Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls and Feeder Bulls not well established due to insufficient receipts. Feeder Steers and Heifers steady. Quality fair to fancy. Demand good to strong. To view Lower Middle Tn Alliance Feeder Calf sale sold in conjunction with today's regular auction visit: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams 2708.pdf

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.67/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −71.08 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$316.67

6 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.03

vs TN average

−4.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	318.00	1,743	5thin
Medium and Large 2	540	310.00	1,674	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $69 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale6 hd

316.67

—

TN average17 barns · 718 hd

307.63

+9.03

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−4.51

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−71.08

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	1,933	185.99	3,596	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,518	164.50	2,497	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,247	157.51	1,965	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	132.66	1,278	8thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 3	450–500	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	295.88/cwt	282.00–310.00	1,716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,182	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	821	267.33/cwt	263.00–268.00	2,195	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	582	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,107	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	400	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,012	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	436	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,557	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	430	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,828	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	385	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,164	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	535	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	646	289.68/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,871	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	415	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	373.88/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,252	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	200–250	235	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	987	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	670	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	756	264.42/cwt	256.00–267.10	1,999	88
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	485	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,440	1
Bulls	—	—	1,885	184.49/cwt	184.00–185.00	3,478	2
Bulls	—	—	2,030	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,837	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	164.50/cwt	164.00–165.00	2,497	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,668	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	132.66/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,278	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	152.95/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,965	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	164.57/cwt	159.00–168.00	2,023	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 Apr 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 183Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 38Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	580	282.00–310.00	295.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	245.00	245.00
1	800–850	830	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	340.00–385.00	373.88
1	350–400	385	307.00	307.00
1	450–500	495	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	655	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	357.00	357.00
3	500–550	535	322.00	322.00
2	550–600	568	312.00	312.00
18	600–650	646	287.00–290.00	289.68
1	650–700	670	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	730	262.00	262.00
88	750–800	756	256.00–267.10	264.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	430	425.00	425.00
18	600–650	645	335.50	335.50
23	800–850	821	263.00–268.00	267.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	430.00	430.00
1	400–450	420	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	562	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	582	362.00	362.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	417.00	417.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	372.00	372.00
1	450–500	485	330.00	330.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	400	253.00	253.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,885	184.00–185.00	184.49
1	—	2,030	189.00	189.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	164.00–165.00	164.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	145.00	145.00
5	—	1,285	147.00–157.00	152.95
5	—	1,229	159.00–168.00	164.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	963	125.00–140.00	132.66

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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