Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/Bulls 4.00 to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 13.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls steady to 4.00 higher on a light test. Quality fair. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $205.65/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −182.10 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$205.65

17 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,136

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$27

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

$17.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.06

vs TN average

−54.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	222.00	1,110	1thin
Medium and Large 2	556	204.63	1,137	16thin

One grade step is worth $17.38/cwt here — about −$27 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale17 hd

205.65

—

TN average14 barns · 881 hd

229.70

−24.06

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−54.81

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−182.10

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	—	Low	1,728	150.69	2,604	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,459	128.39	1,873	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,265	123.80	1,567	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,099	105.30	1,157	11

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,285	$1,475	1thin

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 3	450–500	460	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	837	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	117.47/cwt	117.00–118.00	1,398	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	118.11/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,736	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	133.73/cwt	131.00–137.00	2,065	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,356	125.59/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,703	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	117.34/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,425	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	455	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,147	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	190.69/cwt	170.00–212.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	203.12/cwt	187.00–206.00	1,146	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	206.56/cwt	206.00–210.00	1,126	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,391	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	764	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,688	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	776	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,824	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	890	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	472	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,110	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	201.64/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	259.12/cwt	252.00–266.00	1,490	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,691	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	825	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	934	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	218.19/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,344	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	226.90/cwt	219.00–236.00	1,203	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	250.49/cwt	237.00–260.00	1,037	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,406	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,344	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	639	251.26/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,606	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,002	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	200.82/cwt	190.00–207.00	1,356	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	222.96/cwt	217.00–232.00	1,255	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,285	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	249.01/cwt	240.00–257.00	809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	227.31/cwt	215.00–247.00	864	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,209	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	274.90/cwt	262.00–285.00	874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	214.69/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,015	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	264.74/cwt	260.00–277.00	961	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	241.73/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,129	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	177.53/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	215.83/cwt	202.00–220.00	943	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	700	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	490	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,063	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	107.22/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,226	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	131.22/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,794	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	96.81/cwt	94.00–100.00	966	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	124.48/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,560	12
Bulls	—	—	1,642	148.25/cwt	144.00–150.00	2,434	3
Bulls	—	—	1,985	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	3,136	1

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 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 195Last week 509Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 30Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 4Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	460	182.00	182.00
1	550–600	575	172.00	172.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	363	260.00–277.00	264.74
5	400–450	414	237.00–260.00	250.49
3	450–500	467	240.00–245.00	241.73
7	500–550	530	219.00–236.00	226.90
3	550–600	563	217.00–232.00	222.96
7	600–650	616	210.00–222.00	218.19
3	650–700	675	190.00–207.00	200.82
2	700–750	723	175.00–180.00	177.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	560	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	170.00–212.00	190.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	305.00	305.00
3	300–350	322	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	525	265.00	265.00
2	550–600	575	252.00–266.00	259.12
1	600–650	640	247.00	247.00
1	750–800	775	222.00	222.00
1	900–950	935	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	639	251.00–255.00	251.26
20	750–800	776	235.00	235.00
1	800–850	825	220.00	220.00
2	850–900	890	226.50	226.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	295.00	295.00
5	300–350	318	262.00–285.00	274.90
1	500–550	510	237.00	237.00
2	600–650	632	220.00	220.00
2	1000–1050	1,002	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	267.00	267.00
3	300–350	325	240.00–257.00	249.01
3	350–400	380	215.00–247.00	227.31
4	400–450	437	202.00–220.00	215.83
5	450–500	473	210.00–227.00	214.69
7	500–550	545	206.00–210.00	206.56
9	550–600	564	187.00–206.00	203.12
1	600–650	615	200.00	200.00
2	650–700	670	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	621	224.00	224.00
21	700–750	740	228.50	228.50
7	750–800	764	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	222.00	222.00
2	650–700	663	212.00	212.00
3	700–750	715	200.00–205.00	201.64
1	750–800	780	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	217.00	217.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	117.00–118.00	117.47
5	—	1,143	104.00–111.00	107.22
4	—	998	94.00–100.00	96.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	117.00–119.00	118.11
7	—	1,544	131.00–137.00	133.73
6	—	1,356	124.00–129.00	125.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,214	114.00–120.00	117.34
5	—	1,367	130.00–136.00	131.22
12	—	1,253	120.00–129.00	124.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,642	144.00–150.00	148.25
1	—	1,985	158.00	158.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,285	1,475.00	1,475.00

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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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

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