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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 2

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

79 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 101▲ 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 21▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts. Feeder Calves and Slaughter Cattle remain steady with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $319.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −57.35 against this barn's trailing median of $376.35.

Average price

$319.00

2 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,153

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.69

vs TN average

−13.48 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	675	319.00	2,153	2thin

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

319.00

—

TN average13 barns · 296 hd

316.31

+2.69

National average161 barns · 9,629 hd

332.48

−13.48

This barn, trailing median18 sales

376.35

−57.35

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 600–700 lb

18 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $421.18, low $320.64, median $376.35 across 18 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	—	Average	1,690	174.52	2,949	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,509	138.99	2,097	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,102	132.60	1,461	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,201	118.38	1,422	4thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	213	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,022	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,499	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,694	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,878	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	675	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,153	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	710	298.48/cwt	295.00–302.00	2,119	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,181	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	873	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,322	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,467	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	235	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	975	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,369	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	321.29/cwt	282.00–340.00	1,195	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,347	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	273.43/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,326	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	265.96/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,396	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	267.97/cwt	262.00–275.00	1,514	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	258.54/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,745	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	380.21/cwt	377.00–387.00	1,662	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	375.59/cwt	365.00–387.00	1,758	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,748	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,794	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,604	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,884	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2	930	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,553	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,690	174.52/cwt	173.00–176.00	2,949	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	780	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	788	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,000	127.90/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,279	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,444	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,270	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,575	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,853	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,435	123.76/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,776	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,628	146.49/cwt	146.00–147.00	2,385	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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 101Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 21Year ago 0

No trends could be established due to light receipts. Feeder Calves and Slaughter Cattle remain steady with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	122.00–125.00	123.76
1	—	1,155	125.00	125.00
1	—	780	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,628	146.00–147.00	146.49
1	—	1,270	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	123.00–133.00	127.90
1	—	1,305	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,690	173.00–176.00	174.52

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	213	480.00	480.00
1	350–400	370	405.00	405.00
1	400–450	440	385.00	385.00
4	450–500	479	392.00	392.00
7	750–800	779	280.00	280.00
1	950–1000	960	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	675	319.00	319.00
2	700–750	710	295.00–302.00	298.48
9	850–900	873	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	775	207.00	207.00
1	900–950	930	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	437	377.00–387.00	380.21
2	450–500	468	365.00–387.00	375.59
1	600–650	625	287.00	287.00
1	900–950	910	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	282.00–340.00	321.29
2	450–500	485	270.00–277.00	273.43
2	500–550	525	262.00–270.00	265.96
3	550–600	565	262.00–275.00	267.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	365	375.00	375.00
2	400–450	412	327.00	327.00
1	600–650	620	270.00	270.00
2	650–700	675	257.00–260.00	258.54

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.