Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 4.00 to 10.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls, no trends could be established due to light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $208.27/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −179.48 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$208.27

21 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$1.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.33

vs TN average

−31.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	208.51	1,136	17thin
Medium and Large 1	533	207.26	1,104	4thin

One grade step is worth $1.25/cwt here — about $32 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.72, low $343.81, median $387.75 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale21 hd

208.27

—

TN average13 barns · 868 hd

224.59

−16.33

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−31.82

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−179.48

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,610	138.00	2,222	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,320	114.11	1,506	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	113.43	1,370	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	92.45	981	26

Every lot, as filed

61 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	220.22/cwt	202.00–230.00	1,130	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	227.93/cwt	222.00–232.00	1,299	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	745	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	943	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,332	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	217.49/cwt	202.00–230.00	1,453	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	888	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,154	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,238	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	598	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,513	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,159	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,060	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,961	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	887	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,911	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	837	180.94/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	650	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,437	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,171	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	743	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	92.59/cwt	86.00–98.00	1,010	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	78.98/cwt	70.00–85.00	828	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	114.42/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,388	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,554	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	107.65/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,238	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	104.29/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,087	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	114.11/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,506	2
Bulls	—	—	1,725	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,501	1
Bulls	—	—	1,495	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,277	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	600	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,212	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	918	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	210.73/cwt	202.00–213.00	1,235	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	219.66/cwt	200.00–225.00	819	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,243	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	942	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,755	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	206.53/cwt	192.00–215.00	1,049	9
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	218.51/cwt	218.00–219.00	1,136	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	190.99/cwt	187.00–195.00	1,438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	783	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,707	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	240.34/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	220.42/cwt	210.00–228.00	937	5

How this sale compares

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Columbia Livestock Center (UPI) - Columbia TN

Wed Sep 25, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 280Last week 180Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 90Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	513	202.00–230.00	220.22
4	550–600	570	222.00–232.00	227.93
1	600–650	605	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	680	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	218.00–219.00	218.51
1	550–600	560	222.00	222.00
2	750–800	753	187.00–195.00	190.99
1	800–850	805	187.00	187.00
7	850–900	873	201.00	201.00
1	950–1000	965	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	220.00	220.00
1	300–350	330	225.00	225.00
9	350–400	373	200.00–225.00	219.66
5	400–450	425	210.00–228.00	220.42
2	450–500	480	211.00	211.00
9	500–550	508	192.00–215.00	206.53
8	550–600	586	202.00–213.00	210.73
1	600–650	610	192.00	192.00
3	650–700	672	190.00	190.00
1	800–850	840	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	750–800	783	218.00	218.00
58	850–900	887	215.50	215.50
16	1050–1100	1,060	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	170.00	170.00
2	700–750	740	200.00	200.00
2	900–950	918	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	207.00	207.00
2	700–750	740	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	250.00	250.00
1	300–350	320	242.00	242.00
1	400–450	405	225.00	225.00
1	450–500	460	252.00	252.00
1	500–550	510	232.00	232.00
1	600–650	600	220.00	220.00
3	650–700	668	202.00–230.00	217.49
1	700–750	720	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	598	253.00	253.00
1	700–750	745	228.00	228.00
3	900–950	943	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	322.00	322.00
6	500–550	516	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	555	240.00	240.00
3	600–650	615	240.00–241.00	240.34
1	700–750	745	212.00	212.00
3	750–800	780	210.00	210.00
1	800–850	810	210.00	210.00
1	850–900	875	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	650	221.00	221.00
2	800–850	837	177.00–185.00	180.94
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	888	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,091	86.00–98.00	92.59
8	—	1,048	70.00–85.00	78.98
9	—	1,042	99.00–109.00	104.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,213	113.00–117.00	114.42
1	—	1,295	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,150	106.00–109.00	107.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	111.00–117.00	114.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,725	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,495	131.00	131.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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