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Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 15
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2078
← Dec 17Apr 15Aug 19 →
Receipts
56 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 151▼ 51 vs year ago 107 · −47.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All Feeders Calves sold follow the TLP Beef Alliance protocol being 60+ days weaned and have at least 2 rounds of vaccinations Graded, weighed, and sold on site at UPI Columbia, TN.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $479.70/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $479.70.
Average price
$479.70
20 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,797
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$43.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.97
vs TN average
−8.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544516.332,8073thin
Medium and Large 2590473.232,79217thin
One grade step is worth $43.10/cwt here — about $15 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 sale20 hd
479.70
—
TN average17 barns · 672 hd
477.73
+1.97
National average180 barns · 13,019 hd
488.35
−8.65
This barn, trailing median1 sales
479.70
+0.00
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

10 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550545420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2892
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750725360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,6103
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650645372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,3996
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added500–550540428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,3113
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550515525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,7041
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950930342.00/cwt342.00–342.003,1811
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600558512.00/cwt512.00–512.002,8572
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800787380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,9913
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700663426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,82417
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added550–600590473.23/cwt473.00–477.002,79217

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.
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