Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted and graded on ground. Mostly Black with a few red and charolais cattle. Cattle were part of United Producers Alliance Inc.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.81/cwt on 747 head.

Average price

$130.81

747 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.49

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	706	130.81	924	747

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 sale747 hd

130.81

—

TN average6 barns · 1,638 hd

133.30

−2.49

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

13 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc Special Graded Feeder and Replacement Cattle 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 1-2	—	403	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,020	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,013	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	115.81/cwt	113.50–117.25	894	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	123.26/cwt	123.00–123.50	724	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	118.32/cwt	115.00–119.75	801	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,070	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	142.84/cwt	137.50–145.00	831	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	124.63/cwt	121.00–126.00	971	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	131.76/cwt	131.00–132.00	897	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	575	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	947	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,070	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	709	31

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 →

United Producers Inc Special Graded Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale - Columbia, TN

Tue Dec 1, 2020

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

Receipts 1,386Last week 0Year ago 0

Cattle were weighted and graded on ground. Mostly Black with a few red and charolais cattle. Cattle were part of United Producers Alliance Inc.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,020	100.00	100.00
19	—	862	117.50	117.50
107	—	772	113.50–117.25	115.81
176	—	587	123.00–123.50	123.26
300	—	677	115.00–119.75	118.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	881	121.50	121.50
123	—	582	137.50–145.00	142.84
235	—	779	121.00–126.00	124.63
284	—	681	131.00–132.00	131.76
4	—	420	137.00	137.00
12	—	947	113.00	113.00
31	—	490	144.75	144.75

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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