Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2025-04-02

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 2
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
79 head
22 vs last sale 101 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
5 vs last sale 21 16 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 light receipts. Feeder Calves and Slaughter Cattle remain steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $319.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits 73.88 against this barn's trailing median of $392.89.
Average price
$319.00
2 head · 675 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,153
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.69
vs TN average
13.48 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1675319.002,1532thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

18 sales
435396357318median 392.8801/0602/1804/2206/2408/19
Steers 600–700 lb: high $421.18, low $332.06, median $392.89 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
319.00
TN average13 barns · 296 hd
316.31
+2.69
National average161 barns · 9,629 hd
332.48
−13.48
This barn, trailing median18 sales
392.89
−73.88
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,690174.522,9492thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,509138.992,0973thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,102132.601,4613thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,201118.381,4224thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%1,435123.76/cwt122.00–125.001,7762
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,628146.49/cwt146.00–147.002,3852
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,270124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,5751
CowsLean 85-90%1,155125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4441
CowsLean 85-90%780101.00/cwt101.00–101.007881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,000127.90/cwt123.00–133.001,2792
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800779280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1817
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4991
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450440385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6941
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500479392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,8784
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900873266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,3229
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750710298.48/cwt295.00–302.002,1192
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800775207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6041
BullsMedium and Large 2900–950930167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,5531
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550525265.96/cwt262.00–270.001,3962
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650625287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,7941
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950910207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,8841
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500468375.59/cwt365.00–387.001,7582
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3691
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700675258.54/cwt257.00–260.001,7452
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250235415.00/cwt415.00–415.009752
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000960257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,4671
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600555315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7481
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450437380.21/cwt377.00–387.001,6623
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250213480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,0223
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450412327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,3472
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6741
Bulls1,690174.52/cwt173.00–176.002,9492
CowsBoner 80-85%1,305142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,8531
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565267.97/cwt262.00–275.001,5143
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500485273.43/cwt270.00–277.001,3262
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400372321.29/cwt282.00–340.001,1953
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700675319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,1532

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.