Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady. Feeder and replacement cows' steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $415.21/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 5 of 4 comparable sales and sits +44.52 against this barn's trailing median of $370.69.

Average price

$415.21

8 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,284

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.04

vs FL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	415.21	2,284	8thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $410.32, low $356.87, median $370.69 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

415.21

—

FL average2 barns · 10 hd

412.17

+3.04

This barn, trailing median4 sales

370.69

+44.52

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,758	212.30	3,731	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,531	191.73	2,935	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	186.27	2,323	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,173	169.29	1,986	16

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,134	$3,860	7

Every lot, as filed

39 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,685	207.07/cwt	197.00–215.00	3,489	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	183.00/cwt	178.00–187.00	2,258	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	195.54/cwt	193.00–198.00	2,513	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	202.80/cwt	198.00–209.00	3,196	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	183.12/cwt	179.00–186.00	2,739	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,173	169.29/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,986	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	488.52/cwt	465.00–510.00	2,291	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	486.81/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,860	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	465.47/cwt	440.00–490.00	2,467	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	575.80/cwt	560.00–590.00	1,889	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	509.01/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,143	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	413.95/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,813	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	495.13/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,342	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	505.18/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,122	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	640.46/cwt	630.00–650.00	2,088	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	425.84/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	481.24/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,036	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	571.09/cwt	540.00–600.00	1,570	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	575.84/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,148	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	479.74/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,466	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	479.73/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,250	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	461.62/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,174	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	441.75/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,355	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	433.74/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,069	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	605.69/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,654	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	481.01/cwt	450.00–510.00	1,794	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	555.86/cwt	530.00–570.00	1,829	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	580.49/cwt	570.00–595.00	2,130	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	266	553.46/cwt	530.00–570.00	1,472	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	455.44/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,927	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	493.35/cwt	470.00–515.00	1,643	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	543.20/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,787	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	455.48/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,141	8
Bulls	—	—	1,975	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	4,503	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	3,859.74/head	3,800.00–3,900.00	3,860	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	312.89/cwt	295.00–335.00	3,185	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,141	248.58/cwt	225.00–275.00	2,836	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	462.79/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,430	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	367.63/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,114	4

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

Mon May 18, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 407Last week 300Year ago 500

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 62Year ago 57

Replacement CattleReceipts 62Last week 60Year ago 65

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady. Feeder and replacement cows' steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,685	197.00–215.00	207.07
2	—	1,975	228.00	228.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,234	178.00–187.00	183.00
6	—	1,285	193.00–198.00	195.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,576	198.00–209.00	202.80
9	—	1,496	179.00–186.00	183.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,173	164.00–174.00	169.29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	550.00–600.00	575.84
26	450–500	469	465.00–510.00	488.52
8	500–550	514	465.00–485.00	479.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	590.00–620.00	605.69
8	300–350	329	530.00–570.00	555.86
6	350–400	373	450.00–510.00	481.01
8	400–450	423	450.00–510.00	481.24
8	450–500	470	440.00–470.00	455.48
3	500–550	533	435.00–445.00	441.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	560.00–590.00	575.80
9	350–400	382	480.00–500.00	486.81
11	400–450	421	490.00–530.00	509.01
17	450–500	469	470.00–490.00	479.73
6	500–550	530	440.00–490.00	465.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	266	530.00–570.00	553.46
4	300–350	333	470.00–515.00	493.35
4	350–400	373	400.00–450.00	425.84
17	400–450	438	410.00–445.00	413.95
3	450–500	477	410.00–445.00	433.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	326	630.00–650.00	640.46
5	350–400	367	570.00–595.00	580.49
12	400–450	420	500.00–510.00	505.18
10	450–500	473	490.00–500.00	495.13
4	500–550	525	455.00–470.00	462.79
4	550–600	575	360.00–375.00	367.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	275	540.00–600.00	571.09
18	300–350	329	520.00–560.00	543.20
4	400–450	423	440.00–470.00	455.44
7	450–500	471	440.00–470.00	461.62

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,134	3,800.00–3,900.00	3,859.74
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,018	295.00–335.00	312.89
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	—	1,141	225.00–275.00	248.58

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Columbia Livestock Market

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

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