Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2024-09-25

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 25
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
280 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 180▲ 280 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 90▲ 49 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 steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 4.00 to 10.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls, no trends could be established due to light receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $208.27/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −171.75 against this barn's trailing median of $380.02.
Average price
$208.27
21 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,130
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.33
vs TN average
−31.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2545208.511,13617thin
Medium and Large 1533207.261,1044thin
One grade step is worth $1.25/cwt here — about $32 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale21 hd
208.27
—
TN average13 barns · 868 hd
224.59
−16.33
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−31.82
This barn, trailing median14 sales
380.02
−171.75
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
448400353305median 380.0203/0404/1507/0808/2610/21
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,610138.002,2222thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,320114.111,5062thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,208113.431,3708thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06192.4598126

Every lot

61 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2288250.00/cwt250.00–250.007202
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320242.00/cwt242.00–242.007741
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,0471
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405225.00/cwt225.00–225.009111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1591
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1831
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2386
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3321
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added598253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,51310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3201
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615240.34/cwt240.00–241.001,4783
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4372
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668217.49/cwt202.00–230.001,4533
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4401
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added745228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6991
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5791
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6383
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7011
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy837180.94/cwt177.00–185.001,5142
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,8201
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added943200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8863
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3255207.00/cwt207.00–207.005281
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260220.00/cwt220.00–220.005722
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330225.00/cwt225.00–225.007431
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373219.66/cwt200.00–225.008199
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425220.42/cwt210.00–228.009375
Heifers450–500Small 1455207.00/cwt207.00–207.009421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0132
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2508206.53/cwt192.00–215.001,0499
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520218.51/cwt218.00–219.001,1362
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530170.00/cwt170.00–170.009011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2431
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2586210.73/cwt202.00–213.001,2358
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full600202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2121
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1711
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2672190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2773
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy740200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4802
Heifers700–750Small 1740130.00/cwt130.00–130.009622
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753190.99/cwt187.00–195.001,4382
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added783218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,70757
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,5051
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2840172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,4451
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,7557
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added887215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,91158
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy918185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6982
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1965177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,7081
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Value Added1,060185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,96116
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513220.22/cwt202.00–230.001,1303
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570227.93/cwt222.00–232.001,2994
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3311
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3741
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2888130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1542
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,495131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,9581
Bulls——1,725145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,5011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,042104.29/cwt99.00–109.001,0879
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04878.98/cwt70.00–85.008288
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09192.59/cwt86.00–98.001,0109
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150107.65/cwt106.00–109.001,2382
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213114.42/cwt113.00–117.001,3885
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5541
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,320114.11/cwt111.00–117.001,5062

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.