Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-03-28

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Mar 28
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
194 vs last sale 444 22 vs year ago 228 · +9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
69 vs last sale 147 38 vs year ago 40 · +95.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
65 vs last sale 123 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher especially on large carcass animals. Feeder cattle steady in limited test. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.63/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$138.63
29 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.92
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1494138.9868624
Medium and Large 2386136.925295thin
One grade step is worth $2.06/cwt here — about $158 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 sale29 hd
138.63
FL average9 barns · 543 hd
152.55
−13.92
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
BullsHigh1,621120.351,9519thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,128105.441,18931
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03285.5588315

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1370184.93/cwt180.00–190.006842
BullsMedium and Large 2375164.12/cwt162.50–167.506153
BullsMedium and Large 1330182.42/cwt180.00–185.006024
HeifersMedium and Large 1333164.81/cwt160.00–170.005492
HeifersMedium and Large 2386136.92/cwt135.00–145.005295
SteersMedium and Large 1612140.00/cwt140.00–140.008576
SteersMedium and Large 1273203.58/cwt200.00–207.505566
SteersMedium and Large 1377193.19/cwt190.00–200.007283
HeifersMedium and Large 1268171.46/cwt165.00–175.004603
HeifersMedium and Large 1579127.00/cwt127.00–127.0073516
HeifersMedium and Large 1372153.18/cwt150.00–160.005703
SteersMedium and Large 1328222.10/cwt215.00–230.007282
SteersMedium and Large 1770129.00/cwt129.00–129.009935
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2131,244.59/cwt1,100.00–1,375.0015,0974
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04393.86/cwt90.00–100.009797
Bulls1,571123.44/cwt120.00–126.001,9397
Bulls1,798109.53/cwt109.00–110.001,9692
CowsBoner 80-85%1,074101.86/cwt98.00–105.001,09421
CowsBoner 80-85%1,241112.95/cwt112.00–115.001,40210
CowsLean 85-90%1,03285.55/cwt83.00–89.0088315

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.