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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 23

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

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Feeder Cattle receipts

266 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 211▲ 266 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

43 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 33▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 0▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Cattle mostly steady; Slaughter Cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady on a light test.

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 $279.26/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −100.76 against this barn's trailing median of $380.02.

Average price

$279.26

7 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$47.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.75

vs TN average

−50.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	299.61	1,606	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	560	272.00	1,523	2thin
Small 1	535	260.00	1,391	1thin
Medium and Large 2	595	252.00	1,499	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.61/cwt here — about $107 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 sale7 hd

279.26

—

TN average12 barns · 431 hd

314.01

−34.75

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−50.69

This barn, trailing median14 sales

380.02

−100.76

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	—	Low	1,514	164.57	2,491	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,425	161.80	2,306	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,166	151.83	1,771	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,127	135.04	1,522	5thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,290	$3,599	6

Every lot

69 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	255	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	944	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,188	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	405.92/cwt	397.00–422.00	1,331	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,300	3
Steers	400–450	Small 1-2	445	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,233	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	452	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,718	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	360.91/cwt	352.00–387.00	1,682	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	548	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,836	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	559	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,052	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	346.14/cwt	335.00–353.00	2,035	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	610	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,111	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	627	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,850	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	676	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,136	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	312.82/cwt	312.00–317.00	2,165	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	719	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,157	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,190	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	803	275.94/cwt	272.00–279.00	2,216	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	828	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,169	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	250.35/cwt	247.00–252.00	2,166	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	955	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,407	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	258	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	942	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,138	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,143	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	340.71/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,302	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,163	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	343.73/cwt	332.00–350.00	1,413	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,342	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	440	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,210	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,389	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	471	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,437	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,615	6
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	535	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,391	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	299.61/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,606	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,523	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,499	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,679	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	654	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,779	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	655	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,696	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	278.72/cwt	267.00–287.00	1,865	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,727	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,884	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,075	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	852	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,241	57
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	331.65/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,559	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	293.99/cwt	277.00–312.00	1,514	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,715	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,752	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,960	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	625	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,481	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,967	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	258.80/cwt	247.00–270.00	1,729	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,045	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	743	256.00/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,902	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,903	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,245	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,179	1
Bulls	—	—	1,648	159.36/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,626	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,372	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,098	134.70/cwt	129.00–141.00	1,479	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	155.15/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,738	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,145	136.30/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,561	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,307	167.98/cwt	166.00–171.00	2,195	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,313	167.74/cwt	164.00–174.00	2,202	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,603	152.53/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,445	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,248	3,611.87/head	3,550.00–3,675.00	3,612	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	3,606.29/head	3,525.00–3,675.00	3,606	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,450	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1

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 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 266Last week 211Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 33Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Cattle mostly steady; Slaughter Cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady on a light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	510	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	585	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	645	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	705	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	325.00–340.00	331.65
2	500–550	515	277.00–312.00	293.99
2	550–600	555	309.00	309.00
2	650–700	668	247.00–270.00	258.80
2	700–750	743	255.00–257.00	256.00
1	750–800	755	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	535	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	365.00	365.00
2	300–350	328	347.00	347.00
7	350–400	382	340.00–345.00	340.71
3	400–450	411	332.00–350.00	343.73
6	450–500	482	335.00	335.00
3	500–550	536	297.00–305.00	299.61
3	600–650	622	270.00	270.00
5	650–700	669	267.00–287.00	278.72
1	700–750	705	245.00	245.00
2	750–800	772	244.00	244.00
1	800–850	840	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	302.00	302.00
1	450–500	455	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	471	305.00	305.00
2	550–600	560	272.00	272.00
16	650–700	654	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	322.00	322.00
1	400–450	440	305.00	305.00
1	450–500	460	302.00	302.00
1	550–600	595	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	850–900	852	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	452	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	548	335.00	335.00
15	550–600	559	367.00	367.00
3	600–650	627	295.00	295.00
7	650–700	676	316.00	316.00
12	700–750	719	300.00	300.00
10	800–850	828	262.00	262.00
1	950–1000	955	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	370.00	370.00
3	300–350	342	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	610	346.00	346.00
15	800–850	803	272.00–279.00	275.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	417.00	417.00
3	300–350	328	397.00–422.00	405.92
4	450–500	466	352.00–387.00	360.91
12	550–600	588	335.00–353.00	346.14
6	650–700	692	312.00–317.00	312.82
1	700–750	725	302.00	302.00
3	850–900	865	247.00–252.00	250.35

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	3,550.00	3,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,265	3,525.00–3,675.00	3,606.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,248	3,550.00–3,675.00	3,611.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,307	166.00–171.00	167.98
2	—	1,603	150.00–155.00	152.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,120	150.00–159.00	155.15
6	—	1,098	129.00–141.00	134.70
5	—	1,313	164.00–174.00	167.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,145	134.00–140.00	136.30
1	—	1,055	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	150.00–165.00	159.36
1	—	1,245	175.00	175.00

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.