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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Feeder Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 16

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2078

← Dec 2Apr 16Aug 20 →

Receipts

107 head

▼ 139 vs last sale 246▲ 10 vs year ago 97 · +10.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were gathered at UPI Columbia, graded and weighed on the ground. All cattle were on a strict vaccination program and weaned a minimum of 60 days.

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 $373.89/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −105.81 against this barn's trailing median of $479.70.

Average price

$373.89

11 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,129

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$5.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.99

vs TN average

+9.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	376.00	2,136	7thin
Medium and Large 2	572	370.19	2,117	4thin

One grade step is worth $5.81/cwt here — about $18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale11 hd

373.89

—

TN average16 barns · 552 hd

354.90

+18.99

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

+9.13

This barn, trailing median1 sales

479.70

−105.81

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

18 lots · USDA AMS · TLP Beef Alliance Sale - 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	460	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,794	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	568	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,136	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	572	370.19/cwt	362.00–373.00	2,117	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	630	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,073	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,158	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	661	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,195	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	745	291.76/cwt	290.00–292.00	2,174	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	756	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,268	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	880	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,262	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,250	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	985	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,433	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	547	318.56/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,743	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	588	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,705	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	643	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,868	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	695	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,918	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,885	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	771	254.54/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,963	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	843	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,048	2

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 →

TLP Beef Alliance Sale - Columbia, TN

Wed Apr 16, 2025

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

Receipts 107Last week 246Year ago 97

Cattle were gathered at UPI Columbia, graded and weighed on the ground. All cattle were on a strict vaccination program and weaned a minimum of 60 days.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	572	362.00–373.00	370.19
1	650–700	650	332.00	332.00
8	700–750	745	290.00–292.00	291.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	390.00	390.00
7	550–600	568	376.00	376.00
1	600–650	630	329.00	329.00
17	650–700	661	332.00	332.00
9	750–800	756	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	880	257.00	257.00
3	900–950	900	250.00	250.00
1	950–1000	985	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	588	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	547	315.00–319.00	318.56
25	600–650	643	290.50	290.50
1	650–700	695	276.00	276.00
5	750–800	771	245.00–257.00	254.54
2	800–850	843	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	725	260.00	260.00

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.