Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2024-06-26

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 26
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 246▲ 137 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 53▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 20▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

no trends could be established due to light receipts. No sale July 3rd. Next sale July 10th.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $250.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −181.26 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.
Average price
$250.00
4 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,400
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$413
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$47.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−43.51
vs TN average
−49.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2575280.001,6101thin
Medium and Large 2-3575243.751,4022thin
Small 1-2515232.501,1971thin
One grade step is worth $47.50/cwt here — about $413 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 sale4 hd
250.00
—
TN average12 barns · 357 hd
293.51
−43.51
National average143 barns · 6,512 hd
299.26
−49.26
This barn, trailing median16 sales
431.26
−181.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales
518460402344median 431.2603/0404/1506/1709/2310/14
Steers 500–600 lb: high $504.18, low $358.36, median $431.26 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,755175.003,0711thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,620153.002,4791thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,314140.141,8429thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,025110.731,1356thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,338$1,7752thin

Every lot

51 lots · USDA AMS · Columbia Livestock Center (UPI) - 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3380290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1021
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432299.59/cwt297.50–300.001,2946
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,39511
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,3731
Steers500–550Small 1-2515232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1971
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6101
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575243.75/cwt222.50–265.001,4022
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5631
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added649287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,86312
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678270.48/cwt269.00–272.001,8342
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733249.75/cwt249.00–250.001,8314
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7711
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added793256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,03012
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,9611
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy920226.50/cwt226.50–226.502,0842
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3313243.86/cwt230.00–257.507632
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370252.50/cwt252.50–252.509341
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3423239.18/cwt227.50–248.001,0123
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3459243.33/cwt227.50–248.001,1176
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2094
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530230.71/cwt210.00–236.001,2235
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3611223.63/cwt220.00–226.001,3665
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Full620226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy670214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4341
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added671240.75/cwt240.75–240.751,61514
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4852
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3685212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4561
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3745217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6201
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3860200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1621
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3440247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,0891
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3470255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1991
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3515250.52/cwt242.00–266.001,2903
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3562239.49/cwt238.00–240.001,3464
Bulls600–650Small 1-2605230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3921
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3655233.25/cwt225.00–236.001,5284
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3700218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5261
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3772200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5442
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3930170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,755175.00/cwt175.00–175.003,0711
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%916104.84/cwt100.00–109.009604
Cows—Lean 85-90%950129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2261
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183139.04/cwt136.00–143.001,6456
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,423148.51/cwt144.00–153.002,1132
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,535116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,7811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,620153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,4791
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,885130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,4511
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2451,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4301,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501

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.