Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-06-06

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jun 6
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
500 head
276 vs last sale 224 60 vs year ago 560 · 10.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
58 vs last sale 30 5 vs year ago 93 · 5.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
29 vs last sale 80 20 vs year ago 31 · +64.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $141.36/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$141.36
39 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$669
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.61
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527142.6575225
Medium and Large 2377139.0852414thin
One grade step is worth $3.57/cwt here — about $228 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 sale39 hd
141.36
FL average9 barns · 698 hd
147.97
−6.61
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
BullsAverage1,588102.031,62015
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41381.781,1558thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12776.4286118
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14665.887555thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,103$1,0406

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1413159.53/cwt158.00–161.006592
BullsMedium and Large 1263173.29/cwt170.00–175.004563
BullsMedium and Large 2282163.43/cwt160.00–165.004613
BullsMedium and Large 2373150.97/cwt150.00–152.005634
HeifersMedium and Large 2505139.50/cwt139.00–140.007042
HeifersMedium and Large 2272144.50/cwt142.00–150.003933
HeifersMedium and Large 1325152.46/cwt150.00–155.004952
HeifersMedium and Large 1425152.44/cwt147.50–155.006483
HeifersMedium and Large 1528142.70/cwt140.00–147.007535
HeifersMedium and Large 2423134.92/cwt132.50–140.005713
HeifersMedium and Large 2363138.30/cwt135.00–140.005026
SteersMedium and Large 1635150.00/cwt150.00–150.009533
HeifersMedium and Large 1574139.36/cwt135.00–140.0080015
BullsMedium and Large 2430148.53/cwt147.00–150.006394
BullsMedium and Large 1370159.95/cwt158.00–164.005923
SteersMedium and Large 2418148.95/cwt146.00–152.006232
SteersMedium and Large 1595156.00/cwt156.00–156.0092810
SteersMedium and Large 1518156.49/cwt156.00–159.0081112
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1031,040.14/head1,000.00–1,075.001,0406
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,02883.16/cwt80.00–90.0085510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2773105.70/cwt105.00–107.008173
Bulls1,651104.54/cwt102.00–109.001,72611
Bulls1,41595.13/cwt92.00–98.001,3464
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32379.26/cwt78.00–81.001,0494
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50384.29/cwt83.00–85.001,2674
CowsLean 85-90%1,14665.88/cwt64.00–69.007555
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12776.42/cwt74.00–82.0086118

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.