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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 16

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← Apr 9Apr 16Apr 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

211 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 183▲ 211 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

33 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 38▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls and Feeder Bulls not well established due to insufficient receipts. Feeder Steers and Heifers steady. Quality fair to fancy. Demand good to strong. To view Lower Middle Tn Alliance Feeder Calf sale sold in conjunction with today's regular auction visit: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams 2708.pdf

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.67/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −63.35 against this barn's trailing median of $380.02.

Average price

$316.67

6 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.03

vs TN average

−4.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	318.00	1,743	5thin
Medium and Large 2	540	310.00	1,674	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $69 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale6 hd

316.67

—

TN average17 barns · 718 hd

307.63

+9.03

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−4.51

This barn, trailing median14 sales

380.02

−63.35

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 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.72, low $319.00, median $380.02 across 14 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	1,933	185.99	3,596	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,518	164.50	2,497	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,247	157.51	1,965	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	132.66	1,278	8thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	205	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	953	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,376	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	385	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,605	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	415	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,544	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	430	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,828	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,911	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	582	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,107	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	645	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,164	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	821	267.33/cwt	263.00–268.00	2,195	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	235	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	987	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	373.88/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,252	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,182	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	436	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,557	4
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	485	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,440	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,436	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	535	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,723	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	568	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,772	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	646	289.68/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,871	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	670	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,776	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,776	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	730	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,913	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	756	264.42/cwt	256.00–267.10	1,999	88
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,034	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,692	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	295.88/cwt	282.00–310.00	1,716	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	400	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,012	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,885	184.49/cwt	184.00–185.00	3,478	2
Bulls	—	—	2,030	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,837	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	963	132.66/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,278	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,668	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,229	164.57/cwt	159.00–168.00	2,023	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	152.95/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,965	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,518	164.50/cwt	164.00–165.00	2,497	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 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 183Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 38Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	580	282.00–310.00	295.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	245.00	245.00
1	800–850	830	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	340.00–385.00	373.88
1	350–400	385	307.00	307.00
1	450–500	495	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	655	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	357.00	357.00
3	500–550	535	322.00	322.00
2	550–600	568	312.00	312.00
18	600–650	646	287.00–290.00	289.68
1	650–700	670	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	730	262.00	262.00
88	750–800	756	256.00–267.10	264.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	430	425.00	425.00
18	600–650	645	335.50	335.50
23	800–850	821	263.00–268.00	267.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	430.00	430.00
1	400–450	420	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	562	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	582	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	417.00	417.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	372.00	372.00
1	450–500	485	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	400	253.00	253.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,885	184.00–185.00	184.49
1	—	2,030	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	164.00–165.00	164.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	145.00	145.00
5	—	1,285	147.00–157.00	152.95
5	—	1,229	159.00–168.00	164.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	963	125.00–140.00	132.66

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.