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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Feeder Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 17

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2078

← Oct 15Dec 17Apr 15 →

Receipts

151 head

▲ 54 vs last sale 97▲ 151 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle followed strict Alliance protocol. Weaned at least 60 days and two rounds of shots and all Heifers received a shot of Lutelyse. Sorted and weighed at UPI Columbia.

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 $405.09/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −74.61 against this barn's trailing median of $479.70.

Average price

$405.09

4 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,208

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.32

vs TN average

−39.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	405.09	2,208	4thin

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 sale4 hd

405.09

—

TN average16 barns · 295 hd

402.77

+2.32

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−39.01

This barn, trailing median1 sales

479.70

−74.61

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

Every lot

21 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	430	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,828	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	495	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,129	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	495	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,039	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	545	405.09/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,208	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	638	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,386	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	655	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,338	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	658	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,250	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	742	333.24/cwt	330.00–334.00	2,473	31
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	753	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,492	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	838	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,682	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	865	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,768	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	908	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,860	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	548	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,956	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,087	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,035	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	652	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,174	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	732	309.75/cwt	309.75–309.75	2,267	27
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	836	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,516	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	880	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,640	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,610	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 →

TLP Beef Alliance Sale - Columbia, TN

Wed Dec 17, 2025

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

Receipts 151Last week 97Year ago 0

All cattle followed strict Alliance protocol. Weaned at least 60 days and two rounds of shots and all Heifers received a shot of Lutelyse. Sorted and weighed at UPI Columbia.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	495	430.00	430.00
4	500–550	545	390.00–410.00	405.09
15	600–650	638	374.00	374.00
2	650–700	655	357.00	357.00
31	700–750	742	330.00–334.00	333.24
7	800–850	838	320.00	320.00
1	850–900	865	320.00	320.00
2	900–950	908	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	412.00	412.00
3	650–700	658	342.00	342.00
8	750–800	753	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	370.00	370.00
4	650–700	650	313.00	313.00
1	850–900	880	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	548	357.00	357.00
2	600–650	648	322.00	322.00
26	650–700	652	333.50	333.50
27	700–750	732	309.75	309.75
8	800–850	836	301.00	301.00
1	900–950	900	290.00	290.00

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.