Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2025-10-08

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 8
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
122 vs last sale 166 193 vs year ago 237 · 81.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
1 vs last sale 21 36 vs year ago 56 · 64.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established on Feeder Calves due to light receipts however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded higher with good quality and strong demand; Slaughter Cows/Bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $368.96/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 59.12 against this barn's trailing median of $428.09.
Average price
$368.96
5 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,022
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+27.70
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548368.962,0225thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
459425391357median 428.0912/1701/1404/1506/2407/08
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.72, low $370.52, median $428.09 across 7 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
368.96
TN average14 barns · 409 hd
341.26
+27.70
This barn, trailing median7 sales
428.09
−59.12
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
BullsAverage1,459177.652,5916thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,550166.002,5731thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,221153.971,8807thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,063125.391,3332thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,286157.81/cwt155.00–162.002,0294
CowsBoner 80-85%1,135148.84/cwt146.00–151.001,6893
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,550166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,5731
CowsLean 85-90%1,063125.39/cwt124.00–127.001,3332
Bulls1,587184.69/cwt182.00–187.002,9313
Bulls1,330170.61/cwt170.00–171.002,2693
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550545375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0441
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550540380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0522
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450418389.28/cwt382.00–397.001,6272
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500460370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7021
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250225420.00/cwt420.00–420.009451
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600565375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1192
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1121
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500475302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,4351
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700650340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2101
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650622299.30/cwt282.00–322.001,8624
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750722307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,2173
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2481
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450440325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4301
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700675282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9041
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550518287.49/cwt285.00–290.001,4892
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550510402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,0502
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750735340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4991
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650645330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1291
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900885247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,1861
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550533374.86/cwt365.00–385.001,9982
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450448390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7473
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600558365.03/cwt362.50–370.002,0373
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700685310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1243

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.