Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

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 $304.55/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −83.20 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$304.55

9 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$313

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$60.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−47.25

vs TN average

−61.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	325.00	1,775	5thin
Medium and Large 2	523	293.47	1,535	2thin
Medium and Large 3	553	264.50	1,461	2thin

One grade step is worth $60.50/cwt here — about $313 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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

304.55

—

TN average16 barns · 979 hd

351.80

−47.25

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−61.30

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−83.20

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	1,890	194.46	3,675	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,458	168.50	2,456	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,147	156.05	1,790	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	988	137.66	1,360	6thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	—	1,890	194.46/cwt	194.00–195.00	3,675	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	154.73/cwt	153.00–156.00	1,668	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,253	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,655	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,643	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	130.32/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,351	3
Heifers	Small 1Fleshy	850–900	850	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	690	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,236	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	422.79/cwt	422.00–427.00	1,784	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	371.80/cwt	367.00–375.00	1,699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,336	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,526	2
Heifers	Small 1Fleshy	750–800	795	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,032	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	868	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,699	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	314.42/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,107	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	337.39/cwt	335.00–342.00	2,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	346.24/cwt	346.00–347.00	1,800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,399	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,775	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,916	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	448.55/cwt	430.00–458.00	1,660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,339	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	398	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,063	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,337	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,077	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	305.39/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,367	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,229	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,168	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	293.47/cwt	270.00–315.00	1,535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	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 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 164Last week 234Year ago 280

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 13Year ago 49

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,890	194.00–195.00	194.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,078	153.00–156.00	154.73
1	—	1,355	160.00	160.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,590	167.00	167.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	155.00	155.00
3	—	1,037	127.00–135.00	130.32
2	—	878	140.00	140.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	795	167.00	167.00
1	850–900	850	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	690	324.00	324.00
57	850–900	868	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	372.00	372.00
5	450–500	457	367.00–375.00	371.80
5	500–550	546	325.00	325.00
9	650–700	670	310.00–315.00	314.42
1	700–750	715	302.00	302.00
5	750–800	775	300.00–310.00	305.39
1	800–850	815	287.00	287.00
2	850–900	892	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	322.00	322.00
2	500–550	523	270.00–315.00	293.47
1	600–650	645	297.00	297.00
1	650–700	650	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	267.00	267.00
1	500–550	530	267.00	267.00
1	550–600	575	262.00	262.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	430.00–458.00	448.55
6	400–450	422	422.00–427.00	422.79
4	450–500	455	407.00	407.00
4	500–550	520	346.00–347.00	346.24
1	550–600	575	342.00	342.00
1	600–650	620	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	730	302.00	302.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	525	387.00	387.00
1	600–650	600	335.00	335.00
5	650–700	665	335.00–342.00	337.39
2	700–750	728	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	795	320.00	320.00
1	950–1000	960	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	397.00	397.00
1	550–600	550	360.00	360.00

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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