Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-02

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 $292.61/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −187.09 against this barn's trailing median of $479.70.

Average price

$292.61

23 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$19.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.28

vs TN average

−32.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	294.29	1,624	21
Medium and Large 2	555	275.00	1,526	2thin

One grade step is worth $19.29/cwt here — about $98 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 sale23 hd

292.61

—

TN average4 barns · 126 hd

281.33

+11.28

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−32.76

This barn, trailing median1 sales

479.70

−187.09

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

24 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	650–700	679	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,759	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	675	227.98/cwt	224.00–229.00	1,539	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	535	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	590	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	657	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,554	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	579	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,436	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	734	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,879	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,748	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	842	238.23/cwt	231.00–240.00	2,006	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	548	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,622	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	762	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,859	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	632	261.64/cwt	259.00–262.00	1,654	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	735	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	933	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,099	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,008	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,097	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	717	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,631	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	831	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,770	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	764	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,708	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	634	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,484	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	930	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,227	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 Dec 2, 2024

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

Receipts 246Last week 738Year ago 226

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 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
17	500–550	548	296.00	296.00
4	550–600	568	287.00	287.00
29	600–650	645	271.00	271.00
5	650–700	679	259.00	259.00
39	700–750	734	256.00	256.00
5	750–800	762	244.00	244.00
20	800–850	842	231.00–240.00	238.23
3	900–950	933	225.00	225.00
2	1000–1050	1,008	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	555	275.00	275.00
8	600–650	632	259.00–262.00	261.64
1	700–750	735	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	246.00	246.00
1	550–600	590	240.00	240.00
5	650–700	675	224.00–229.00	227.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	261.00	261.00
23	550–600	579	248.00	248.00
7	600–650	634	234.00	234.00
33	650–700	657	236.50	236.50
17	700–750	717	227.50	227.50
8	750–800	764	223.50	223.50
10	800–850	831	213.00	213.00
2	900–950	930	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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