Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 10.00 to 15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 7.00 to 11.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 12.00 to 15.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.46/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −110.17 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.

Average price

$326.46

16 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.97

vs TN average

−22.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	326.46	1,724	16thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale16 hd

326.46

—

TN average15 barns · 962 hd

333.43

−6.97

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−22.82

This barn, trailing median15 sales

436.63

−110.17

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	1,880	181.71	3,416	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,556	144.50	2,249	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	140.73	1,712	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,090	111.87	1,220	5thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	899	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,203	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	528	333.05/cwt	331.00–334.00	1,759	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,654	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	307.36/cwt	303.00–322.00	1,445	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	306.36/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,777	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,173	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	313.52/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	912	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,257	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	291.69/cwt	277.00–297.00	1,243	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	320.47/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,394	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,760	3
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	375	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,247	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	135.08/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,476	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	102.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,018	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,401	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	115.66/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,345	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,333	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	141.33/cwt	140.00–143.00	2,219	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	298.59/cwt	247.00–317.00	1,275	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	144.49/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,877	6
Bulls	—	—	1,740	178.06/cwt	176.00–180.00	3,098	2
Bulls	—	—	2,160	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	4,082	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	370	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,203	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,321	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	266.98/cwt	265.00–269.00	2,034	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	292.11/cwt	250.00–332.00	812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	285.60/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	560	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	327.61/cwt	325.00–329.00	1,844	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	644	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,009	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	310.75/cwt	310.00–311.00	1,560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	291.98/cwt	287.00–297.00	1,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	264.17/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,887	5

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 Mar 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 197Last week 281Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 39Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	528	331.00–334.00	333.05
4	600–650	644	312.00	312.00
21	850–900	899	245.00	245.00
56	900–950	912	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	502	310.00–311.00	310.75
3	550–600	563	325.00–329.00	327.61
1	650–700	670	292.00	292.00
4	750–800	762	265.00–269.00	266.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	357.00	357.00
1	350–400	355	372.00	372.00
1	400–450	435	327.00	327.00
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
6	500–550	509	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	560	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	715	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	307.00	307.00
6	400–450	427	247.00–317.00	298.59
2	450–500	475	312.00–315.00	313.52
1	500–550	505	265.00	265.00
3	550–600	580	305.00–307.00	306.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	332.00	332.00
1	350–400	370	337.00	337.00
4	400–450	435	320.00–322.00	320.47
8	450–500	470	303.00–322.00	307.36
5	500–550	522	282.00–292.00	285.60
2	550–600	553	287.00–297.00	291.98
6	600–650	618	260.00–265.00	264.17
3	650–700	693	254.00	254.00
5	750–800	796	237.00	237.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	250.00–332.00	292.11
2	300–350	345	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	390	287.00	287.00
5	400–450	426	277.00–297.00	291.69
1	450–500	480	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	555	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	730	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	257.00	257.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,093	129.00–139.00	135.08
6	—	1,299	140.00–148.00	144.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	100.00–104.00	102.02
1	—	1,130	124.00	124.00
2	—	1,163	114.00–117.00	115.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	154.00	154.00
3	—	1,570	140.00–143.00	141.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,740	176.00–180.00	178.06
1	—	2,160	189.00	189.00

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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