Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2023-12-05

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Tue, Dec 5
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2078
Receipts
647 head
▲ 421 vs last sale 226▲ 24 vs year ago 623 · +3.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were of UPI alliance sale, cattle were delivered at Columbia and Cookeville. Cattle were weaned and vaccinated. Weaned for 60 days. 352 steers and 295 heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $206.26/cwt on 352 head.
Average price
$206.26
352 head · 739 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,524
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−8.22
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2739206.261,524352
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 sale352 hd
206.26
—
TN average11 barns · 1,595 hd
214.48
−8.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

11 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,37639
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668216.83/cwt212.00–219.001,448109
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added769200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,538129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added875186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,62848
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added985171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,68420
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added491208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,02117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added592200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,18487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683186.28/cwt183.00–187.001,272100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added775183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,41866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added860173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,48825

This sale against other markets

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.