Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were of UPI alliance sale, cattle were delivered at Columbia and Cookeville. Cattle were weaned and vaccinated. Weaned for 60 days. 352 steers and 295 heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $206.26/cwt on 352 head.

Average price

$206.26

352 head · 739 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,524

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.22

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	739	206.26	1,524	352

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 sale352 hd

206.26

—

TN average11 barns · 1,595 hd

214.48

−8.22

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	—	491	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,021	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	860	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,488	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	775	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,418	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	592	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,184	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	186.28/cwt	183.00–187.00	1,272	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	500	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,210	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	985	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,684	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,376	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	875	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,628	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	216.83/cwt	212.00–219.00	1,448	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	769	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,538	129

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 Dec 5, 2023

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

Receipts 647Last week 226Year ago 623

Cattle were of UPI alliance sale, cattle were delivered at Columbia and Cookeville. Cattle were weaned and vaccinated. Weaned for 60 days. 352 steers and 295 heifers.

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
17	—	491	208.00	208.00
25	—	860	173.00	173.00
66	—	775	183.00	183.00
87	—	592	200.00	200.00
100	—	683	183.00–187.00	186.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	500	242.00	242.00
20	—	985	171.00	171.00
39	—	588	234.00	234.00
48	—	875	186.00	186.00
109	—	668	212.00–219.00	216.83
129	—	769	200.00	200.00

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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