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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 14

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

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Feeder Cattle receipts

62 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 97▲ 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 41 vs last sale 71▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 4 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 limited receipts.

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 $239.08/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −140.94 against this barn's trailing median of $380.02.

Average price

$239.08

13 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,305

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$14

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

$4.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.21

vs TN average

−12.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	241.67	1,297	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	236.86	1,311	7thin

One grade step is worth $4.80/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale13 hd

239.08

—

TN average14 barns · 669 hd

238.87

+0.21

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−12.86

This barn, trailing median14 sales

380.02

−140.94

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

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.72, low $319.00, median $380.02 across 14 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,874	180.30	3,378	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,381	157.20	2,171	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,155	148.92	1,721	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	993	116.04	1,152	6thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,440	$2,140	3thin

Every lot

39 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	265	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	782	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	490	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,387	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	275.14/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,417	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	568	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,522	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,490	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,776	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	860	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	254.29/cwt	240.00–270.00	936	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	257.31/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,124	5
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	445	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,059	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,165	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	242.33/cwt	236.00–249.00	1,158	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	534	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,298	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	237.61/cwt	237.00–238.00	1,276	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,293	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,398	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,408	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	206.98/cwt	206.00–209.00	1,496	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,535	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	870	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,688	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,045	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,242	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	490	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,274	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	242.36/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,384	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	219.45/cwt	204.00–228.00	1,448	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,466	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,718	182.73/cwt	180.00–185.00	3,139	3
Bulls	—	—	2,340	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	4,048	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	850	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,071	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	910	107.06/cwt	105.00–110.00	974	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,080	136.77/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,477	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,095	118.70/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,300	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,141	147.53/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,683	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	157.59/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,915	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,366	159.50/cwt	156.00–164.00	2,179	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,131	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,225	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,548	2,360.74/head	2,325.00–2,400.00	2,361	2

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 →

Columbia Livestock Center (UPI) - Columbia TN

Wed Aug 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 62Last week 97Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 71Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends could be established due to limited receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	537	237.00–238.00	237.61
2	550–600	595	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	437	250.00–259.00	257.31
1	450–500	455	256.00	256.00
1	550–600	550	235.00	235.00
3	700–750	723	206.00–209.00	206.98
1	750–800	760	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	534	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	277.50	277.50
2	350–400	368	240.00–270.00	254.29
2	450–500	478	236.00–249.00	242.33
1	600–650	640	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	870	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	568	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	745	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	515	275.00–276.00	275.14
1	800–850	830	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	275.00	275.00
4	550–600	571	235.00–247.00	242.36
3	650–700	660	204.00–228.00	219.45
1	700–750	715	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	700	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,340	173.00	173.00
3	—	1,718	180.00–185.00	182.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	910	105.00–110.00	107.06
1	—	850	126.00	126.00
3	—	1,095	118.00–120.00	118.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,141	141.00–151.00	147.53
3	—	1,080	135.00–139.00	136.77
5	—	1,215	154.00–160.00	157.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	148.00	148.00
4	—	1,366	156.00–164.00	159.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,548	2,325.00–2,400.00	2,360.74

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	1,700.00	1,700.00

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.