Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2025-12-10

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 10
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
575 head
▲ 461 vs last sale 114▲ 575 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 22▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 4▲ 4 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 last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $377.67/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 4 of 16 comparable sales and sits −53.59 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.
Average price
$377.67
22 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,118
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$49.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.52
vs TN average
−52.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559379.942,12521
Medium and Large 2595330.001,9641thin
One grade step is worth $49.94/cwt here — about $161 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 sale22 hd
377.67
—
TN average14 barns · 325 hd
375.15
+2.52
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
−52.96
This barn, trailing median16 sales
431.26
−53.59
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—High2,025199.004,0302thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,561153.592,39711
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,289152.241,9639thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,005111.001,1161thin

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)1,265$2,0762thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,075$2,1501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)885$1,5001thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1240525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,2601
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278452.58/cwt440.00–485.001,2585
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3331
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5552
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4241
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6651
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472419.63/cwt417.00–422.001,9813
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added502403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,0234
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,9731
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565367.47/cwt360.00–377.002,0766
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added580380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,20410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9641
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added638360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2977
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645350.75/cwt350.00–351.002,2624
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added667372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,48156
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677330.67/cwt330.00–332.002,2393
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1737325.33/cwt322.00–327.002,3983
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,2281
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4001
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added784339.68/cwt336.50–340.502,66344
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added826318.89/cwt313.00–320.002,63424
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added880305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,6843
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added945310.30/cwt300.00–310.752,932114
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added982291.41/cwt290.00–292.002,86210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,0681
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260477.00/cwt477.00–477.001,2403
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2313352.56/cwt345.00–360.001,1042
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369350.60/cwt270.00–400.001,2946
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1392372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,4585
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,6041
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,5171
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added427380.32/cwt380.00–382.001,6246
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468299.57/cwt270.00–327.001,4022
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481358.64/cwt352.00–362.001,7259
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy490337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,6511
Heifers550–600Small 1555265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579333.09/cwt325.00–337.001,92916
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,9341
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0131
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680312.33/cwt302.00–315.002,12413
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added683325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,22016
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723293.61/cwt290.00–297.002,1232
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added736319.25/cwt307.00–320.002,35017
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added794310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,46119
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added805302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,43519
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3781
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added948285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,70253
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371427.30/cwt412.00–440.001,5857
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3311
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432403.99/cwt402.00–407.001,7457
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,9214
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531350.64/cwt350.00–352.001,8626
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,9151
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621327.79/cwt312.00–330.002,0368
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,955207.00/cwt207.00–207.004,0471
Bulls——2,095191.00/cwt191.00–191.004,0011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1161
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,281152.02/cwt150.00–154.001,9477
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,8831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,345160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,1521
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445146.70/cwt145.00–148.002,1203
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,604156.18/cwt151.00–162.002,5058
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-38851,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0752,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2652,076.09/head2,050.00–2,100.002,0762

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.