Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle weaned and vaccinated programs. Cattle were gathered at Columbia and Cookeville Tn.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.13/cwt on 575 head.

Average price

$133.13

575 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.24

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	716	133.13	953	575

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 sale575 hd

133.13

—

TN average11 barns · 2,240 hd

133.37

−0.24

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	—	415	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	117.31/cwt	115.00–119.25	901	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	756	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	844	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	651	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	131.84/cwt	129.25–133.00	1,015	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	690	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,014	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,024	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	976	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	130.30/cwt	123.00–131.00	1,118	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	140.72/cwt	140.00–143.00	822	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	132.88/cwt	128.00–134.00	902	181

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 Oct 6, 2020

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

Receipts 1,006Last week 2,107Year ago 0

All cattle weaned and vaccinated programs. Cattle were gathered at Columbia and Cookeville Tn.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	129.50	129.50
2	—	973	90.00	90.00
91	—	768	115.00–119.25	117.31
152	—	593	127.50	127.50
153	—	670	126.00	126.00
12	—	503	129.50	129.50
19	—	875	111.50	111.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	770	129.25–133.00	131.84
2	—	453	139.50	139.50
7	—	504	137.00	137.00
14	—	1,014	101.00	101.00
68	—	858	123.00–131.00	130.30
117	—	584	140.00–143.00	140.72
181	—	679	128.00–134.00	132.88

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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