Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $276.10/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −111.65 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$276.10

10 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,473

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.85

vs TN average

−29.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	276.10	1,473	10thin

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

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 sale10 hd

276.10

—

TN average14 barns · 681 hd

269.25

+6.85

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−29.14

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−111.65

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,840	162.86	2,997	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,512	135.10	2,043	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,257	130.35	1,639	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,095	115.50	1,265	3thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,035	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,270	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,088	$1,406	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	997	$1,299	3thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	319.47/cwt	317.00–322.00	1,182	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	506	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,452	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	762	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,753	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	236.94/cwt	233.00–239.00	1,682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,918	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	930	224.25/cwt	224.25–224.25	2,086	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	774	192.07/cwt	180.00–196.00	1,487	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	823	247.95/cwt	246.00–250.00	2,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,888	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,270	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	997	1,298.75/head	1,125.00–1,425.00	1,299	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,322	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,035	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	122.47/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,397	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,381	138.61/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,914	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	132.08/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,693	8
Bulls	—	—	1,953	175.72/cwt	172.00–179.00	3,432	2
Bulls	—	—	1,963	159.93/cwt	156.00–164.00	3,139	2
Bulls	—	—	1,370	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	274.49/cwt	273.00–276.00	1,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	324.91/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	880	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	872	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,093	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	291.89/cwt	287.00–297.00	1,214	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	286.57/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,367	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	151.66/cwt	151.00–153.00	1,392	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,619	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	835	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	738	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,418	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,077	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,088	1,405.86/head	1,050.00–1,650.00	1,406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	255.65/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,225	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	418	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,413	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	133.02/cwt	129.00–135.00	2,022	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	137.96/cwt	136.00–140.00	2,100	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,720	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	115.50/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,265	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,090	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,128	1

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Columbia Livestock Center (UPI) - Columbia TN

Wed Jan 8, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 174Last week 95Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 10Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 36Year ago 0

No trends could be established due to no sale in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	317.00–322.00	319.47
1	400–450	445	297.00	297.00
1	450–500	480	235.00	235.00
1	550–600	565	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	665	245.00	245.00
1	700–750	745	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	430	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	450	325.00	325.00
4	550–600	574	282.00	282.00
3	700–750	710	233.00–239.00	236.94
2	750–800	758	226.00	226.00
3	900–950	918	151.00–153.00	151.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	408	320.00–330.00	324.91
1	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
3	500–550	512	312.00	312.00
1	550–600	585	302.00	302.00
1	600–650	600	275.00	275.00
5	650–700	695	276.00	276.00
5	700–750	726	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	338.00	338.00
4	500–550	500	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	610	290.00	290.00
4	800–850	823	246.00–250.00	247.95
2	850–900	872	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	506	287.00	287.00
4	750–800	762	230.00	230.00
56	900–950	930	224.25	224.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	322.00	322.00
7	400–450	416	287.00–297.00	291.89
3	450–500	477	280.00–290.00	286.57
2	500–550	528	273.00–276.00	274.49
4	550–600	564	266.00	266.00
10	600–650	622	228.00	228.00
4	700–750	719	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	295.00	295.00
1	400–450	445	245.00	245.00
3	450–500	479	247.00–260.00	255.65
4	750–800	774	180.00–196.00	192.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	738	212.00	212.00
3	800–850	835	203.00	203.00
1	850–900	880	187.00	187.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	997	1,125.00–1,425.00	1,298.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,088	1,050.00–1,650.00	1,405.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,141	117.00–126.00	122.47
5	—	1,381	137.00–140.00	138.61
8	—	1,282	130.00–135.00	132.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,520	129.00–135.00	133.02
9	—	1,522	136.00–140.00	137.96
1	—	1,365	126.00	126.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,095	112.00–120.00	115.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,953	172.00–179.00	175.72
2	—	1,963	156.00–164.00	159.93
1	—	1,370	143.00	143.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Columbia Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Columbia Livestock Center (UPI) - Columbia TN

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle