Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were gathered at Columbia and Cookeville. Weaned and vaccinated on a strict protocal. Graded and weighted on the ground.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $122.69/cwt on 312 head.

Average price

$122.69

312 head · 714 lb average

Value per head Derived

$876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.77

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	714	122.69	876	312

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 sale312 hd

122.69

—

TN average11 barns · 1,252 hd

135.46

−12.77

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

13 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	—	388	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	996	92.25/cwt	92.25–92.25	919	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	484	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	653	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	860	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	731	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	769	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	800	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	677	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	774	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	871	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	110.34/cwt	110.25–110.75	746	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	819	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	682	125.87/cwt	123.50–127.35	858	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	735	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	983	96.25/cwt	96.25–96.25	946	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	871	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	871	38

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 Apr 21, 2020

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

Receipts 555Last week 1,995Year ago 0

Cattle were gathered at Columbia and Cookeville. Weaned and vaccinated on a strict protocal. Graded and weighted on the ground.

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
2	—	388	135.00	135.00
4	—	996	92.25	92.25
20	—	484	135.00	135.00
23	—	860	85.00	85.00
49	—	769	104.00	104.00
56	—	584	116.00	116.00
89	—	676	110.25–110.75	110.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	774	112.50	112.50
63	—	581	141.00	141.00
121	—	682	123.50–127.35	125.87
16	—	474	155.00	155.00
27	—	983	96.25	96.25
38	—	871	100.00	100.00

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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