Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale last week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $319.32/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −68.43 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$319.32

19 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−20.87

vs TN average

−51.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	319.32	1,779	19thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale19 hd

319.32

—

TN average12 barns · 802 hd

340.18

−20.87

National average194 barns · 19,992 hd

370.45

−51.13

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−68.43

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	1,888	179.50	3,388	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,490	156.91	2,339	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,279	145.88	1,866	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,148	123.68	1,419	4thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,425	$2,350	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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%	—	1,467	161.44/cwt	159.00–165.00	2,368	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	124.85/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,396	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,566	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,315	1
Bulls	—	—	1,685	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,696	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	135.65/cwt	131.00–141.00	1,712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	678	341.69/cwt	340.00–344.00	2,317	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	318.26/cwt	307.00–325.00	1,960	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	384.83/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,539	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,982	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	343.03/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,123	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	360.79/cwt	357.00–372.00	1,512	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	321.97/cwt	315.00–332.00	1,687	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	316.93/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,860	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	338.56/cwt	335.00–339.00	1,767	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	391.38/cwt	382.00–395.00	1,796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	603	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,141	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	800	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,240	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	417.52/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	370.13/cwt	365.00–371.00	2,125	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	365.12/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,910	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	818	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,276	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,990	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,155	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	368.00/cwt	360.00–372.00	1,638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,105	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	333.50/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,951	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,298	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,176	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	153.51/cwt	148.00–157.00	2,315	4
Bulls	—	—	2,090	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	4,159	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	149.28/cwt	147.00–153.00	1,908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	335	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,552	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 Dec 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 114Last week 115Year ago 339

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 43Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 24

No trends could be established due to no sale last week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,467	159.00–165.00	161.44
4	—	1,508	148.00–157.00	153.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	121.00–129.00	124.85
1	—	1,160	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,195	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,262	131.00–141.00	135.65
1	—	1,335	163.00	163.00
4	—	1,278	147.00–153.00	149.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	160.00	160.00
1	—	2,090	199.00	199.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	603	355.00	355.00
7	650–700	678	340.00–344.00	341.69
2	800–850	818	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	440.00	440.00
1	300–350	315	470.00	470.00
2	350–400	383	415.00–420.00	417.52
6	450–500	459	382.00–395.00	391.38
2	500–550	523	360.00–370.00	365.12
7	550–600	574	365.00–371.00	370.13
5	600–650	619	335.00–345.00	343.03
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	405.00	405.00
2	550–600	585	330.00–337.00	333.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	393.00	393.00
3	400–450	445	360.00–372.00	368.00
9	500–550	522	335.00–339.00	338.56
5	600–650	616	307.00–325.00	318.26
2	650–700	672	295.00	295.00
2	700–750	738	292.00	292.00
3	750–800	760	277.00	277.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	295.00	295.00
2	800–850	800	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	380.00–390.00	384.83
8	400–450	419	357.00–372.00	360.79
7	450–500	450	342.00	342.00
9	500–550	524	315.00–332.00	321.97
10	550–600	587	315.00–322.00	316.93
1	650–700	675	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	775	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	347.00	347.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,425	2,350.00	2,350.00

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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