Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted at Cookeville and Columbia tn. on the ground. Graded and grouped. Cattle were vaccinated, with 60 day weaning requirement.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $257.03/cwt on 449 head.

Average price

$257.03

449 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.61

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	690	257.03	1,773	449

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 sale449 hd

257.03

—

TN average12 barns · 1,360 hd

248.42

+8.61

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 1-2	—	900	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,800	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,236	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,688	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	252.54/cwt	249.50–254.00	1,467	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,615	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,091	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,317	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,048	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	271.10/cwt	271.10–271.10	1,608	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	243.71/cwt	240.00–246.25	1,867	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	262.10/cwt	259.75–265.00	1,761	182

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 1, 2023

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

Receipts 820Last week 623Year ago 1,137

Cattle were weighted at Cookeville and Columbia tn. on the ground. Graded and grouped. Cattle were vaccinated, with 60 day weaning requirement.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	900	200.00	200.00
27	—	517	239.00	239.00
48	—	750	225.00	225.00
121	—	581	249.50–254.00	252.54
163	—	670	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	942	222.00	222.00
21	—	495	266.00	266.00
37	—	868	236.00	236.00
95	—	593	271.10	271.10
107	—	766	240.00–246.25	243.71
182	—	672	259.75–265.00	262.10

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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