Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2025-10-01

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 1
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 164▼ 101 vs year ago 267 · −37.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 18▼ 11 vs year ago 32 · −34.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparible data.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $333.22/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −75.35 against this barn's trailing median of $408.58.
Average price
$333.22
14 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,819
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.72
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540340.881,8418thin
Medium and Large 2554323.031,7886thin
One grade step is worth $17.85/cwt here — about $53 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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
333.22
—
TN average16 barns · 501 hd
338.95
−5.72
This barn, trailing median8 sales
408.58
−75.35
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

8 sales
459413367322median 408.5804/0105/1307/0809/3010/28
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.73, low $335.84, median $408.58 across 8 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—Average1,743185.423,2322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,308162.282,1228thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,478161.502,3862thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,187138.931,6493thin

Every lot

65 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2235310.00/cwt310.00–310.007291
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268439.72/cwt430.00–450.001,1782
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330456.18/cwt452.00–475.001,5055
Steers400–450Small 1415320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3281
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,5771
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6001
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,7911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy590352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,0771
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,44010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,2751
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665307.31/cwt295.00–320.002,0442
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713336.07/cwt332.00–340.002,3962
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,54013
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1900300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,7001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,2661
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,5051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425380.51/cwt372.00–390.001,6174
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435225.00/cwt225.00–225.009791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460325.87/cwt320.00–332.001,4992
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full498285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4192
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523344.83/cwt340.00–350.001,8032
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,6792
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,0286
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621323.49/cwt320.00–327.002,0094
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630293.50/cwt287.00–300.001,8492
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy640292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,8691
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,0023
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,8631
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1706292.23/cwt287.00–297.002,0634
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added767311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,3858
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,0441
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy845252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,1291
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy995223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,2191
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,040222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,3091
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4021
Bulls350–400Small 1360300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376433.85/cwt425.00–437.001,6314
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428337.43/cwt335.00–340.001,4442
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433393.52/cwt390.00–397.001,7042
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy470367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,7251
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472323.43/cwt320.00–330.001,5273
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,8505
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535330.65/cwt317.00–337.001,7693
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550346.00/cwt340.00–352.001,9032
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy555300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6651
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572315.40/cwt297.00–332.001,8043
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8751
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630311.64/cwt310.00–315.001,9633
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8671
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1666304.39/cwt300.00–317.002,0275
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1726275.43/cwt270.00–280.002,0004
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740259.97/cwt255.00–265.001,9242
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750273.50/cwt270.00–277.002,0512
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2783261.97/cwt240.00–287.002,0513
Bulls800–850Small 1815255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0781
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825246.00/cwt240.00–252.002,0302
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9741
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,743185.42/cwt185.00–186.003,2322
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,155128.39/cwt121.00–135.001,4832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178145.45/cwt145.00–146.001,7132
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,250160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,0001
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280165.30/cwt162.00–167.002,1164
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,3011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,4721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,493173.08/cwt171.00–175.002,5842

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.