Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-03-14

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Mar 14
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
180 vs last sale 300 106 vs year ago 226 · 46.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
2 vs last sale 87 54 vs year ago 31 · +174.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
65 vs last sale 129 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $177.29/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$177.29
19 head · 388 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.75
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1393182.1771613thin
Medium and Large 2377166.736296thin
One grade step is worth $15.44/cwt here — about $88 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 sale19 hd
177.29
FL average8 barns · 292 hd
175.55
+1.75
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
BullsAverage1,741107.471,8714thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23787.231,07915
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06664.3168620

Every lot, as filed

15 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 1433135.94/cwt134.00–140.005893
SteersMedium and Large 1360180.63/cwt176.00–185.006504
SteersMedium and Large 2377166.73/cwt165.00–170.006296
HeifersMedium and Large 1530135.02/cwt134.00–136.007164
SteersMedium and Large 1431176.72/cwt174.00–184.007627
SteersMedium and Large 1328204.33/cwt200.00–209.006702
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1681,281.69/cwt1,200.00–1,400.0014,9704
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2988926.84/cwt900.00–950.009,1574
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-296471.52/cwt70.00–75.006895
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03295.59/cwt85.00–103.009869
Bulls1,741107.47/cwt106.00–110.001,8714
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21282.74/cwt78.00–84.001,0037
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25891.15/cwt87.00–95.001,1478
CowsLean 85-90%1,03053.84/cwt50.00–58.005558
CowsLean 85-90%1,09071.29/cwt68.00–74.0077712

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.