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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 30

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← Jul 23Jul 30Aug 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

80 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 106▼ 10 vs year ago 90 · −11.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 14▼ 8 vs year ago 14 · −57.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale included the following load lot;

55, 851lbs, Heifers, M/L, 1's 5 fleshed, 100% Blk/Bwf, Guaranteed Open, $302.25

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

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 $344.82/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −35.20 against this barn's trailing median of $380.02.

Average price

$344.82

5 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,786

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.48

vs TN average

−2.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	344.82	1,786	5thin

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

344.82

—

TN average14 barns · 679 hd

342.34

+2.48

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−2.68

This barn, trailing median14 sales

380.02

−35.20

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	1,853	195.84	3,629	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,618	161.50	2,612	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,130	127.00	1,435	1thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	210	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	840	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,328	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,035	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,190	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	344.82/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,786	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,827	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,089	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,152	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	835	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,396	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	851	302.25/cwt	302.25–302.25	2,572	55
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	960	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,592	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	411.05/cwt	410.00–412.00	1,541	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,656	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	323.15/cwt	317.00–327.00	1,703	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,886	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,083	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,853	195.84/cwt	188.00–200.00	3,629	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,130	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,435	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,386	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,715	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,847	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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 80Last week 106Year ago 90

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 14Year ago 14

Sale included the following load lot;

55, 851lbs, Heifers, M/L, 1's 5 fleshed, 100% Blk/Bwf, Guaranteed Open, $302.25

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	410.00–412.00	411.05
1	400–450	430	385.00	385.00
1	950–1000	960	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	317.00–327.00	323.15
1	550–600	575	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	720	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	390.00	390.00
5	500–550	518	340.00–348.00	344.82
1	600–650	605	302.00	302.00
1	650–700	685	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	755	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	835	287.00	287.00
55	850–900	851	302.25	302.25
1	950–1000	960	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,853	188.00–200.00	195.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	157.00	157.00
1	—	1,715	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	127.00	127.00

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.