Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2025-07-23

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 23
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
106 head
67 vs last sale 173 521 vs year ago 627 · 83.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
18 vs last sale 32 30 vs year ago 44 · 68.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts and lack of comparable data.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $372.16/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 64.47 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.
Average price
$372.16
31 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,150
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$324
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$44.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.57
vs TN average
3.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1579375.002,17129
Medium and Large 2558331.001,8472thin
One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about $324 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

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 sale31 hd
372.16
TN average14 barns · 429 hd
358.59
+13.57
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
−3.58
This barn, trailing median15 sales
436.63
−64.47
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
BullsAverage1,653200.003,3052thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,251173.372,1695thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,215161.001,9561thin
CowsLean 85-90%High975134.001,3072thin

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
Bulls1,315193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,5381
Bulls1,990207.00/cwt207.00–207.004,1191
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,215161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,9561
CowsLean 85-90%1,150160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,8401
CowsLean 85-90%800108.00/cwt108.00–108.008641
CowsBoner 80-85%1,185152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,8011
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450436357.45/cwt350.00–360.001,5584
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,0082
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450400382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,5281
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,2081
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850813296.06/cwt290.00–302.002,4072
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650630340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1421
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450430370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5911
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700670270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8091
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500475340.78/cwt335.00–347.001,6193
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350340377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,2821
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500465312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,4514
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250220350.00/cwt350.00–350.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,8721
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300290355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0301
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800780270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1061
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350335415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3902
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500457388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,7733
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450435297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,2921
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400370317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,1731
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700680280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9041
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600558331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,8472
CowsBoner 80-85%1,290171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,2061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,260181.29/cwt178.00–184.002,2843
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575338.07/cwt325.00–338.501,94430
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,2781
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600579375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,17129
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500488351.80/cwt342.00–355.001,7174

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.