Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers mostly steady; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 higher; No trends could be established on Feeder Bulls and Slaughter Cows due to light receipts; Slaughter Bulls steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $352.89/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −34.86 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$352.89

9 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$34.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.74

vs TN average

−6.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	356.75	1,889	8thin
Medium and Large 2	565	322.00	1,819	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.75/cwt here — about $69 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

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 sale9 hd

352.89

—

TN average15 barns · 655 hd

343.15

+9.74

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−6.91

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−34.86

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	1,607	195.87	3,148	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,320	181.00	2,389	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	152.81	1,964	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	141.00	1,558	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,389	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,558	1
Bulls	—	—	1,655	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,161	2
Bulls	—	—	1,588	197.82/cwt	194.00–205.00	3,141	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,249	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	146.22/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	333.50/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,068	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	351.11/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,664	5
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	330.93/cwt	322.00–340.00	2,184	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	414.97/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	400.16/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	351.49/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,522	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	634	334.28/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,119	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	520	355.57/cwt	352.00–357.00	1,849	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	552	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,153	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	315.90/cwt	310.00–322.00	1,943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	369.17/cwt	352.00–369.90	2,363	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	765	338.31/cwt	333.00–345.00	2,588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	660	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,317	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	457	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,723	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	595	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,172	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	702	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,246	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,806	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	669	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,221	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	784	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,470	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,903	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	545	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,136	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	735	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,434	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 Aug 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 139Last week 198Year ago 256

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 57Year ago 30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	181.00	181.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	141.00	141.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	166.00	166.00
2	—	1,250	140.00–152.00	146.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,655	191.00	191.00
5	—	1,588	194.00–205.00	197.82

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	345	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	395	375.00–385.00	380.00
4	400–450	433	340.00–355.00	351.49
5	450–500	474	345.00–360.00	351.11
2	600–650	615	310.00–322.00	315.90
1	650–700	660	322.00	322.00
1	900–950	915	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	457	377.00	377.00
7	500–550	520	352.00–357.00	355.57
1	550–600	595	365.00	365.00
14	600–650	634	325.00–335.00	334.28
5	650–700	669	332.00	332.00
2	700–750	702	320.00	320.00
6	750–800	784	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	410.00–420.00	414.97
2	450–500	478	390.00–410.00	400.16
1	500–550	520	377.00	377.00
2	600–650	620	330.00–337.00	333.50
2	650–700	660	322.00–340.00	330.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	392.00	392.00
8	550–600	552	390.00	390.00
23	600–650	640	352.00–369.90	369.17
7	650–700	660	351.00	351.00
2	700–750	735	345.00	345.00
4	750–800	765	333.00–345.00	338.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	515	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	555	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	640	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	565	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	610	312.00	312.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	460	335.00	335.00
4	500–550	516	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	685	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	715	270.00	270.00

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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