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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle weighed and graded onsite, Weaned at least 60 days and given 2 rounds of shots, Heifers given shot of Lutelyse.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $364.13/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +17.20 against this barn's trailing median of $346.92.

Average price

$364.13

8 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.76

vs TN average

−33.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	364.13	1,974	8thin

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

364.13

—

TN average15 barns · 647 hd

352.37

+11.76

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−33.74

This barn, trailing median1 sales

346.92

+17.20

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

19 lots · USDA AMS · TLP Beef Alliance Sale - 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	720	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	495	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,039	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	358.00/cwt	340.00–359.00	2,374	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	658	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,369	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	829	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,902	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	640	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,093	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	355.93/cwt	335.00–357.00	2,296	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	577	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,279	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	545	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,098	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	570	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,149	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	766	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,758	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	495	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,792	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	745	340.01/cwt	332.00–342.00	2,533	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	536	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,967	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	819	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,662	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	880	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	585	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,012	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	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 →

TLP Beef Alliance Sale - Columbia, TN

Wed Oct 15, 2025

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

Receipts 97Last week 330Year ago 0

All cattle weighed and graded onsite, Weaned at least 60 days and given 2 rounds of shots, Heifers given shot of Lutelyse.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	412.00	412.00
1	550–600	570	377.00	377.00
2	650–700	658	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	720	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	385.00	385.00
3	550–600	577	395.00	395.00
19	650–700	663	340.00–359.00	358.00
1	700–750	725	354.00	354.00
14	750–800	766	360.00	360.00
4	800–850	829	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	495	362.00	362.00
1	600–650	640	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
7	500–550	536	367.00	367.00
1	550–600	585	344.00	344.00
20	600–650	645	335.00–357.00	355.93
10	700–750	745	332.00–342.00	340.01
5	800–850	819	325.00	325.00
1	850–900	880	320.00	320.00

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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