Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2025-01-08

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 8
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
174 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 95▲ 174 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 10▲ 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 36▲ 15 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 no sale in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $276.10/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −103.92 against this barn's trailing median of $380.02.
Average price
$276.10
10 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,473
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.85
vs TN average
−29.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534276.101,47310thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
276.10
—
TN average14 barns · 681 hd
269.25
+6.85
National average163 barns · 22,771 hd
305.24
−29.14
This barn, trailing median14 sales
380.02
−103.92
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—High1,840162.862,9975thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,512135.102,04318
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,257130.351,63920
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,095115.501,2653thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,035$1,8001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,270$1,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,088$1,4062thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)997$1,2993thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2305295.00/cwt295.00–295.009001
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3111
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1408324.91/cwt320.00–330.001,3262
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added418338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,4134
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5681
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added500325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6254
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,5973
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,7671
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6501
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7691
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,9185
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8885
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added823247.95/cwt246.00–250.002,0414
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added872240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300322.00/cwt322.00–322.009661
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0771
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416291.89/cwt287.00–297.001,2147
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0901
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477286.57/cwt280.00–290.001,3673
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479255.65/cwt247.00–260.001,2253
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added506287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,4524
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528274.49/cwt273.00–276.001,4492
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,5004
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,41810
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6034
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy738212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5652
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added762230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7534
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2774192.07/cwt180.00–196.001,4874
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy835203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,6953
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy880187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6461
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added930224.25/cwt224.25–224.252,08656
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370319.47/cwt317.00–322.001,1822
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2541
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3761
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,3221
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4631
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1281
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4971
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,6194
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6291
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710236.94/cwt233.00–239.001,6823
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4901
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1758226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7132
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1918151.66/cwt151.00–153.001,3923
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,370143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,9591
Bulls——1,953175.72/cwt172.00–179.003,4322
Bulls——1,963159.93/cwt156.00–164.003,1392
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095115.50/cwt112.00–120.001,2653
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,141122.47/cwt117.00–126.001,3977
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,282132.08/cwt130.00–135.001,6938
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,7201
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,381138.61/cwt137.00–140.001,9145
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520133.02/cwt129.00–135.002,0228
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,522137.96/cwt136.00–140.002,1009
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29971,298.75/head1,125.00–1,425.001,2993
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0351,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0881,405.86/head1,050.00–1,650.001,4062
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2701,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001

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.