Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-12-05

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Dec 5
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
936 head
158 vs last sale 778 336 vs year ago 600 · +56.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
44 vs last sale 135 10 vs year ago 81 · +12.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
209 head
74 vs last sale 135 134 vs year ago 75 · +178.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls unevenly steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Feeder and replacement cows 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.41/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$143.41
115 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.74
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1483146.4670832
Medium and Large 2428142.2460883
One grade step is worth $4.22/cwt here — about $100 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 sale115 hd
143.41
FL average9 barns · 1,017 hd
154.15
−10.74
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
BullsAverage1,636101.101,6545thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,58576.001,2054thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19170.6184128
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19362.3274318

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1375200.10/cwt197.50–202.507504
BullsMedium and Large 1470168.97/cwt167.50–170.007945
BullsMedium and Large 2268187.15/cwt180.00–200.005028
HeifersMedium and Large 1573136.96/cwt135.00–139.007854
HeifersMedium and Large 1628127.47/cwt125.00–130.008014
HeifersMedium and Large 2375140.43/cwt140.00–142.5052711
SteersMedium and Large 2414167.15/cwt160.00–175.0069223
SteersMedium and Large 2314180.69/cwt180.00–185.005678
SteersMedium and Large 1416177.83/cwt177.50–180.0074016
HeifersMedium and Large 1328164.39/cwt160.00–167.505395
HeifersMedium and Large 2430148.44/cwt145.00–150.0063836
HeifersMedium and Large 2275142.58/cwt140.00–150.0039211
HeifersMedium and Large 2515133.95/cwt130.00–135.0069025
HeifersMedium and Large 1367163.23/cwt160.00–165.005996
HeifersMedium and Large 1525140.59/cwt140.00–142.5073813
SteersMedium and Large 1531161.55/cwt160.00–165.0085825
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2937117.10/cwt104.00–142.001,09721
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,02686.11/cwt82.00–95.0088316
Bulls1,636101.10/cwt97.00–104.001,6545
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18368.58/cwt67.00–71.0081123
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22779.92/cwt79.00–82.009815
CowsLean 85-90%1,19362.32/cwt58.00–65.0074318
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,2054

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.