Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 7.00 to 9.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 6.00 to 12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 5.00 to 10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows/Bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.31/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −165.43 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$222.31

14 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$13.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.24

vs TN average

−30.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	235.00	1,316	1thin
Medium and Large 2	547	221.34	1,211	13thin

One grade step is worth $13.66/cwt here — about $105 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 sale14 hd

222.31

—

TN average13 barns · 660 hd

234.55

−12.24

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

−30.37

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−165.43

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	—	Average	1,849	147.64	2,730	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	117.88	1,464	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,417	117.28	1,662	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,106	101.33	1,120	14

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,218	$1,413	2thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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	500–550	525	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,061	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	735	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	283.05/cwt	257.00–295.00	764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	979	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	881	215.16/cwt	213.75–216.50	1,896	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	208.83/cwt	190.00–219.00	1,378	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	204.46/cwt	199.00–212.00	1,276	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	660	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,597	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,928	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	755	241.00/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	289.16/cwt	282.00–297.00	804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	943	171.05/cwt	152.00–190.00	1,613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	228.52/cwt	227.00–230.00	926	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	261.04/cwt	252.00–267.00	1,256	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,259	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,528	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	122.84/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,548	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,189	115.08/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,368	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,218	106.48/cwt	106.00–107.00	1,297	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	93.16/cwt	84.00–98.00	965	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	119.33/cwt	116.00–124.00	1,684	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	113.42/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,389	10
Bulls	—	—	1,837	152.18/cwt	150.00–153.00	2,796	3
Bulls	—	—	1,885	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,526	1
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	1,175	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,260	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	162.59/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,171	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,529	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,303	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	305.49/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,118	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	798	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,133	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	222.86/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,259	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,324	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	798	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,213	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	228.25/cwt	223.00–232.00	1,292	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	219.56/cwt	217.00–226.00	1,155	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	242.86/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,117	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	158.50/cwt	150.00–167.00	1,371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,079	3

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 Oct 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 237Last week 267Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 32Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 7Year ago 0

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 7.00 to 9.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 6.00 to 12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 5.00 to 10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows/Bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	227.00–230.00	228.52
5	450–500	481	252.00–267.00	261.04
1	500–550	525	202.00	202.00
5	550–600	566	223.00–232.00	228.25
1	600–650	610	217.00	217.00
1	650–700	655	212.00	212.00
2	700–750	720	150.00–175.00	162.59
4	750–800	798	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	302.00–310.00	305.49
5	400–450	430	303.00	303.00
1	600–650	625	232.00	232.00
1	700–750	735	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	272.00	272.00
3	400–450	423	255.00	255.00
1	550–600	560	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	615	227.00	227.00
1	750–800	795	210.00	210.00
1	950–1000	965	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	257.00–295.00	283.05
1	350–400	365	261.00	261.00
1	400–450	400	210.00	210.00
9	450–500	460	237.00–245.00	242.86
6	500–550	526	217.00–226.00	219.56
7	550–600	565	220.00–230.00	222.86
4	600–650	624	199.00–212.00	204.46
6	650–700	660	190.00–219.00	208.83
1	700–750	715	170.00	170.00
2	750–800	798	142.00	142.00
2	850–900	865	150.00–167.00	158.50
2	900–950	943	152.00–190.00	171.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	640	225.00	225.00
113	850–900	881	213.75–216.50	215.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	645	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	660	242.00	242.00
3	700–750	735	240.00	240.00
2	750–800	755	240.00–242.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	785	232.00	232.00
1	800–850	820	222.00	222.00
1	900–950	925	208.00	208.00
7	950–1000	959	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	282.00	282.00
2	250–300	278	282.00–297.00	289.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	105.00	105.00
6	—	1,411	116.00–124.00	119.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,260	118.00–128.00	122.84
10	—	1,225	108.00–117.00	113.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,189	113.00–120.00	115.08
2	—	1,218	106.00–107.00	106.48
8	—	1,036	84.00–98.00	93.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,837	150.00–153.00	152.18
1	—	1,885	134.00	134.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,260	1,500.00	1,500.00

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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Columbia Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Columbia Livestock Center (UPI) - Columbia TN

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle