Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2026-08-10

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Aug 10
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
430 head
▲ 116 vs last sale 314▼ 100 vs year ago 530 · −18.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 35▲ 2 vs year ago 49 · +4.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 65▼ 46 vs year ago 81 · −56.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Columbia Livestock was not reported the previous week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $382.21/cwt on 26 head, up $25.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 5 comparable sales and sits +23.03 against this barn's trailing median of $359.18.
Average price
$382.21
▲ 25.34 vs prior sale
26 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,062
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.12
vs FL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532390.082,07622
Medium and Large 2580338.911,9664thin
One grade step is worth $51.17/cwt here — about $111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales
424396368340median 359.1806/0107/2007/2708/1009/14
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $410.32, low $354.06, median $359.18 across 5 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 sale26 hd
382.21
—
FL average4 barns · 78 hd
374.09
+8.12
This barn, trailing median5 sales
359.18
+23.03
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
Bulls—Average1,612201.203,2439thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,203178.782,15115
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,455172.652,5124thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,067161.721,72513

Every lot, as filed

42 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%—1,075155.30/cwt150.00–160.001,6694
CowsLean 85-90%—1,063164.57/cwt163.00–171.001,7499
Bulls——1,478214.86/cwt210.00–219.003,1764
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,178176.75/cwt173.00–181.002,08212
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,305186.91/cwt185.00–191.002,4393
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,455172.65/cwt168.00–177.002,5124
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500471388.28/cwt380.00–400.001,82915
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625350.16/cwt340.00–360.002,1898
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300270568.00/cwt530.00–620.001,5345
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373486.17/cwt450.00–520.001,81312
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300270630.19/cwt620.00–640.001,7024
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575371.37/cwt350.00–385.002,1355
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250225610.44/cwt600.00–620.001,3734
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350326606.40/cwt590.00–620.001,97721
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450427543.41/cwt520.00–560.002,3207
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450424466.06/cwt445.00–470.001,97620
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500472402.34/cwt395.00–410.001,89921
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573363.49/cwt350.00–370.002,0833
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730287.67/cwt275.00–300.002,1006
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450428451.45/cwt440.00–455.001,9324
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400373413.93/cwt400.00–440.001,5443
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323596.11/cwt560.00–640.001,9257
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350319637.05/cwt620.00–660.002,0325
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500470392.90/cwt380.00–405.001,8476
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350313530.24/cwt520.00–540.001,6602
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500474363.51/cwt330.00–390.001,72311
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350322521.12/cwt500.00–550.001,6785
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750726358.11/cwt345.00–375.002,6007
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400362543.46/cwt540.00–550.001,9673
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400373436.17/cwt400.00–470.001,6276
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,108195.52/cwt185.00–206.002,1664
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450431402.56/cwt375.00–420.001,73510
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600580338.91/cwt320.00–345.001,9664
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300278505.68/cwt490.00–520.001,4064
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400373498.09/cwt480.00–515.001,8584
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450418402.54/cwt400.00–405.001,6834
Bulls——1,719190.28/cwt188.00–194.003,2715
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600565355.09/cwt350.00–360.002,0064
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400373555.84/cwt530.00–580.002,07312
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650628315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,97812
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550525397.86/cwt385.00–410.002,08918
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,010258.63/cwt240.00–275.002,6124

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.