Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.29/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −66.45 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$321.29

12 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

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

$17.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.11

vs TN average

−38.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	324.15	1,750	10thin
Medium and Large 2	553	307.00	1,696	2thin

One grade step is worth $17.15/cwt here — about $54 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale12 hd

321.29

—

TN average16 barns · 756 hd

340.41

−19.11

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−38.37

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−66.45

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	1,885	186.32	3,512	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,319	165.18	2,179	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,659	157.85	2,618	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	146.00	1,540	1thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	955	$1,525	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	880	$1,725	1thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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	750–800	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	326.05/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,038	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,055	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	347.30/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,365	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	773	332.35/cwt	322.00–332.50	2,569	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,212	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	345.90/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,512	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,374	3
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	303.59/cwt	300.00–307.00	2,058	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,215	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,205	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	337.51/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,634	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	378.01/cwt	362.00–392.00	1,992	8
Bulls	Small 2	500–550	505	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,677	1
Bulls	—	—	2,105	201.98/cwt	201.00–203.00	4,252	2
Bulls	—	—	1,445	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,240	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,713	153.78/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,634	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	165.51/cwt	165.00–166.00	2,119	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,077	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	169.95/cwt	169.00–171.00	2,291	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,337	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,573	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,119	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	307.00/cwt	297.00–317.00	1,535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,767	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	880	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,379	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,291	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	398.92/cwt	392.00–410.00	1,815	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,178	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	324.15/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,750	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	747	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,473	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	647	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,329	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,362	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 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 234Last week 275Year ago 180

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 90Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 41Year ago 7

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	205	465.00	465.00
3	350–400	355	387.00	387.00
5	400–450	437	335.00–360.00	345.90
6	450–500	484	337.00–340.00	337.51
10	500–550	540	320.00–330.00	324.15
2	600–650	625	320.00–332.00	326.05
2	650–700	678	300.00–307.00	303.59
1	700–750	700	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	755	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	820	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
71	700–750	747	331.00	331.00
70	750–800	773	322.00–332.50	332.35
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	312.00	312.00
1	550–600	585	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	425	395.00	395.00
3	450–500	455	392.00–410.00	398.92
8	500–550	527	362.00–392.00	378.01
1	550–600	560	367.00	367.00
2	600–650	642	345.00	345.00
11	650–700	681	335.00–350.00	347.30
1	700–750	705	335.00	335.00
1	750–800	755	327.00	327.00
1	850–900	885	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	600	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	690	332.00	332.00
1	750–800	775	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	647	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	475	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	505	347.00	347.00
1	600–650	645	317.00	317.00
1	750–800	790	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	332.00	332.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	297.00–317.00	307.00
1	600–650	645	282.00	282.00
1	750–800	765	277.00	277.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,105	201.00–203.00	201.98
1	—	1,445	155.00	155.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,713	150.00–158.00	153.78
1	—	1,550	166.00	166.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	165.00–166.00	165.51
1	—	1,340	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,348	169.00–171.00	169.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	146.00	146.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	1,525.00	1,525.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	1,725.00	1,725.00

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

Heifers · 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