Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $374.41/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −62.22 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.

Average price

$374.41

32 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$56.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.84

vs TN average

−15.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	376.17	2,041	31
Medium and Large 2	590	320.00	1,888	1thin

One grade step is worth $56.17/cwt here — about $153 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 sale32 hd

374.41

—

TN average16 barns · 823 hd

377.25

−2.84

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

−15.61

This barn, trailing median15 sales

436.63

−62.22

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	1,877	191.26	3,589	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,251	154.97	1,938	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	154.00	2,387	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	137.01	1,367	3thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1	500–550	527	347.72/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,832	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,848	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	165.53/cwt	165.00–166.00	2,049	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	153.74/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,909	5
Bulls	—	—	1,743	179.55/cwt	179.00–180.00	3,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	265.58/cwt	260.00–275.00	2,037	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,943	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	337.47/cwt	337.00–342.00	1,984	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	337.17/cwt	327.00–345.00	1,730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	427	369.51/cwt	367.00–372.00	1,578	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	508	358.75/cwt	356.00–362.00	1,822	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,335	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,038	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	326.75/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,876	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	303.31/cwt	295.00–315.00	2,038	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	363.39/cwt	360.00–367.00	2,140	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	359.75/cwt	357.00–362.00	2,234	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	319.88/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,983	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	371.01/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,417	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	363.46/cwt	360.00–367.00	1,745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	375.22/cwt	370.00–377.00	2,019	14
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	1
Bulls	Small 1	850–900	870	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	946	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	137.01/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,367	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,757	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	460	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	250–300	252	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	920	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	415	352.18/cwt	347.00–357.00	1,462	2
Bulls	—	—	2,010	202.97/cwt	202.00–204.00	4,080	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	291.06/cwt	277.00–305.00	1,674	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,005	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	364.50/cwt	362.00–367.00	1,604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	300.07/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	412	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	399.43/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,058	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	301.00/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	351.12/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,187	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	358.22/cwt	270.00–387.00	1,164	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,354	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	508	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,976	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	331.58/cwt	330.00–333.00	2,039	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	780	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,590	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	303.19/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,108	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 Aug 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 235Last week 80Year ago 97

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 6Year ago 71

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	405.00	405.00
6	450–500	460	382.00	382.00
4	500–550	527	347.00–350.00	347.72
10	550–600	588	337.00–342.00	337.47
2	600–650	620	315.00–325.00	319.88
1	700–750	710	287.00	287.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	347.00–357.00	352.18
2	500–550	545	337.00	337.00
1	650–700	665	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	870	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	415	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	520	272.00	272.00
4	550–600	575	277.00–305.00	291.06
1	750–800	780	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	430.00	430.00
2	300–350	338	395.00	395.00
5	350–400	382	370.00–375.00	371.01
2	400–450	440	362.00–367.00	364.50
2	450–500	480	360.00–367.00	363.46
3	500–550	513	327.00–345.00	337.17
15	550–600	574	320.00–335.00	326.75
3	600–650	632	300.00–310.00	303.19
3	650–700	672	295.00–315.00	303.31
1	700–750	730	282.00	282.00
3	750–800	767	260.00–275.00	265.58
1	1000–1050	1,035	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	380	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	430	367.00	367.00
2	450–500	485	295.00–307.00	301.00
2	500–550	508	285.00–315.00	300.07
1	600–650	645	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	865	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	427	367.00–372.00	369.51
8	500–550	508	356.00–362.00	358.75
4	550–600	560	347.00	347.00
5	600–650	615	330.00–333.00	331.58
5	650–700	663	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	252	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	460	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	460.00	460.00
1	300–350	305	435.00	435.00
1	450–500	495	380.00	380.00
14	500–550	538	370.00–377.00	375.22
8	550–600	589	360.00–367.00	363.39
7	600–650	623	340.00–353.00	351.12
1	650–700	680	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	700	310.00	310.00
3	750–800	767	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	412	417.00	417.00
9	500–550	508	389.00	389.00
18	600–650	621	357.00–362.00	359.75
11	650–700	663	355.00	355.00
16	750–800	780	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	410.00	410.00
2	250–300	265	390.00–410.00	399.43
4	300–350	325	270.00–387.00	358.22
1	550–600	590	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	625	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	685	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,238	165.00–166.00	165.53
5	—	1,242	150.00–156.00	153.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	998	132.00–139.00	137.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	154.00	154.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,743	179.00–180.00	179.55
2	—	2,010	202.00–204.00	202.97

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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