Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were assembled in Columbia and Cookeville were weaned and vaccinated. Weighted on ground and graded.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.32/cwt on 216 head.

Average price

$140.32

216 head · 709 lb average

Value per head Derived

$994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.78

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	140.32	994	216

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 sale216 hd

140.32

—

TN average10 barns · 1,854 hd

148.10

−7.78

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	425	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	752	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	992	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,121	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	498	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	812	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	778	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,011	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	677	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	951	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	917	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	873	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,109	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	795	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	978	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	870	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	582	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	757	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	478	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	664	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,029	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,019	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	355	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	515	2

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

Wed Apr 21, 2021

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

Receipts 382Last week 1,006Year ago 555

Cattle were assembled in Columbia and Cookeville were weaned and vaccinated. Weighted on ground and graded.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	425	177.00	177.00
9	—	992	113.00	113.00
9	—	498	163.00	163.00
68	—	778	130.00	130.00
50	—	677	140.50	140.50
40	—	584	157.00	157.00
28	—	873	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	795	123.00	123.00
46	—	685	127.00	127.00
46	—	582	130.00	130.00
9	—	478	139.00	139.00
4	—	1,029	99.00	99.00
2	—	355	145.00	145.00

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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