Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Heifer under 500lbs 12.00 to 15.00 higher, over 500lbs mostly steady; No trends could be established on Feeder Steers/Bulls due to lack of comparable data; Slaughter Cows/Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.01/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −46.74 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$341.01

15 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,938

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$15.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.02

vs TN average

−30.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	343.09	1,965	13thin
Medium and Large 2	540	327.50	1,769	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.59/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale15 hd

341.01

—

TN average13 barns · 688 hd

359.03

−18.02

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

−30.50

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−46.74

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	1,745	190.55	3,325	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	169.47	2,556	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,309	159.68	2,090	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,170	143.32	1,678	7thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	390.97/cwt	390.00–392.00	1,634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,101	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	348.65/cwt	347.00–350.00	2,155	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	405.18/cwt	403.00–432.00	1,596	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	376.78/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	321.36/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,002	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,886	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	485	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	389.31/cwt	380.00–394.00	2,207	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	422.47/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,939	6
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	475	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	289.30/cwt	284.00–294.00	2,676	3
Bulls	—	—	1,588	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,779	2
Bulls	—	—	1,850	200.91/cwt	195.00–206.00	3,717	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	151.44/cwt	139.00–158.00	1,952	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	164.18/cwt	161.00–170.00	2,167	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	139.96/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,502	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	169.47/cwt	169.00–170.00	2,556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,184	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,128	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,580	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,416	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,303	150.13/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,956	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,374	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	356.47/cwt	352.00–365.00	2,003	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	324.17/cwt	312.00–342.00	1,666	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	356.49/cwt	355.00–357.00	1,636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	331.54/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,867	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	700	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,614	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	356.50/cwt	355.00–357.00	1,647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	791	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,757	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	345.01/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,984	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,345	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 Sep 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 188Last week 189Year ago 533

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 29Year ago 66

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	440.00	440.00
1	300–350	345	422.00	422.00
12	350–400	394	403.00–432.00	405.18
2	400–450	418	390.00–392.00	390.97
4	450–500	462	355.00–357.00	356.50
1	500–550	535	345.00	345.00
11	550–600	575	335.00–355.00	345.01
3	600–650	623	320.00–322.00	321.36
1	650–700	690	317.00	317.00
1	750–800	750	312.00	312.00
3	900–950	925	284.00–294.00	289.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	315.00	315.00
1	300–350	325	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	415	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	465	347.00	347.00
1	500–550	525	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	555	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	382.00	382.00
1	700–750	700	337.00	337.00
61	750–800	791	348.50	348.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	416.00	416.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	565	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	550.00	550.00
6	350–400	357	452.00	452.00
6	450–500	459	410.00–425.00	422.47
3	550–600	567	380.00–394.00	389.31
1	650–700	670	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	379	417.00	417.00
1	400–450	430	407.00	407.00
3	450–500	482	370.00–380.00	376.78
10	500–550	514	367.00	367.00
3	550–600	562	352.00–365.00	356.47
9	600–650	618	347.00–350.00	348.65
2	700–750	700	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	355.00	355.00
4	450–500	459	355.00–357.00	356.49
4	500–550	514	312.00–342.00	324.17
3	550–600	563	325.00–335.00	331.54
1	750–800	775	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,588	175.00	175.00
3	—	1,850	195.00–206.00	200.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,289	139.00–158.00	151.44
11	—	1,320	161.00–170.00	164.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,073	137.00–145.00	139.96
1	—	1,065	133.00	133.00
3	—	1,303	148.00–153.00	150.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	169.00–170.00	169.47

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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