Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2025-06-25

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 25
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
153 head
44 vs last sale 109 16 vs year ago 137 · +11.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
4 vs last sale 10 11 vs year ago 25 · 44.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
3 vs last sale 4 8 vs year ago 9 · 88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to inadequate receipts and lack of comparable data. No Sale next week in observance of Independance Day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $319.42/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 117.20 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.
Average price
$319.42
5 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,786
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$28.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
25.19
vs TN average
50.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2564325.031,8334thin
Small 1540297.001,6041thin
One grade step is worth $28.03/cwt here — about $229 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

15 sales
518475431388median 436.6301/0603/0404/1506/1708/05
Steers 500–600 lb: high $504.18, low $402.15, median $436.63 across 15 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 sale5 hd
319.42
TN average12 barns · 383 hd
344.62
−25.19
National average140 barns · 6,212 hd
369.58
−50.16
This barn, trailing median15 sales
436.63
−117.20
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
BullsLow2,360170.004,0121thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,408149.202,1004thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,161126.761,4724thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,290$2,4001thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700667302.91/cwt291.00–311.002,0205
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650610275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6781
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600560302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,6911
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450435322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,4011
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800775265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0541
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650630315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9851
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000952227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,1612
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,7171
SteersSmall 1500–550540297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,6041
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500490340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6661
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450445332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,4771
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600564325.03/cwt310.00–330.001,8334
Bulls2,360170.00/cwt170.00–170.004,0121
CowsLean 85-90%1,161126.76/cwt124.00–129.001,4724
CowsBoner 80-85%1,367147.27/cwt142.00–150.002,0133
CowsBoner 80-85%1,530155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,3721
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2902,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400380342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,3001
BullsMedium and Large 2900–950930207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,9251
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650605257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5551
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500495332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,6431
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800765325.74/cwt323.60–328.002,492129

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.