Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2025-11-05

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 5
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
▲ 117 vs last sale 133▲ 91 vs year ago 159 · +57.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 13▲ 5 vs year ago 27 · +18.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 5▲ 5 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 lack of comparable data.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.10/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −73.92 against this barn's trailing median of $380.02.
Average price
$306.10
37 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$353
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$61.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.57
vs TN average
−59.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539313.101,68931
Medium and Large 2556273.511,5215thin
Small 1530252.001,3361thin
One grade step is worth $61.10/cwt here — about $353 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 sale37 hd
306.10
—
TN average15 barns · 666 hd
327.67
−21.57
National average198 barns · 25,157 hd
365.61
−59.51
This barn, trailing median14 sales
380.02
−73.92
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—Low1,435169.682,4353thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,249152.531,90512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,556152.032,3664thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,020118.731,2115thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,105$2,8001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)790$1,9501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)925$1,7251thin

Every lot

81 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed215490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,0541
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2235460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,0811
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328384.59/cwt355.00–400.001,2613
Steers300–350Small 1Fleshy330295.00/cwt295.00–295.009741
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,4071
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,6231
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2467363.57/cwt350.00–370.001,6983
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503376.69/cwt375.00–380.001,8953
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added549390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1416
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added567375.33/cwt375.00–377.002,1286
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569364.20/cwt360.00–367.002,0725
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added614358.51/cwt357.00–360.002,20112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,8191
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added664342.23/cwt340.00–345.002,2728
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711314.45/cwt310.00–315.002,2369
Steers700–750Small 1Fleshy735230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6911
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1752309.66/cwt307.00–315.002,3293
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy765295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2571
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1863291.17/cwt290.00–297.002,5136
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218452.30/cwt450.00–455.009862
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1071
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,0461
Heifers300–350Small 1345347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,1971
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369327.80/cwt302.00–355.001,2104
Heifers350–400Small 1Fleshy380312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,1861
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1386366.47/cwt362.00–372.001,4159
Heifers400–450Small 1412292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,2032
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425363.96/cwt360.00–367.001,5473
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy428322.09/cwt317.00–327.001,3792
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495297.50/cwt290.00–305.001,4732
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added522342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,7856
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522304.20/cwt300.00–312.001,58815
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523285.22/cwt280.00–290.001,4922
Heifers500–550Small 1Fleshy530252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3361
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576309.12/cwt306.00–312.001,78110
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578265.70/cwt255.00–272.001,5363
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5251
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622299.43/cwt292.00–305.001,8626
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625322.74/cwt320.00–330.002,0179
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added660317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,0923
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2672260.72/cwt240.00–280.001,7523
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy680282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9182
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685298.39/cwt295.00–300.002,0443
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9993
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2727250.42/cwt242.00–257.001,8213
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,2035
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2357378.27/cwt352.00–385.001,3508
Bulls350–400Small 1375357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,3391
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Full375342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,2831
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380408.31/cwt400.00–420.001,5523
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425383.54/cwt382.00–385.001,6302
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy465357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,6601
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6663
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512366.36/cwt362.00–370.001,8763
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2517312.05/cwt297.00–327.001,6133
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy525330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7331
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,9783
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563304.51/cwt302.00–307.001,7142
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623328.47/cwt322.00–335.002,0462
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635292.50/cwt285.00–300.001,8572
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2643293.49/cwt292.00–295.001,8872
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660283.96/cwt275.00–292.001,8743
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1662310.85/cwt303.00–327.002,0583
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy670282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,8893
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9352
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0582
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8991
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865242.51/cwt242.00–243.002,0982
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2920215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,433177.52/cwt175.00–180.002,5442
Bulls——1,440154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,2181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003108.13/cwt102.00–114.001,0852
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,032125.79/cwt123.00–130.001,2983
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,065135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4381
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264152.95/cwt151.00–155.001,9339
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275159.38/cwt157.00–161.002,0322
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,556152.03/cwt150.00–153.002,3664
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-37901,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-39251,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1052,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001

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.