Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00 higher on a light test; Feeder Heifers 15.00 higher; Slaughter Cows/Bulls mostly steady with light receipts. Quality fair to good with steady demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.63/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −78.12 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$309.63

8 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,676

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$8.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.86

vs TN average

−23.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	314.00	1,676	4thin
Medium and Large 2	549	305.25	1,676	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.75/cwt here — about $0 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale8 hd

309.63

—

TN average16 barns · 772 hd

322.49

−12.86

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−23.19

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−78.12

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	1,938	181.65	3,520	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,336	158.84	2,122	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,303	155.99	2,033	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,102	127.52	1,405	6thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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%	—	1,425	167.62/cwt	166.00–169.00	2,389	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,303	155.99/cwt	149.00–160.00	2,033	4
Bulls	—	—	1,938	181.65/cwt	177.00–189.00	3,520	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	123.02/cwt	119.00–127.00	1,356	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,650	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,965	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	342.94/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	280.00/cwt	278.00–282.00	1,904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	324.50/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	293.31/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,965	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	289.84/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,962	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	322.99/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,967	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,157	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,194	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	328.52/cwt	325.00–332.00	1,784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	303.84/cwt	293.00–312.00	1,884	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	157.28/cwt	150.00–162.00	2,045	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	302.47/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,141	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	482	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	580	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,932	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 May 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 73Last week 178Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 50Year ago 0

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00 higher on a light test; Feeder Heifers 15.00 higher; Slaughter Cows/Bulls mostly steady with light receipts. Quality fair to good with steady demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,425	166.00–169.00	167.62
1	—	1,355	145.00	145.00
8	—	1,300	150.00–162.00	157.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,303	149.00–160.00	155.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,102	119.00–127.00	123.02
1	—	1,100	150.00	150.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,938	177.00–189.00	181.65

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	380.00	380.00
3	400–450	400	377.00	377.00
3	450–500	473	340.00–347.00	342.94
2	500–550	500	322.00–327.00	324.50
1	550–600	555	325.00	325.00
4	600–650	610	280.00–295.00	289.84
3	650–700	680	278.00–282.00	280.00
6	800–850	814	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	547	312.00	312.00
1	550–600	555	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	635	267.00	267.00
1	800–850	840	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	392.00	392.00
1	450–500	475	387.00	387.00
8	600–650	609	322.00–330.00	322.99
2	700–750	708	300.00–305.00	302.47
1	750–800	765	282.00	282.00
2	800–850	828	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	402.00	402.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	620	293.00–312.00	303.84
3	650–700	670	290.00–300.00	293.31
1	700–750	705	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	317.00	317.00
1	500–550	520	317.00	317.00
1	550–600	570	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	685	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	543	325.00–332.00	328.52
1	650–700	655	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	360.00	360.00

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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