Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-12-19

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Dec 19
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
620 vs last sale 700 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
28 vs last sale 151 123 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
116 head
197 vs last sale 313 116 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle limited. Feeder and Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.24/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$143.24
3 head · 370 lb average
Value per head Derived
$530
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
17.23
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1370143.245303thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
143.24
FL average6 barns · 555 hd
160.47
−17.23
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
BullsLow1,38193.341,28924
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13472.5482242
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00764.0764536

Every lot, as filed

10 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
CowsLean 85-90%96359.39/cwt57.00–62.005729
CowsLean 85-90%1,02265.63/cwt64.00–67.0067127
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22678.41/cwt78.00–81.009617
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11571.37/cwt68.00–75.0079635
Bulls1,34389.75/cwt85.00–93.001,20515
Bulls1,44599.33/cwt96.00–105.001,4359
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04477.65/cwt74.00–80.0081120
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,08083.14/cwt80.00–87.0089830
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15868.54/cwt65.00–72.0079410
HeifersMedium and Large 1370143.24/cwt140.00–145.005303

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.