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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 23

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

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Feeder Cattle receipts

106 head

▼ 67 vs last sale 173▼ 521 vs year ago 627 · −83.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 32▼ 30 vs year ago 44 · −68.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts and lack of comparable data.

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 $372.16/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 3 of 16 comparable sales and sits −59.10 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.

Average price

$372.16

31 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,150

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$324

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

$44.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.57

vs TN average

−3.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	375.00	2,171	29
Medium and Large 2	558	331.00	1,847	2thin

One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about $324 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 sale31 hd

372.16

—

TN average14 barns · 429 hd

358.59

+13.57

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

−3.58

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.26

−59.10

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	—	Average	1,653	200.00	3,305	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,251	173.37	2,169	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,215	161.00	1,956	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	975	134.00	1,307	2thin

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	220	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	770	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,030	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,390	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,282	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,528	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,292	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,773	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,847	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,171	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,142	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,278	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,106	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	296.06/cwt	290.00–302.00	2,407	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,208	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,451	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	351.80/cwt	342.00–355.00	1,717	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	338.07/cwt	325.00–338.50	1,944	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,872	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,008	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,904	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,173	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	357.45/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,558	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	340.78/cwt	335.00–347.00	1,619	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,809	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,315	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,538	1
Bulls	—	—	1,990	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	4,119	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	800	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	864	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,840	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,801	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,215	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,956	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	181.29/cwt	178.00–184.00	2,284	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,206	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 Jul 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 106Last week 173Year ago 627

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 32Year ago 44

No trends could be established due to light receipts and lack of comparable data.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	193.00	193.00
1	—	1,990	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	160.00	160.00
1	—	800	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	152.00	152.00
1	—	1,290	171.00	171.00
3	—	1,260	178.00–184.00	181.29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	317.00	317.00
4	400–450	436	350.00–360.00	357.45
3	450–500	475	335.00–347.00	340.78
1	650–700	670	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	342.00–355.00	351.80
30	550–600	575	325.00–338.50	338.07
1	600–650	620	302.00	302.00
2	650–700	665	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	322.00	322.00
4	450–500	465	312.00	312.00
1	650–700	680	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	400	382.00	382.00
3	450–500	457	388.00	388.00
29	550–600	579	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	630	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	730	312.00	312.00
2	800–850	813	290.00–302.00	296.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	350.00	350.00
1	250–300	290	355.00	355.00
1	300–350	340	377.00	377.00
1	400–450	435	297.00	297.00
2	550–600	558	331.00	331.00
1	750–800	780	270.00	270.00

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.