Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle consisted of Steers and heifers, mostly Black and Black white face, few charolis and red neck cattle. Cattle mostly medium flesh with vaccinations and weighed on ground.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.72/cwt on 1,251 head.

Average price

$138.72

1,251 head · 709 lb average

Value per head Derived

$984

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.96

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	709	138.72	984	1,251

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 sale1,251 hd

138.72

—

TN average10 barns · 2,615 hd

137.76

+0.96

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

11 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	—	889	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	978	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	493	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	701	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	763	122.17/cwt	119.50–123.00	932	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	586	135.16/cwt	133.25–135.75	792	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	132.67/cwt	127.25–135.00	897	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	964	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,138	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	484	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	750	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	861	128.06/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,103	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	149.96/cwt	140.00–152.00	882	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	768	132.21/cwt	123.50–133.75	1,015	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	682	141.29/cwt	131.50–143.75	964	487

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 Aug 4, 2020

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

Receipts 2,107Last week 0Year ago 0

Cattle consisted of Steers and heifers, mostly Black and Black white face, few charolis and red neck cattle. Cattle mostly medium flesh with vaccinations and weighed on 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
19	—	889	110.00	110.00
52	—	493	142.25	142.25
157	—	763	119.50–123.00	122.17
228	—	586	133.25–135.75	135.16
400	—	676	127.25–135.00	132.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	964	118.00	118.00
32	—	484	155.00	155.00
132	—	861	125.00–129.00	128.06
214	—	588	140.00–152.00	149.96
368	—	768	123.50–133.75	132.21
487	—	682	131.50–143.75	141.29

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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