Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2024-04-17

Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Feeder Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 17

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2078

← Dec 5Apr 17Aug 5 →

Receipts

97 head

▼ 550 vs last sale 647▼ 526 vs year ago 623 · −84.4%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −85.92 against this barn's trailing median of $346.92.

Average price

$261.00

10 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,429

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.33

vs TN average

−3.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	262.00	1,431	5thin
Medium and Large 1	549	260.00	1,427	5thin

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about $3 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 sale10 hd

261.00

—

TN average13 barns · 464 hd

242.67

+18.33

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−3.52

This barn, trailing median1 sales

346.92

−85.92

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

20 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	465	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,404	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	535	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,562	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	574	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,607	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	646	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,757	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	667	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,808	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	703	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,800	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	741	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,815	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,860	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	820	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,845	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	865	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,903	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	968	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,076	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	490	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,299	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	546	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,431	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	549	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,427	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	616	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,472	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	638	238.83/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,524	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	765	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,656	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	833	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,674	3
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,030	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,854	1

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

TLP Beef Alliance Sale - Columbia, TN

Wed Apr 17, 2024

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

Receipts 97Last week 647Year ago 623

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	500–550	535	292.00	292.00
6	650–700	667	271.00	271.00
11	700–750	741	245.00	245.00
1	800–850	820	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	865	220.00	220.00
4	950–1000	968	214.50	214.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	302.00	302.00
8	550–600	574	280.00	280.00
8	600–650	646	272.00	272.00
2	700–750	703	256.00	256.00
1	750–800	750	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	265.00	265.00
5	500–550	549	260.00	260.00
23	600–650	638	235.00–239.00	238.83
1	700–750	720	200.00	200.00
7	750–800	765	216.50	216.50
3	800–850	833	201.00	201.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	262.00	262.00
7	600–650	616	239.00	239.00

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.