Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2024-08-05

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Mon, Aug 5
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2078
Receipts
738 head
▲ 641 vs last sale 97▼ 82 vs year ago 820 · −10.0%
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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 classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $278.76/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −200.94 against this barn's trailing median of $479.70.
Average price
$278.76
75 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,561
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.47
vs TN average
+3.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565279.711,58052
Medium and Large 2548276.611,51723
One grade step is worth $3.10/cwt here — about $64 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale75 hd
278.76
—
TN average16 barns · 710 hd
278.29
+0.47
National average145 barns · 4,636 hd
275.08
+3.68
This barn, trailing median1 sales
479.70
−200.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

25 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added479287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,3756
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added483292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,4102
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added537274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added550277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,52420
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added565279.71/cwt275.00–280.001,58052
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added639248.15/cwt248.00–250.001,58625
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added662251.32/cwt245.50–253.001,664115
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added733240.25/cwt240.25–240.251,76111
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added738236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,74233
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added761241.38/cwt240.50–243.001,83782
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added845237.10/cwt237.10–237.102,00344
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added876230.50/cwt230.50–230.502,01910
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2Value Added910215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9571
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added475255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2113
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added485260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added528236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,2463
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added545241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,3166
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added550243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,33714
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added560249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,39442
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added645220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4195
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added652232.09/cwt229.00–233.001,513114
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added668225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,50330
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added738224.20/cwt221.00–225.001,65579
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2Value Added815210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7121
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added851211.86/cwt211.00–212.001,80335

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.