Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-02-28

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Feb 28
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
192 vs last sale 492 88 vs year ago 212 · +41.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
45 vs last sale 121 44 vs year ago 32 · +137.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
70 vs last sale 120 22 vs year ago 28 · +78.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 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 $139.04/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$139.04
25 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$236
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.22
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432155.4267112thin
Medium and Large 2495130.216448thin
Medium and Large 3382113.874355thin
One grade step is worth $41.55/cwt here — about $236 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
139.04
FL average9 barns · 648 hd
155.27
−16.22
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
BullsAverage1,915107.582,06014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17673.4786421
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07365.7670612

Every lot, as filed

24 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 3382113.87/cwt110.00–120.004355
BullsMedium and Large 1325201.55/cwt197.50–206.006552
BullsMedium and Large 1373193.62/cwt190.00–197.507224
BullsMedium and Large 1425167.41/cwt165.00–170.007114
BullsMedium and Large 1475156.46/cwt155.00–162.007435
BullsMedium and Large 2533150.58/cwt147.00–154.008034
BullsMedium and Large 1578153.45/cwt152.00–155.008872
SteersMedium and Large 1425177.41/cwt175.00–180.007544
SteersMedium and Large 2428161.92/cwt160.00–165.006935
SteersMedium and Large 1365210.56/cwt206.00–215.007692
SteersMedium and Large 1268210.14/cwt205.00–215.005634
BullsMedium and Large 1522156.94/cwt155.00–161.008193
HeifersMedium and Large 1425160.00/cwt160.00–160.006802
HeifersMedium and Large 1523143.45/cwt140.00–147.007504
HeifersMedium and Large 1373161.87/cwt158.00–166.006046
HeifersMedium and Large 2433128.31/cwt127.50–130.005563
HeifersMedium and Large 2532131.35/cwt129.00–135.006995
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0781,161.64/cwt950.00–1,275.0012,5225
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09773.72/cwt70.00–76.0080915
Bulls1,888104.71/cwt99.00–107.001,9779
Bulls1,964112.74/cwt110.00–114.002,2145
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15572.17/cwt70.00–74.0083416
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24477.61/cwt76.00–79.009655
CowsLean 85-90%1,07365.76/cwt63.00–68.0070612

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.