Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 10.00 to 15.00 higher with instances of 26.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 6.00 to 12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 15.00 to 20.00 higher with instances of 30.00 higher. Slaughter Cows steady to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls Steady to 2.00 higher on a light test. Quality good, demand strong.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.54/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −119.09 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.

Average price

$317.54

11 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$332

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$79.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.88

vs TN average

−31.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	331.77	1,819	9thin
Medium and Large 2	505	255.00	1,288	1thin
Small 1	590	252.00	1,487	1thin

One grade step is worth $79.77/cwt here — about $332 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale11 hd

317.54

—

TN average14 barns · 773 hd

322.42

−4.88

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−31.12

This barn, trailing median15 sales

436.63

−119.09

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	2,098	171.00	3,588	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,514	141.17	2,137	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,336	136.31	1,822	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,094	114.46	1,252	9thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	130.89/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,745	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	145.34/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,950	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,515	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	116.62/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,282	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	105.67/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,122	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,720	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,339	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,431	143.24/cwt	139.00–146.00	2,050	5
Bulls	—	—	2,098	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	3,588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	546	261.81/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,429	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	352.53/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,470	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	286.33/cwt	286.00–287.00	1,770	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	320.07/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	247.18/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,659	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	287.86/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,379	7
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	810	240.75/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,950	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	243.99/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,742	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	304.74/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,313	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,102	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	279.70/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,446	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	255.67/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	311.80/cwt	302.00–322.00	1,020	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	306.50/cwt	297.00–325.00	1,076	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,362	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	333.78/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,268	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	239.86/cwt	210.00–256.00	1,350	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	246.49/cwt	246.00–247.00	1,511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	236.49/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,582	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	916	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,102	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	285.86/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,838	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	286.13/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,911	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	314.29/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,477	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	718	275.37/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,977	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	336.78/cwt	332.00–338.00	1,869	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	308.62/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,750	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	257.37/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,853	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,329	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	662	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	364.90/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,522	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	822	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,129	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	359.05/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,673	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	327.38/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	408	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,273	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	265.31/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,939	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	252.49/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,649	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	590	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,487	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,007	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,031	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	440.05/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,201	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	700–750	715	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	955	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	350	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	857	254.43/cwt	251.00–255.00	2,180	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	931	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,281	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	272.69/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,252	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,888	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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 310Last week 267Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 11Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,333	128.00–134.00	130.89
3	—	1,342	145.00–146.00	145.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	130.00	130.00
5	—	1,099	113.00–120.00	116.62
3	—	1,062	100.00–110.00	105.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,720	136.00	136.00
5	—	1,431	139.00–146.00	143.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,098	171.00	171.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	260.00–263.00	261.81
1	650–700	680	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	272	405.00	405.00
1	300–350	315	340.00	340.00
4	350–400	380	330.00–335.00	333.78
5	400–450	431	297.00–307.00	304.74
7	450–500	479	285.00–289.00	287.86
12	500–550	517	275.00–285.00	279.70
3	600–650	620	255.00–257.00	255.67
11	650–700	671	245.00–249.00	247.18
5	700–750	714	240.00–247.00	243.99
1	750–800	780	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	315.00	315.00
1	250–300	285	335.00	335.00
3	300–350	327	302.00–322.00	311.80
4	350–400	351	297.00–325.00	306.50
2	400–450	435	237.00	237.00
4	450–500	459	267.00–280.00	272.69
1	500–550	530	257.00	257.00
6	550–600	563	210.00–256.00	239.86
2	600–650	613	246.00–247.00	246.49
4	650–700	669	232.00–241.00	236.49
1	750–800	755	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	408	312.00	312.00
16	800–850	810	240.00–241.00	240.75
21	900–950	916	229.50	229.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	316.00	316.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	382.00	382.00
4	400–450	417	350.00–355.00	352.53
1	450–500	470	332.00	332.00
2	500–550	508	315.00–325.00	320.07
3	550–600	567	307.00–312.00	308.62
6	600–650	618	286.00–287.00	286.33
3	700–750	720	255.00–262.00	257.37
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	440	302.00	302.00
1	800–850	845	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	662	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	435.00–445.00	440.05
4	400–450	417	350.00–370.00	364.90
7	450–500	466	345.00–365.00	359.05
1	500–550	535	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	565	317.00	317.00
11	600–650	643	285.00–295.00	285.86
13	650–700	668	282.00–290.00	286.13
12	700–750	731	262.00–272.00	265.31
2	750–800	772	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	363	310.00–345.00	327.38
3	450–500	470	300.00–322.00	314.29
1	500–550	505	255.00	255.00
2	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
2	650–700	653	250.00–255.00	252.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	340.00	340.00
5	550–600	555	332.00–338.00	336.78
27	700–750	718	275.00–276.00	275.37
12	800–850	822	259.00	259.00
7	850–900	857	251.00–255.00	254.43
11	900–950	931	245.00	245.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	252.00	252.00

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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