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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 8

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← Oct 1Oct 8Oct 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

44 head

▼ 122 vs last sale 166▼ 193 vs year ago 237 · −81.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 21▼ 36 vs year ago 56 · −64.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established on Feeder Calves due to light receipts however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded higher with good quality and strong demand; Slaughter Cows/Bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $368.96/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −39.62 against this barn's trailing median of $408.58.

Average price

$368.96

5 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,022

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+27.70

vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	368.96	2,022	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

368.96

—

TN average14 barns · 409 hd

341.26

+27.70

This barn, trailing median8 sales

408.58

−39.62

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

8 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.73, low $335.84, median $408.58 across 8 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	1,459	177.65	2,591	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	166.00	2,573	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,221	153.97	1,880	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,063	125.39	1,333	2thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	510	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,050	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,052	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,210	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,499	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	945	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,248	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	389.28/cwt	382.00–397.00	1,627	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,430	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,435	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	287.49/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,489	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,044	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,112	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,747	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,702	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	374.86/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,998	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	365.03/cwt	362.50–370.00	2,037	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	299.30/cwt	282.00–322.00	1,862	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,129	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,904	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,124	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,217	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,186	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,330	170.61/cwt	170.00–171.00	2,269	3
Bulls	—	—	1,587	184.69/cwt	182.00–187.00	2,931	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,063	125.39/cwt	124.00–127.00	1,333	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,135	148.84/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,689	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,286	157.81/cwt	155.00–162.00	2,029	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,550	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,573	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 Oct 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 44Last week 166Year ago 237

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 21Year ago 56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,286	155.00–162.00	157.81
3	—	1,135	146.00–151.00	148.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	124.00–127.00	125.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,587	182.00–187.00	184.69
3	—	1,330	170.00–171.00	170.61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	418	382.00–397.00	389.28
1	500–550	545	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	640	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	440	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	475	302.00	302.00
2	500–550	518	285.00–290.00	287.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	565	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	650	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	735	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	402.00	402.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	460	370.00	370.00
2	500–550	533	365.00–385.00	374.86
3	550–600	558	362.50–370.00	365.03
1	600–650	645	330.00	330.00
3	650–700	685	310.00	310.00
3	700–750	722	307.00	307.00
1	850–900	885	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	622	282.00–322.00	299.30
1	650–700	675	282.00	282.00

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.