Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were taken in on Monday Dec. 2nd. Cattle were on strict health and weaning programs. 1995 steers and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.95/cwt on 1,117 head.

Average price

$135.95

1,117 head · 718 lb average

Value per head Derived

$976

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.10

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	718	135.95	976	1,117

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 sale1,117 hd

135.95

—

TN average5 barns · 1,997 hd

134.85

+1.10

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

14 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 1-2	—	971	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,126	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	560	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	859	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,082	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	694	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	121.83/cwt	121.75–122.00	934	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	125.02/cwt	120.00–126.00	730	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	124.33/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,200	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	743	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	121.57/cwt	120.00–122.00	818	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,157	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	149.29/cwt	146.00–150.00	876	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	135.73/cwt	130.00–139.00	930	306
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	129.18/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,000	389
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	612	11

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 Dec 3, 2019

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

Receipts 1,995Last week 1,806Year ago 0

Cattle were taken in on Monday Dec. 2nd. Cattle were on strict health and weaning programs. 1995 steers and heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	971	116.00	116.00
16	—	412	136.00	136.00
63	—	859	126.00	126.00
71	—	496	140.00	140.00
195	—	767	121.75–122.00	121.83
243	—	584	120.00–126.00	125.02
288	—	673	120.00–122.00	121.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	965	123.00–125.00	124.33
44	—	492	151.00	151.00
116	—	875	132.25	132.25
209	—	587	146.00–150.00	149.29
306	—	685	130.00–139.00	135.73
389	—	774	127.00–132.00	129.18
11	—	405	151.00	151.00

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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