Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −85.92 against this barn's trailing median of $346.92.

Average price

$261.00

10 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,429

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.33

vs TN average

−3.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	262.00	1,431	5thin
Medium and Large 1	549	260.00	1,427	5thin

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about $3 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

261.00

—

TN average13 barns · 464 hd

242.67

+18.33

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−3.52

This barn, trailing median1 sales

346.92

−85.92

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

20 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 1Value Added	500–550	535	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	638	238.83/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,524	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	750	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	968	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,076	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	703	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	616	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,472	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	865	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	820	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	465	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	546	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,431	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	765	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,656	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	549	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	833	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,030	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,854	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	490	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,299	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,808	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	741	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,815	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	646	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,757	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	574	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,607	8

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 97Last week 647Year ago 623

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	292.00	292.00
6	650–700	667	271.00	271.00
11	700–750	741	245.00	245.00
1	800–850	820	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	865	220.00	220.00
4	950–1000	968	214.50	214.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	302.00	302.00
8	550–600	574	280.00	280.00
8	600–650	646	272.00	272.00
2	700–750	703	256.00	256.00
1	750–800	750	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	265.00	265.00
5	500–550	549	260.00	260.00
23	600–650	638	235.00–239.00	238.83
1	700–750	720	200.00	200.00
7	750–800	765	216.50	216.50
3	800–850	833	201.00	201.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	262.00	262.00
7	600–650	616	239.00	239.00

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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