Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established on Feeder Steers/ Feeder Heifers due to lack of comparable data; Feeder Bulls 10.00 higher with instances of 20.00 to 22.00 higher; Slaughter Cows/ Bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Sale included the Alliance Feeder Calf sale, and the report can be found at the following website: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_2078.pdf

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.81/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −43.94 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$343.81

11 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,844

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$45.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.29

vs TN average

−46.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	347.99	1,846	10thin
Medium and Large 2	595	302.00	1,797	1thin

One grade step is worth $45.99/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale11 hd

343.81

—

TN average16 barns · 453 hd

345.10

−1.29

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−46.10

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−43.94

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	1,692	186.00	3,147	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,425	156.83	2,234	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,169	145.66	1,703	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,119	137.36	1,537	3thin

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)	1,253	$2,740	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,295	$2,050	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,095	$2,025	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	985	$2,000	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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,263	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	424.56/cwt	422.00–430.00	1,762	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	352.58/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,020	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	458.76/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,532	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,292	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	369.06/cwt	361.00–371.00	1,716	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	545	352.59/cwt	352.00–355.00	1,922	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,797	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	379.16/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,831	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	324.03/cwt	322.00–325.00	2,058	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	343.39/cwt	337.00–345.00	1,772	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	312.00/cwt	307.00–317.00	2,122	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	758	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,195	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,961	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	330.13/cwt	322.00–335.00	2,090	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,088	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	371.55/cwt	360.00–405.00	1,594	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,253	2,739.89/head	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,740	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	985	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	—	—	1,692	186.00/cwt	180.00–189.00	3,147	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	137.65/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,897	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	162.44/cwt	156.00–166.00	2,401	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	151.92/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,093	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,300	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,651	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	142.54/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,465	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	147.24/cwt	139.00–153.00	1,611	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,798	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 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 100Last week 575Year ago 95

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 36Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 4Year ago 36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	460.00	460.00
5	400–450	415	422.00–430.00	424.56
8	500–550	523	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	573	350.00–355.00	352.58
7	600–650	633	322.00–335.00	330.13
1	650–700	665	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	730	310.00	310.00
1	750–800	765	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	825	257.00	257.00
1	850–900	880	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	360.00–405.00	371.55
6	450–500	483	375.00–380.00	379.16
1	850–900	870	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	455.00–460.00	458.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	608	377.00	377.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	550	332.00	332.00
1	650–700	685	330.00	330.00
1	950–1000	960	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	412.00	412.00
18	450–500	465	361.00–371.00	369.06
5	500–550	516	337.00–345.00	343.39
3	600–650	635	322.00–325.00	324.03
2	650–700	680	307.00–317.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	410.00	410.00
1	400–450	445	352.00	352.00
1	550–600	595	302.00	302.00
2	700–750	712	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	545	352.00–355.00	352.59
2	750–800	758	310.00	310.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	2,025.00	2,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,253	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,739.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,295	2,050.00	2,050.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	2,000.00	2,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,692	180.00–189.00	186.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,378	133.00–140.00	137.65
8	—	1,094	139.00–153.00	147.24
1	—	1,145	157.00	157.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,478	156.00–166.00	162.44
8	—	1,378	150.00–155.00	151.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	127.00	127.00
2	—	1,028	142.00–143.00	142.54

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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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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