersMedium and Large 1—331205.75/cwt200.00–225.006814
SteersMedium and Large 1—375180.84/cwt177.00–185.006784
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432150.78/cwt150.00–154.006515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475147.71/cwt145.00–152.007025
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328172.31/cwt167.50–177.505656
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370133.65/cwt130.00–137.504954
HeifersMedium and Large 2—272166.87/cwt160.00–170.004543
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328141.39/cwt137.50–145.004646
BullsMedium and Large 2—367156.55/cwt150.00–160.005753
BullsMedium and Large 2—230202.39/cwt200.00–205.004654
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378164.83/cwt160.00–170.006236
HeifersMedium and Large 1—274180.54/cwt175.00–185.004957
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520146.24/cwt145.00–147.507604
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425140.09/cwt137.50–142.505956
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,126103.28/cwt100.00–108.001,1634
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,10980.57/cwt77.00–85.0089426
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,01067.92/cwt66.00–71.006868
Bulls——1,718102.82/cwt97.00–105.001,7666
Bulls——1,665113.99/cwt112.00–115.001,8983
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26672.53/cwt70.00–75.0091829
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41677.03/cwt76.00–79.001,0916
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13364.91/cwt62.00–68.0073526
CowsLean 85-90%—1,20869.54/cwt68.00–71.008406

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.