Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data from light receipts the previous week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.64/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −50.10 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$337.64

16 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$25.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.73

vs TN average

−60.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	344.11	1,843	12thin
Medium and Large 2	539	318.25	1,715	4thin

One grade step is worth $25.86/cwt here — about $128 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 sale16 hd

337.64

—

TN average15 barns · 647 hd

352.37

−14.73

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−60.22

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−50.10

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	1,850	190.80	3,530	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,373	161.51	2,218	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,248	156.26	1,950	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,096	134.29	1,472	7thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,530	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,250	$1,625	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,265	$1,500	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,010	$1,375	1thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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	800–850	810	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,471	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	835	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,756	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,222	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,410	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	722	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,505	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	396.32/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,863	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	434.71/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,826	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	337.20/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,898	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	360.50/cwt	360.00–362.00	2,141	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	743	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,236	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	347.56/cwt	342.00–357.00	1,814	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	800	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,840	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	456.09/cwt	450.00–495.00	1,710	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,370	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	133.69/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,488	3
Bulls	—	—	1,850	190.80/cwt	188.00–192.00	3,530	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	168.66/cwt	168.00–170.00	2,378	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	159.45/cwt	155.00–166.00	1,992	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	148.49/cwt	144.00–154.00	1,795	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	121.36/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,333	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,250	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,010	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,265	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	162.56/cwt	159.00–167.00	2,232	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	148.11/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,585	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,076	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,872	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,530	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	347.70/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,044	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	342.67/cwt	322.00–346.00	2,173	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,246	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	336.97/cwt	332.00–342.00	1,594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,247	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	395.67/cwt	387.00–400.00	1,662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	382	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,547	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	483.28/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	335.50/cwt	335.00–337.00	2,083	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	708	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,315	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,184	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,695	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,438	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	916	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,977	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,381	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	755	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,786	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,306	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	397.54/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,020	2

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 Oct 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 180Last week 44Year ago 154

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 20Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 0Year ago 6

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data from light receipts the previous week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	442.00	442.00
3	350–400	355	405.00	405.00
8	500–550	522	342.00–357.00	347.56
4	550–600	563	330.00–350.00	337.20
2	600–650	610	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	650	322.00	322.00
1	750–800	750	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	810	305.00	305.00
1	900–950	935	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	621	335.00–337.00	335.50
5	700–750	708	327.00	327.00
5	800–850	835	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	473	332.00–342.00	336.97
3	500–550	522	317.00	317.00
1	550–600	590	322.00	322.00
1	600–650	620	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	610.00	610.00
2	300–350	320	470.00–495.00	483.28
1	350–400	375	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	420	417.00	417.00
2	500–550	508	395.00–400.00	397.54
4	550–600	594	360.00–362.00	360.50
1	600–650	620	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	655	342.00	342.00
5	700–750	726	332.00	332.00
4	750–800	770	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	560	390.00	390.00
3	600–650	615	375.00	375.00
2	700–750	722	347.00	347.00
5	750–800	755	369.00	369.00
1	800–850	800	355.00	355.00
5	900–950	916	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	445.00	445.00
1	300–350	325	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	440	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	450.00–495.00	456.09
4	400–450	420	420.00–440.00	434.71
4	450–500	470	395.00–400.00	396.32
10	550–600	588	345.00–350.00	347.70
7	600–650	634	322.00–346.00	342.67
1	650–700	690	322.00	322.00
1	800–850	815	277.00	277.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	743	301.00	301.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	387.00–400.00	395.67
1	450–500	475	352.00	352.00
1	500–550	515	327.00	327.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	252.00	252.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,113	132.00–136.00	133.69
2	—	1,098	120.00–123.00	121.36
2	—	1,070	145.00–151.00	148.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,410	168.00–170.00	168.66
20	—	1,249	155.00–166.00	159.45
13	—	1,209	144.00–154.00	148.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,373	159.00–167.00	162.56
1	—	1,375	151.00	151.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,850	188.00–192.00	190.80

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,625.00	1,625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,375.00	1,375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,530	2,500.00	2,500.00

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

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