Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weaned and vaccinated, also were collected at Columbia and Cookeville Tn.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.47/cwt on 1,182 head.

Average price

$141.47

1,182 head · 722 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.90

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	722	141.47	1,021	1,182

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 sale1,182 hd

141.47

—

TN average10 barns · 2,253 hd

140.56

+0.90

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

12 lots · USDA AMS · TLP Beef Alliance Sale - Columbia, TN

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	677	131.49/cwt	129.00–132.75	890	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	966	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,159	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	500	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	776	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	770	124.15/cwt	119.00–124.75	956	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	980	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,107	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	501	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	684	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	867	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,032	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	137.15/cwt	130.00–141.00	800	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	865	133.71/cwt	124.50–134.10	1,157	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	593	147.67/cwt	147.25–148.00	876	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	682	144.86/cwt	138.00–148.00	988	420
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	768	138.23/cwt	132.00–139.75	1,062	440

How this sale compares

Tennessee weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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

TLP Beef Alliance Sale - Columbia, TN

Tue Jul 30, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Receipts 1,806Last week 0Year ago 0

Cattle were weaned and vaccinated, also were collected at Columbia and Cookeville Tn.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
269	—	677	129.00–132.75	131.49
146	—	770	119.00–124.75	124.15
2	—	980	113.00	113.00
27	—	501	136.50	136.50
43	—	867	119.00	119.00
137	—	583	130.00–141.00	137.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	966	120.00	120.00
32	—	500	155.25	155.25
125	—	865	124.50–134.10	133.71
147	—	593	147.25–148.00	147.67
420	—	682	138.00–148.00	144.86
440	—	768	132.00–139.75	138.23

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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