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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Feeder Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 20

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2078

← Apr 16Aug 20Oct 15 →

Receipts

330 head

▲ 223 vs last sale 107▲ 330 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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 $402.88/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −76.82 against this barn's trailing median of $479.70.

Average price

$402.88

16 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,260

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$16

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

$5.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.19

vs TN average

+2.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	406.00	2,249	6thin
Medium and Large 2	565	401.00	2,266	10thin

One grade step is worth $5.00/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale16 hd

402.88

—

TN average15 barns · 517 hd

379.69

+23.19

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+2.99

This barn, trailing median1 sales

479.70

−76.82

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

Every lot

23 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	375	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,545	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	425	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,751	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	495	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,990	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	535	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,231	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	565	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,266	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	573	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,263	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	366.63/cwt	352.00–368.50	2,376	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	653	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,286	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	717	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,438	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	759	364.64/cwt	350.00–365.10	2,768	68
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	845	340.60/cwt	338.50–340.85	2,878	37
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	938	329.70/cwt	329.70–329.70	3,093	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	380	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,357	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	462	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,686	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	475	386.40/cwt	367.00–405.00	1,835	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	536	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,903	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	537	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,933	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	632	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,136	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	659	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,194	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	669	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,174	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	722	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,383	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	755	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,499	43
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	825	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,558	24

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 Aug 20, 2025

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

Receipts 330Last week 107Year ago 0

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	367.00–405.00	386.40
12	500–550	537	360.00	360.00
23	600–650	632	338.00	338.00
8	650–700	659	333.00	333.00
3	700–750	722	330.00	330.00
43	750–800	755	331.00	331.00
24	800–850	825	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	357.00	357.00
3	450–500	462	365.00	365.00
9	500–550	536	355.00	355.00
5	650–700	669	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	417.00	417.00
3	550–600	573	395.00	395.00
26	600–650	648	352.00–368.50	366.63
68	750–800	759	350.00–365.10	364.64
37	800–850	845	338.50–340.85	340.60
16	900–950	938	329.70	329.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	412.00	412.00
1	400–450	425	412.00	412.00
1	450–500	495	402.00	402.00
10	550–600	565	401.00	401.00
8	650–700	653	350.00	350.00
3	700–750	717	340.00	340.00

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.