Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2025-07-30

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 30
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
26 vs last sale 106 10 vs year ago 90 · 11.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
8 vs last sale 14 8 vs year ago 14 · 57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale included the following load lot;

55, 851lbs, Heifers, M/L, 1's 5 fleshed, 100% Blk/Bwf, Guaranteed Open, $302.25

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $344.82/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits 42.93 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.
Average price
$344.82
5 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,786
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.48
vs TN average
2.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518344.821,7865thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
448408369330median 387.7512/1702/1104/1506/2408/19
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 sale5 hd
344.82
TN average14 barns · 679 hd
342.34
+2.48
National average149 barns · 6,369 hd
347.50
−2.68
This barn, trailing median14 sales
387.75
−42.93
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
BullsAverage1,853195.843,6293thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,618161.502,6122thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,130127.001,4351thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450430385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6561
BullsMedium and Large 1950–1000960217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,0831
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700685305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0891
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850835287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,3961
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518344.82/cwt340.00–348.001,7865
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650605302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,8271
Bulls1,853195.84/cwt188.00–200.003,6293
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,520157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,3861
CowsLean 85-90%1,130127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,4351
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750720262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,8861
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400375411.05/cwt410.00–412.001,5412
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900851302.25/cwt302.25–302.252,57255
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350305390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1901
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550527323.15/cwt317.00–327.001,7033
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,715166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,8471
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400385345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3281
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350300345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0351
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800755285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1521
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250210400.00/cwt400.00–400.008401
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added950–1000960270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,5921
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600575320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8401

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.