Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Cattle mostly steady; Slaughter Cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $279.26/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −108.49 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$279.26

7 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$47.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.75

vs TN average

−50.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	299.61	1,606	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	560	272.00	1,523	2thin
Small 1	535	260.00	1,391	1thin
Medium and Large 2	595	252.00	1,499	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.61/cwt here — about $107 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 sale7 hd

279.26

—

TN average12 barns · 431 hd

314.01

−34.75

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−50.69

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−108.49

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	1,514	164.57	2,491	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,425	161.80	2,306	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,166	151.83	1,771	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,127	135.04	1,522	5thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,290	$3,599	6

Every lot, as filed

69 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	Small 1	600–650	625	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,481	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	440	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	299.61/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	719	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,157	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,052	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,727	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,163	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	258.80/cwt	247.00–270.00	1,729	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,136	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	452	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,718	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	548	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,836	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,779	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,143	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	3,606.29/head	3,525.00–3,675.00	3,606	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,248	3,611.87/head	3,550.00–3,675.00	3,612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	331.65/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	256.00/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,902	2
Steers	Small 1-2	400–450	445	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,233	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	955	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	471	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,437	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,389	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,342	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	535	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,391	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,307	167.98/cwt	166.00–171.00	2,195	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	155.15/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,738	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	134.70/cwt	129.00–141.00	1,479	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	167.74/cwt	164.00–174.00	2,202	5
Bulls	—	—	1,648	159.36/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,626	2
Bulls	—	—	1,245	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,179	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,300	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,499	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	136.30/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,561	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,372	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,603	152.53/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,111	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	655	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,903	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	293.99/cwt	277.00–312.00	1,514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	346.14/cwt	335.00–353.00	2,035	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	250.35/cwt	247.00–252.00	2,166	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	405.92/cwt	397.00–422.00	1,331	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	852	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,241	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	278.72/cwt	267.00–287.00	1,865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	803	275.94/cwt	272.00–279.00	2,216	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	312.82/cwt	312.00–317.00	2,165	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	360.91/cwt	352.00–387.00	1,682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	343.73/cwt	332.00–350.00	1,413	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,138	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,615	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	828	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,169	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	340.71/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,302	7

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 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 266Last week 211Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 33Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Cattle mostly steady; Slaughter Cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady on a light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	510	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	585	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	645	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	705	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	325.00–340.00	331.65
2	500–550	515	277.00–312.00	293.99
2	550–600	555	309.00	309.00
2	650–700	668	247.00–270.00	258.80
2	700–750	743	255.00–257.00	256.00
1	750–800	755	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	535	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	365.00	365.00
2	300–350	328	347.00	347.00
7	350–400	382	340.00–345.00	340.71
3	400–450	411	332.00–350.00	343.73
6	450–500	482	335.00	335.00
3	500–550	536	297.00–305.00	299.61
3	600–650	622	270.00	270.00
5	650–700	669	267.00–287.00	278.72
1	700–750	705	245.00	245.00
2	750–800	772	244.00	244.00
1	800–850	840	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	302.00	302.00
1	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	471	305.00	305.00
2	550–600	560	272.00	272.00
16	650–700	654	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	322.00	322.00
1	400–450	440	305.00	305.00
1	450–500	460	302.00	302.00
1	550–600	595	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	850–900	852	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	452	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	548	335.00	335.00
15	550–600	559	367.00	367.00
3	600–650	627	295.00	295.00
7	650–700	676	316.00	316.00
12	700–750	719	300.00	300.00
10	800–850	828	262.00	262.00
1	950–1000	955	252.00	252.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	370.00	370.00
3	300–350	342	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	610	346.00	346.00
15	800–850	803	272.00–279.00	275.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	417.00	417.00
3	300–350	328	397.00–422.00	405.92
4	450–500	466	352.00–387.00	360.91
12	550–600	588	335.00–353.00	346.14
6	650–700	692	312.00–317.00	312.82
1	700–750	725	302.00	302.00
3	850–900	865	247.00–252.00	250.35

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	3,550.00	3,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,265	3,525.00–3,675.00	3,606.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,248	3,550.00–3,675.00	3,611.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,307	166.00–171.00	167.98
2	—	1,603	150.00–155.00	152.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,120	150.00–159.00	155.15
6	—	1,098	129.00–141.00	134.70
5	—	1,313	164.00–174.00	167.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,145	134.00–140.00	136.30
1	—	1,055	130.00	130.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	150.00–165.00	159.36
1	—	1,245	175.00	175.00

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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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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