Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2025-06-04

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 4
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
218 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 135▲ 218 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 18▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 1▲ 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/ Heifers 5.00 to 7.00 higher; no trends could be established on Feeder Bulls due to lack of comparable data; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $358.05/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −73.21 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.
Average price
$358.05
17 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,977
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$287
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$44.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.19
vs TN average
−20.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554365.862,02814thin
Medium and Large 2542321.571,7423thin
One grade step is worth $44.29/cwt here — about $287 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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
358.05
—
TN average14 barns · 683 hd
359.24
−1.19
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−20.53
This barn, trailing median16 sales
431.26
−73.21
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

16 sales
518460402344median 431.2603/0404/1506/1709/2310/14
Steers 500–600 lb: high $504.18, low $358.36, median $431.26 across 16 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—Average1,778203.053,6113thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,236163.192,01715
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,742161.752,8185thin
CowsLean 85-90%High983133.231,3109thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,285$1,9001thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,2421
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3531
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5211
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,4311
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,6241
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2447350.36/cwt337.00–357.001,5663
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,7531
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy490365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7891
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525333.86/cwt312.00–357.001,7532
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538369.12/cwt362.00–370.001,9869
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,7081
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1025
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625341.87/cwt340.00–345.002,13726
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0161
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added657349.32/cwt345.00–350.002,29535
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1941
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added713314.47/cwt312.00–317.002,2422
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1751
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0581
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added768315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4196
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768291.50/cwt290.00–292.002,2394
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810269.30/cwt266.00–272.002,1813
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added825290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fleshy255365.00/cwt365.00–365.009311
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,2091
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363363.51/cwt362.00–365.001,3202
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,2451
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413304.42/cwt302.00–307.001,2572
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,4543
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,5432
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy505307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,5501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509320.46/cwt317.00–322.001,63110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5531
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1595292.39/cwt291.00–302.001,74012
Heifers550–600Small 1595252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4991
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605296.50/cwt292.00–297.001,79410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy605281.32/cwt280.00–282.001,7023
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added613306.50/cwt306.50–306.501,87916
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8481
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2672259.64/cwt255.00–262.001,7453
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716267.45/cwt265.00–270.001,9154
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779253.24/cwt251.00–260.001,9734
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,0691
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1950216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,0521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy380382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,4521
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3461
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,6071
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,7273
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5041
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518321.04/cwt312.00–330.001,6632
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572319.48/cwt302.00–330.001,8273
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605281.00/cwt275.00–287.001,7002
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,175184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,1621
Bulls——2,080212.57/cwt211.00–214.004,4212
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%858113.21/cwt100.00–123.009713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028148.80/cwt145.00–152.001,5303
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063137.67/cwt135.00–140.001,4633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195146.75/cwt141.00–153.001,7542
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,237163.18/cwt156.00–168.002,0199
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253171.44/cwt170.00–174.002,1484
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,742161.75/cwt155.00–165.002,8185
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2851,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001

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.