Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2025-12-17

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 17
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2078
Receipts
151 head
54 vs last sale 97 151 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle followed strict Alliance protocol. Weaned at least 60 days and two rounds of shots and all Heifers received a shot of Lutelyse. Sorted and weighed at UPI Columbia.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $405.09/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 74.61 against this barn's trailing median of $479.70.
Average price
$405.09
4 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,208
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.32
vs TN average
39.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545405.092,2084thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
405.09
TN average16 barns · 295 hd
402.77
+2.32
National average163 barns · 16,063 hd
444.10
−39.01
This barn, trailing median1 sales
479.70
−74.61
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

21 lots · USDA AMS · TLP Beef Alliance Sale - 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 1Value Added700–750742333.24/cwt330.00–334.002,47331
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650638374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,38615
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850838320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6827
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added750–800753331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,4928
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added650–700658342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,2503
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added450–500495412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,0391
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550545405.09/cwt390.00–410.002,2084
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950908315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,8602
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700655357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,3382
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added650–700650313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,0354
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added850–900880300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6401
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added500–550520370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9241
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900865320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,7681
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500495430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1291
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450430425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8281
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750732309.75/cwt309.75–309.752,26727
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700652333.50/cwt333.50–333.502,17426
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850836301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,5168
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550548357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,9563
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650648322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0872
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950900290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,6101

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.