Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2024-08-07

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 7
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 90▲ 97 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 14▲ 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/Bulls 8.00 to 12.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 5.00 to 7.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $254.14/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −177.12 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.
Average price
$254.14
14 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,405
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.32
vs TN average
−20.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552263.091,45111thin
Medium and Large 2557221.331,2333thin
One grade step is worth $41.76/cwt here — about $218 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 sale14 hd
254.14
—
TN average16 barns · 559 hd
274.46
−20.32
National average145 barns · 4,636 hd
275.08
−20.94
This barn, trailing median16 sales
431.26
−177.12
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—Low1,365165.252,2567thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,301150.171,9536thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,114137.641,53337
CowsLean 85-90%High1,038121.151,25815

Every lot

48 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2210290.00/cwt290.00–290.006091
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2265250.00/cwt250.00–250.006631
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,0921
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435226.59/cwt220.00–230.009863
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3003
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2461
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3196
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added520277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,4401
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524259.19/cwt259.00–260.001,3585
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2557221.33/cwt220.00–222.001,2333
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583260.00/cwt259.00–261.001,5162
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added587267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,5673
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623219.28/cwt197.00–240.001,3662
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6171
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5751
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6447
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6655
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,7541
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245225.00/cwt225.00–225.005511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363256.03/cwt255.00–257.009292
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0603
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,1641
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465243.97/cwt243.00–245.001,1342
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525248.18/cwt240.00–257.001,3032
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy550222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610222.33/cwt220.00–227.001,3563
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5591
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372252.91/cwt232.00–270.009413
Bulls450–500Small 1455170.00/cwt170.00–170.007741
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2372
Bulls450–500Small 2495200.00/cwt200.00–200.009901
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2586243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,42416
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3351
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670217.93/cwt215.00–221.001,4602
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2815169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,3771
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2873158.51/cwt157.00–160.001,3842
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,043151.51/cwt149.00–154.001,5802
Bulls——1,458177.43/cwt170.00–183.002,5872
Bulls——1,518166.30/cwt164.00–169.002,5243
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%913102.93/cwt95.00–110.009402
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,014118.09/cwt114.00–121.001,1976
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,087131.23/cwt124.00–134.001,42613
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095128.97/cwt125.00–133.001,4127
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,106147.70/cwt145.00–150.001,6345
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,134139.37/cwt135.00–144.001,58019
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,135140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,5891
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,334152.20/cwt146.00–156.002,0305

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.