Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to lack of comparable recites from previous week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $337.71/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −98.92 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.

Average price

$337.71

19 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,914

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$23.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.04

vs TN average

−34.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	349.27	2,003	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	330.03	1,851	9thin
Medium and Large 2	565	326.00	1,842	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.27/cwt here — about $162 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

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 sale19 hd

337.71

—

TN average16 barns · 793 hd

358.75

−21.04

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

−34.72

This barn, trailing median15 sales

436.63

−98.92

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	1,615	187.41	3,027	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,377	174.33	2,401	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,209	165.99	2,007	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,139	154.18	1,756	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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,075	$2,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,104	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	298.87/cwt	270.00–327.00	1,560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	298.22/cwt	297.00–302.00	1,894	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	238	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,119	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	344.59/cwt	342.00–345.00	2,006	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	330.03/cwt	322.00–334.00	1,851	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,701	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	472	352.07/cwt	330.00–361.00	1,662	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	364.05/cwt	360.00–372.00	1,584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	329.97/cwt	327.00–332.00	2,231	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	368.10/cwt	360.00–377.00	1,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	490	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	341.59/cwt	332.00–355.00	1,780	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,040	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	349.84/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	319.69/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,864	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	372.38/cwt	370.00–377.00	1,221	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	344.23/cwt	337.00–350.00	1,563	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,480	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,360	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	156.30/cwt	156.00–157.00	1,747	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	178.29/cwt	173.00–183.00	2,154	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	161.45/cwt	158.00–165.00	1,816	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	149.34/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,714	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	321.00/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	392.38/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,444	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,841	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,782	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	163.49/cwt	158.00–170.00	2,013	13
Bulls	—	—	1,615	187.41/cwt	180.00–195.00	3,027	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,841	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	834	195.32/cwt	175.00–202.00	1,629	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,148	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	330.81/cwt	302.00–360.00	1,234	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	335.96/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,730	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	308.33/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,434	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	321.89/cwt	297.00–335.00	1,336	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	302.60/cwt	277.00–320.00	1,589	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	298.56/cwt	292.00–302.00	1,290	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	276.72/cwt	267.00–287.00	1,710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,382	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	738	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,236	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	781	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	292	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	978	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	828	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,401	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	945	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,552	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 Jul 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 173Last week 377Year ago 167

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 35Year ago 36

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 1Year ago 8

No trends established due to lack of comparable recites from previous week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	472	330.00–361.00	352.07
9	550–600	561	322.00–334.00	330.03
17	650–700	668	315.00	315.00
10	700–750	738	303.00	303.00
2	800–850	828	290.00	290.00
1	900–950	945	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	430	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	540	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	590	312.00	312.00
1	700–750	735	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	470.00	470.00
2	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
2	450–500	483	340.00–360.00	349.84
1	500–550	515	382.00	382.00
7	550–600	582	342.00–345.00	344.59
3	600–650	600	340.00	340.00
10	650–700	676	327.00–332.00	329.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	220	355.00	355.00
2	250–300	292	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	305	365.00	365.00
3	350–400	380	302.00	302.00
3	400–450	415	297.00–335.00	321.89
3	450–500	465	285.00–320.00	308.33
5	500–550	522	270.00–327.00	298.87
2	600–650	618	267.00–287.00	276.72
1	700–750	705	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	370.00–377.00	372.38
2	350–400	368	360.00–377.00	368.10
3	400–450	435	360.00–372.00	364.05
4	450–500	454	337.00–350.00	344.23
2	500–550	515	332.00–340.00	335.96
3	550–600	583	315.00–327.00	319.69
4	600–650	635	297.00–302.00	298.22
1	950–1000	950	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	569	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	362.00	362.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	327.00	327.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	390.00–395.00	392.38
7	500–550	521	332.00–355.00	341.59
2	550–600	560	312.00–330.00	321.00
1	600–650	620	297.00	297.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	302.00–360.00	330.81
3	400–450	432	292.00–302.00	298.56
1	450–500	450	307.00	307.00
5	500–550	525	277.00–320.00	302.60
2	550–600	563	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	630	292.00	292.00
1	650–700	665	267.00	267.00
4	800–850	834	175.00–202.00	195.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	183.00	183.00
2	—	1,388	170.00	170.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,118	156.00–157.00	156.30
5	—	1,208	173.00–183.00	178.29
13	—	1,231	158.00–170.00	163.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	158.00–165.00	161.45
3	—	1,148	146.00–152.00	149.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	180.00–195.00	187.41

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	2,750.00	2,750.00

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

Steers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle