Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2024-10-09

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 9
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
237 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 267▲ 237 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 32▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 7▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 7.00 to 9.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 6.00 to 12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 5.00 to 10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows/Bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.31/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −157.71 against this barn's trailing median of $380.02.
Average price
$222.31
14 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,218
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.24
vs TN average
−30.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560235.001,3161thin
Medium and Large 2547221.341,21113thin
One grade step is worth $13.66/cwt here — about $105 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 sale14 hd
222.31
—
TN average13 barns · 660 hd
234.55
−12.24
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
−30.37
This barn, trailing median14 sales
380.02
−157.71
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—Average1,849147.642,7304thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,242117.881,46419
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,417117.281,6627thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,106101.331,12014

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,218$1,4132thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2240282.00/cwt282.00–282.006771
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2278289.16/cwt282.00–297.008042
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4582
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added645245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5802
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added660242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5971
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added735240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7643
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added755241.00/cwt240.00–242.001,8202
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8211
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,8201
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,9241
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1959201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,9287
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270283.05/cwt257.00–295.007643
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360272.00/cwt272.00–272.009791
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365261.00/cwt261.00–261.009531
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400210.00/cwt210.00–210.008401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0793
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460242.86/cwt237.00–245.001,1179
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526219.56/cwt217.00–226.001,1556
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3161
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565222.86/cwt220.00–230.001,2597
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3961
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2624204.46/cwt199.00–212.001,2764
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added640225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4402
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660208.83/cwt190.00–219.001,3786
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2161
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1795210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6701
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2798142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1332
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2865158.50/cwt150.00–167.001,3712
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added881215.16/cwt213.75–216.501,896113
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2943171.05/cwt152.00–190.001,6132
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1965190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366305.49/cwt302.00–310.001,1184
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405228.52/cwt227.00–230.009262
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425220.00/cwt220.00–220.009353
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,3035
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2591
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481261.04/cwt252.00–267.001,2565
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0611
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2566228.25/cwt223.00–232.001,2925
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3241
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4501
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3891
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720162.59/cwt150.00–175.001,1712
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,5291
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2798152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,2134
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,837152.18/cwt150.00–153.002,7963
Bulls——1,885134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,5261
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03693.16/cwt84.00–98.009658
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,189115.08/cwt113.00–120.001,3684
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,218106.48/cwt106.00–107.001,2972
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225113.42/cwt108.00–117.001,38910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260122.84/cwt118.00–128.001,5489
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,411119.33/cwt116.00–124.001,6846
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,5281
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 11,1751,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2601,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001

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.