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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 29

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

310 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 267▲ 310 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 11▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 10.00 to 15.00 higher with instances of 26.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 6.00 to 12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 15.00 to 20.00 higher with instances of 30.00 higher. Slaughter Cows steady to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls Steady to 2.00 higher on a light test. Quality good, demand strong.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.54/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −113.72 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.

Average price

$317.54

11 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$332

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$79.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.88

vs TN average

−31.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	331.77	1,819	9thin
Medium and Large 2	505	255.00	1,288	1thin
Small 1	590	252.00	1,487	1thin

One grade step is worth $79.77/cwt here — about $332 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

317.54

—

TN average14 barns · 773 hd

322.42

−4.88

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−31.12

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.26

−113.72

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $504.18, low $358.36, median $431.26 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	2,098	171.00	3,588	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,514	141.17	2,137	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,336	136.31	1,822	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,094	114.46	1,252	9thin

Every lot

71 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	273	440.05/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,201	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	885	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	327.38/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,188	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	364.90/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,522	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	359.05/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,673	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	314.29/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,477	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,288	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	530	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,802	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,632	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	555	336.78/cwt	332.00–338.00	1,869	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,791	1
Steers	550–600	Small 1	590	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,487	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	285.86/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,838	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	252.49/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,649	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	286.13/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,911	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	718	275.37/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,977	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	265.31/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,939	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,007	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	822	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,129	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	857	254.43/cwt	251.00–255.00	2,180	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	931	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,281	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	756	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	272	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,102	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	955	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,071	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	311.80/cwt	302.00–322.00	1,020	3
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	350	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,106	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	351	306.50/cwt	297.00–325.00	1,076	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	333.78/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,268	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	408	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,273	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	304.74/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,313	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,031	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	823	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	272.69/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,252	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	287.86/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,379	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	279.70/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,446	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,362	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	546	261.81/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,429	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	239.86/cwt	210.00–256.00	1,350	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	246.49/cwt	246.00–247.00	1,511	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	255.67/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,585	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	669	236.49/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,582	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	247.18/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,659	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	680	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,612	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	243.99/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,742	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	715	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,580	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,661	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,888	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	810	240.75/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,950	16
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	916	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,102	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,394	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,256	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	352.53/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,470	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,329	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,560	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	320.07/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,626	2
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	308.62/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,750	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	286.33/cwt	286.00–287.00	1,770	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	662	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,801	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	257.37/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,853	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	845	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,563	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,098	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	3,588	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,062	105.67/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,122	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,099	116.62/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,282	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,165	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,515	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,333	130.89/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,745	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,342	145.34/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,950	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,431	143.24/cwt	139.00–146.00	2,050	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,720	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,339	2

This sale against other markets

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 Jan 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 310Last week 267Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 11Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,333	128.00–134.00	130.89
3	—	1,342	145.00–146.00	145.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	130.00	130.00
5	—	1,099	113.00–120.00	116.62
3	—	1,062	100.00–110.00	105.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,720	136.00	136.00
5	—	1,431	139.00–146.00	143.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,098	171.00	171.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	260.00–263.00	261.81
1	650–700	680	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	272	405.00	405.00
1	300–350	315	340.00	340.00
4	350–400	380	330.00–335.00	333.78
5	400–450	431	297.00–307.00	304.74
7	450–500	479	285.00–289.00	287.86
12	500–550	517	275.00–285.00	279.70
3	600–650	620	255.00–257.00	255.67
11	650–700	671	245.00–249.00	247.18
5	700–750	714	240.00–247.00	243.99
1	750–800	780	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	315.00	315.00
1	250–300	285	335.00	335.00
3	300–350	327	302.00–322.00	311.80
4	350–400	351	297.00–325.00	306.50
2	400–450	435	237.00	237.00
4	450–500	459	267.00–280.00	272.69
1	500–550	530	257.00	257.00
6	550–600	563	210.00–256.00	239.86
2	600–650	613	246.00–247.00	246.49
4	650–700	669	232.00–241.00	236.49
1	750–800	755	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	408	312.00	312.00
16	800–850	810	240.00–241.00	240.75
21	900–950	916	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	382.00	382.00
4	400–450	417	350.00–355.00	352.53
1	450–500	470	332.00	332.00
2	500–550	508	315.00–325.00	320.07
3	550–600	567	307.00–312.00	308.62
6	600–650	618	286.00–287.00	286.33
3	700–750	720	255.00–262.00	257.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	440	302.00	302.00
1	800–850	845	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	662	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	435.00–445.00	440.05
4	400–450	417	350.00–370.00	364.90
7	450–500	466	345.00–365.00	359.05
1	500–550	535	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	565	317.00	317.00
11	600–650	643	285.00–295.00	285.86
13	650–700	668	282.00–290.00	286.13
12	700–750	731	262.00–272.00	265.31
2	750–800	772	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	363	310.00–345.00	327.38
3	450–500	470	300.00–322.00	314.29
1	500–550	505	255.00	255.00
2	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
2	650–700	653	250.00–255.00	252.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	340.00	340.00
5	550–600	555	332.00–338.00	336.78
27	700–750	718	275.00–276.00	275.37
12	800–850	822	259.00	259.00
7	850–900	857	251.00–255.00	254.43
11	900–950	931	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	252.00	252.00

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.