Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were gathered at UPI Columbia and Cookeville. They were graded and weighed on the ground. All cattle were on a strict vaccination program and weaned a minimum of 60 days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $278.76/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −200.94 against this barn's trailing median of $479.70.

Average price

$278.76

75 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$3.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.47

vs TN average

+3.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	279.71	1,580	52
Medium and Large 2	548	276.61	1,517	23

One grade step is worth $3.10/cwt here — about $64 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale75 hd

278.76

—

TN average16 barns · 710 hd

278.29

+0.47

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

+3.68

This barn, trailing median1 sales

479.70

−200.94

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

25 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 2Value Added	600–650	639	248.15/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,586	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	815	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	733	240.25/cwt	240.25–240.25	1,761	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	550	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,524	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	537	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	668	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,503	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	479	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,375	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	528	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,246	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	876	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,019	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	475	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,211	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	565	279.71/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,580	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	910	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,957	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	738	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,742	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	483	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	761	241.38/cwt	240.50–243.00	1,837	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	662	251.32/cwt	245.50–253.00	1,664	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	550	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,337	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	845	237.10/cwt	237.10–237.10	2,003	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	652	232.09/cwt	229.00–233.00	1,513	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	738	224.20/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,655	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,394	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	851	211.86/cwt	211.00–212.00	1,803	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	545	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,316	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	485	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,261	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

Mon Aug 5, 2024

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

Receipts 738Last week 97Year ago 820

Cattle were gathered at UPI Columbia and Cookeville. They were graded and weighed on the ground. All cattle were on a strict vaccination program and weaned a minimum of 60 days.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	479	287.00	287.00
3	500–550	537	274.00	274.00
20	550–600	550	277.00	277.00
25	600–650	639	248.00–250.00	248.15
11	700–750	733	240.25	240.25
1	900–950	910	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	292.00	292.00
52	550–600	565	275.00–280.00	279.71
115	650–700	662	245.50–253.00	251.32
33	700–750	738	236.00	236.00
82	750–800	761	240.50–243.00	241.38
44	800–850	845	237.10	237.10
10	850–900	876	230.50	230.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	255.00	255.00
3	500–550	528	236.00	236.00
14	550–600	550	243.00	243.00
5	600–650	645	220.00	220.00
30	650–700	668	225.00	225.00
1	800–850	815	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	260.00	260.00
6	500–550	545	241.50	241.50
42	550–600	560	249.00	249.00
114	650–700	652	229.00–233.00	232.09
79	700–750	738	221.00–225.00	224.20
35	850–900	851	211.00–212.00	211.86

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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