Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were gathered at Columbia and Cookeville Tn. Weighted on the ground grouped and graded. Strict weaned and vaccination program in place. Mostly black, black white face and charolis cross with a few red cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.16/cwt on 569 head.

Average price

$148.16

569 head · 700 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,038

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.96

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	700	148.16	1,038	569

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 sale569 hd

148.16

—

TN average5 barns · 1,392 hd

153.12

−4.96

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	149.02/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,013	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	142.33/cwt	140.50–143.25	1,102	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	932	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,205	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	753	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	964	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,205	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	132.39/cwt	130.00–134.00	894	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	829	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	128.55/cwt	125.00–130.00	989	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	661	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	849	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,019	16

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.

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TLP Beef Alliance Sale - Columbia, TN

Tue Nov 30, 2021

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

Receipts 1,137Last week 432Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
207	—	680	147.00–150.00	149.02
179	—	774	140.50–143.25	142.33
111	—	586	159.00	159.00
39	—	858	140.50	140.50
23	—	481	156.50	156.50
10	—	964	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
252	—	675	130.00–134.00	132.39
176	—	587	141.25	141.25
104	—	769	125.00–130.00	128.55
20	—	462	143.00	143.00
16	—	849	120.00	120.00

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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