Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Cattle 15.00 to 20.00 higher with instances of 30.00 higher for calves under 400lbs. Quality good with strong demand. Slaughter Cows/ Bulls mostly steady with a light offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $290.72/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −97.03 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$290.72

32 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$697

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$109.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.28

vs TN average

−24.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	296.76	1,660	29
Medium and Large 2	560	255.00	1,428	2thin
Medium and Large 3	515	187.00	963	1thin

One grade step is worth $109.76/cwt here — about $697 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale32 hd

290.72

—

TN average15 barns · 847 hd

295.00

−4.28

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−24.24

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−97.03

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	—	Low	1,551	166.08	2,576	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	138.62	1,740	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,014	121.05	1,227	4thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,410	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,235	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	910	$1,675	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,875	1thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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	500–550	515	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	824	251.60/cwt	249.00–255.00	2,073	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,025	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	255.04/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	245.69/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,716	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	301.24/cwt	301.00–302.00	1,597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	653	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	630	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	917	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,109	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,764	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	556	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	1,899	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,266	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,295	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	445	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,722	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	738	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,030	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	900	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,187	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	331.12/cwt	330.00–332.00	2,013	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	328.37/cwt	327.00–332.00	1,701	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	420	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	272.49/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	279.98/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,576	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	118.74/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,225	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	142.93/cwt	139.00–147.00	1,934	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,378	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,229	1
Bulls	—	—	1,445	155.47/cwt	148.00–163.00	2,247	3
Bulls	—	—	1,615	172.44/cwt	166.00–177.00	2,785	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	910	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	328.54/cwt	327.00–330.00	1,390	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	340.65/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,903	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,831	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	314.30/cwt	305.00–324.00	1,524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	273.76/cwt	250.00–297.00	1,246	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,487	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	351.46/cwt	342.00–370.00	1,473	7
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	490	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	572	267.26/cwt	262.00–269.00	1,529	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	375.97/cwt	372.00–380.00	1,252	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	370.61/cwt	367.00–382.00	1,427	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,926	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	274.50/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,748	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	370	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,285	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	473	308.98/cwt	307.00–310.00	1,461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	331.04/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,404	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	315.74/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,531	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	526	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,646	4

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 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 194Last week 197Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 28Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year 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
8	400–450	445	387.00	387.00
1	500–550	515	340.00	340.00
8	550–600	556	341.50	341.50
9	600–650	608	330.00–332.00	331.12
3	700–750	738	275.00	275.00
9	800–850	824	249.00–255.00	251.60
2	900–950	900	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	402.00	402.00
1	400–450	415	340.00	340.00
4	450–500	490	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	530	332.00	332.00
3	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	670	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	805	243.00	243.00
1	850–900	895	235.00	235.00
2	1000–1050	1,020	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	347.00	347.00
1	450–500	460	337.00	337.00
1	600–650	630	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	526	313.00	313.00
16	550–600	572	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	630	259.00	259.00
3	650–700	653	260.00	260.00
3	750–800	760	240.00	240.00
14	900–950	917	230.00	230.00
3	1000–1050	1,025	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	372.00	372.00
2	300–350	333	372.00–380.00	375.97
5	350–400	385	367.00–382.00	370.61
5	400–450	424	320.00–350.00	331.04
9	450–500	485	315.00–320.00	315.74
4	500–550	530	301.00–302.00	301.24
1	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	617	245.00–247.00	245.69
4	650–700	681	252.00–256.00	255.04
1	750–800	760	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	357.00	357.00
1	400–450	400	317.00	317.00
2	450–500	455	250.00–297.00	273.76
2	550–600	560	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	307.00–310.00	308.98
4	550–600	572	262.00–269.00	267.26
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	395.00	395.00
1	350–400	370	385.00	385.00
7	400–450	419	342.00–370.00	351.46
3	450–500	465	340.00–342.00	340.65
5	500–550	518	327.00–332.00	328.37
1	550–600	570	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	645	295.00	295.00
3	700–750	735	262.00	262.00
1	800–850	810	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	327.00–330.00	328.54
2	450–500	485	305.00–324.00	314.30
1	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	563	275.00–285.00	279.98
2	600–650	615	272.00–277.00	274.50
2	650–700	668	270.00–275.00	272.49
1	750–800	750	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	332.00	332.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	272.00	272.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,032	115.00–121.00	118.74
1	—	960	128.00	128.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	139.00–147.00	142.93
1	—	1,060	130.00	130.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,445	148.00–163.00	155.47
5	—	1,615	166.00–177.00	172.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,410	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	910	1,675.00	1,675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,875.00	1,875.00

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

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