Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2024-10-30

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 30
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
195 head
▼ 314 vs last sale 509▲ 195 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 30▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 4▲ 1 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 4.00 to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 13.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls steady to 4.00 higher on a light test. Quality fair. Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $205.65/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −174.37 against this barn's trailing median of $380.02.
Average price
$205.65
17 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,136
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.06
vs TN average
−54.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500222.001,1101thin
Medium and Large 2556204.631,13716thin
One grade step is worth $17.38/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale17 hd
205.65
—
TN average14 barns · 881 hd
229.70
−24.06
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
−54.81
This barn, trailing median14 sales
380.02
−174.37
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—Low1,728150.692,6044thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,459128.391,87315
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,265123.801,56724
CowsLean 85-90%High1,099105.301,15711

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,285$1,4751thin

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260305.00/cwt305.00–305.007932
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270295.00/cwt295.00–295.007971
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318274.90/cwt262.00–285.008745
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322290.00/cwt290.00–290.009343
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3335190.69/cwt170.00–212.006392
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2091
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575259.12/cwt252.00–266.001,4902
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2632220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3902
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added639251.26/cwt251.00–255.001,60619
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5811
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,7211
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added776235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,82420
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added825220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8151
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added890226.50/cwt226.50–226.502,0162
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1041
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,002162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,6232
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260267.00/cwt267.00–267.006941
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325249.01/cwt240.00–257.008093
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380227.31/cwt215.00–247.008643
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437215.83/cwt202.00–220.009434
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460187.00/cwt187.00–187.008601
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy472240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1333
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473214.69/cwt210.00–227.001,0155
Heifers450–500Small 1490217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,0631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,1101
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545206.56/cwt206.00–210.001,1267
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2564203.12/cwt187.00–206.001,1469
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2301
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added621224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3916
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4062
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3402
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715201.64/cwt200.00–205.001,4423
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added740228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,69121
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added764221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6887
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5761
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3350200.00/cwt200.00–200.007001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2363264.74/cwt260.00–277.009617
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2414250.49/cwt237.00–260.001,0375
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy455252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1472
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460182.00/cwt182.00–182.008371
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467241.73/cwt240.00–245.001,1293
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530226.90/cwt219.00–236.001,2037
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3442
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563222.96/cwt217.00–232.001,2553
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575172.00/cwt172.00–172.009891
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2616218.19/cwt210.00–222.001,3447
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675200.82/cwt190.00–207.001,3563
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2723177.53/cwt175.00–180.001,2842
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,642148.25/cwt144.00–150.002,4343
Bulls——1,985158.00/cwt158.00–158.003,1361
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99896.81/cwt94.00–100.009664
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143107.22/cwt104.00–111.001,2265
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,190117.47/cwt117.00–118.001,3982
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214117.34/cwt114.00–120.001,4257
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253124.48/cwt120.00–129.001,56012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,356125.59/cwt124.00–129.001,7036
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,367131.22/cwt130.00–136.001,7945
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470118.11/cwt117.00–119.001,7362
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,544133.73/cwt131.00–137.002,0657
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2851,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751

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.