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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, May 21

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

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Feeder Cattle receipts

421 head

▲ 238 vs last sale 183▲ 421 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

33 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 40▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 4.00 to 6.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 9.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 7.00 to 10.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 lower

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 $320.16/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −59.86 against this barn's trailing median of $380.02.

Average price

$320.16

44 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$38.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs TN average

−14.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	322.80	1,808	41
Medium and Large 2	548	284.00	1,557	3thin

One grade step is worth $38.80/cwt here — about $251 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale44 hd

320.16

—

TN average14 barns · 845 hd

321.26

−1.10

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

−14.10

This barn, trailing median14 sales

380.02

−59.86

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	1,459	179.07	2,612	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,214	159.81	1,940	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,449	157.27	2,278	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,067	127.04	1,356	11

Every lot

64 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 2	290	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,030	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	296	422.77/cwt	420.00–427.00	1,251	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,001	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	385	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,413	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,449	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	396.00/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,699	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,629	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	453	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,857	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	401.47/cwt	400.00–402.00	1,887	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	328.33/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,592	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,993	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,938	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	358.39/cwt	350.00–367.00	2,071	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	604	345.87/cwt	345.00–346.00	2,089	69
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,127	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	331.48/cwt	331.00–335.00	2,261	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	710	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,201	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,131	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	820	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,214	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	869	276.21/cwt	275.00–277.00	2,400	10
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,561	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,012	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	300	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	795	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,062	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,469	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	318.27/cwt	317.00–325.00	1,330	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	422	382.13/cwt	377.00–385.00	1,613	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	342.48/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,486	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	290.08/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,329	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	347.96/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,597	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	466	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,664	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,610	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,509	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	285.00/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,582	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	565	326.37/cwt	325.00–326.50	1,844	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	565	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,582	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	631	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,855	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	665	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,696	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	279.96/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,926	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,020	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	841	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,224	60
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,047	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,443	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,744	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,662	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,791	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,891	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,898	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,020	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,530	1
Bulls	—	—	1,532	183.92/cwt	179.00–188.00	2,818	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	121.75/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,144	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,566	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,093	134.50/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,470	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,186	147.29/cwt	136.00–153.00	1,747	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	162.70/cwt	156.00–168.00	1,936	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,213	103.84/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,260	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	172.65/cwt	172.00–173.00	2,215	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,410	159.02/cwt	156.00–161.00	2,242	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,565	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,379	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 May 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 421Last week 183Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 40Year ago 0

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 4.00 to 6.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 9.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 7.00 to 10.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 lower

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	420	345.00	345.00
3	450–500	485	315.00–335.00	328.33
1	550–600	575	337.00	337.00
1	600–650	625	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	775	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	450–500	453	410.00	410.00
69	600–650	604	345.00–346.00	345.87
1	700–750	710	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	820	270.00	270.00
10	850–900	869	275.00–277.00	276.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	296	420.00–427.00	422.77
7	400–450	429	385.00–400.00	396.00
4	450–500	470	400.00–402.00	401.47
4	500–550	546	365.00	365.00
2	550–600	578	350.00–367.00	358.39
2	600–650	635	335.00	335.00
8	650–700	682	331.00–335.00	331.48
1	950–1000	985	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	385	367.00	367.00
1	450–500	450	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	395	372.00	372.00
8	400–450	434	340.00–345.00	342.48
5	450–500	459	345.00–355.00	347.96
1	500–550	500	322.00	322.00
2	650–700	688	270.00–290.00	279.96
8	800–850	808	250.00	250.00
1	850–900	890	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	422	377.00–385.00	382.13
33	450–500	466	357.00	357.00
2	500–550	500	325.00	325.00
35	550–600	565	325.00–326.50	326.37
17	600–650	631	294.00	294.00
60	800–850	841	264.50	264.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	565	280.00	280.00
2	650–700	665	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	337.00	337.00
6	400–450	418	317.00–325.00	318.27
2	450–500	458	285.00–295.00	290.08
1	500–550	535	282.00	282.00
2	550–600	555	270.00–300.00	285.00
1	600–650	610	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	485	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	510	342.00	342.00
2	600–650	635	282.00	282.00
2	650–700	652	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	600	277.00	277.00
1	650–700	690	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	103.00–105.00	103.84
3	—	940	115.00–127.00	121.75
1	—	1,030	152.00	152.00
5	—	1,093	130.00–138.00	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	152.00	152.00
3	—	1,410	156.00–161.00	159.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,283	172.00–173.00	172.65
4	—	1,186	136.00–153.00	147.29
4	—	1,190	156.00–168.00	162.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	150.00	150.00
6	—	1,532	179.00–188.00	183.92

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.