Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 5.00 to 7.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00 to 6.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher with light receipts; Slaughter Bulls No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $273.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −163.13 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.

Average price

$273.50

2 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$400

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$73.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−39.80

vs TN average

−67.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	310.00	1,798	1thin
Small 1	590	237.00	1,398	1thin

One grade step is worth $73.00/cwt here — about $400 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

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 sale2 hd

273.50

—

TN average12 barns · 409 hd

313.30

−39.80

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−67.44

This barn, trailing median15 sales

436.63

−163.13

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	—	Average	2,405	168.00	4,040	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,653	144.00	2,380	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,146	132.97	1,524	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	993	103.41	1,027	2thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	—	2,405	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	4,040	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	135.63/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,591	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,331	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,380	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	103.41/cwt	97.00–109.00	1,027	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	740	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	274.97/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	319.36/cwt	315.00–322.00	846	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	787	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	590	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,398	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,188	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,189	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	706	266.90/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,884	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	787	263.87/cwt	260.00–264.00	2,077	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	260.22/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,504	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	298.97/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,441	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,915	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	828	255.89/cwt	252.00–256.00	2,119	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	904	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,260	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,709	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	268.53/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,404	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	286.85/cwt	272.00–292.00	947	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	326.27/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,077	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	803	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	2,180	61

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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 267Last week 583Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 25Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,405	168.00	168.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,173	135.00–137.00	135.63
1	—	1,065	125.00	125.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,653	144.00	144.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	97.00–109.00	103.41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	740	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	342.00	342.00
5	250–300	265	315.00–322.00	319.36
4	300–350	330	272.00–292.00	286.85
2	400–450	410	290.00	290.00
2	500–550	540	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	665	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	355.00	355.00
5	450–500	482	295.00–300.00	298.97
2	500–550	518	279.00	279.00
4	750–800	756	226.00	226.00
1	900–950	900	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	320.00–332.00	326.27
1	450–500	485	282.00	282.00
1	650–700	685	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	785	200.00	200.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	628	305.00	305.00
18	700–750	706	262.00–270.00	266.90
30	750–800	787	260.00–264.00	263.87
37	800–850	828	252.00–256.00	255.89
57	900–950	904	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	401	332.00	332.00
1	550–600	580	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	800–850	803	271.50	271.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	415	265.00	265.00
3	450–500	484	250.00–277.00	268.53
3	500–550	532	265.00–280.00	274.97
4	550–600	578	250.00–267.00	260.22
1	600–650	645	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	312.00	312.00
3	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	615	266.00	266.00

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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