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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 21

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← Jan 14Jan 21Feb 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

133 head

▼ 201 vs last sale 334▼ 134 vs year ago 267 · −50.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 17▲ 6 vs year ago 11 · +54.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

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 $365.85/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 7 of 14 comparable sales and sits −14.17 against this barn's trailing median of $380.02.

Average price

$365.85

21 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.03

vs TN average

−45.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	365.85	1,913	21

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 sale21 hd

365.85

—

TN average17 barns · 959 hd

372.89

−7.03

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−45.02

This barn, trailing median14 sales

380.02

−14.17

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	1,808	183.50	3,317	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,315	159.02	2,091	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	153.69	2,270	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	133.81	1,305	4thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,678	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,420	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,825	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,866	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,136	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,137	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,880	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	406.67/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,379	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,344	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,096	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,442	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	507	373.66/cwt	372.00–375.00	1,894	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,926	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	620	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,232	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,094	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,431	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,425	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,958	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,192	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,665	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,914	1
Bulls	—	—	1,950	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,744	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	865	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,081	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,427	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	134.12/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,361	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	159.02/cwt	158.00–160.00	2,091	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,438	158.03/cwt	157.00–159.00	2,272	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,555	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,255	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 Jan 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 133Last week 334Year ago 267

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 17Year ago 11

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	445.00	445.00
1	550–600	555	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	465.00	465.00
12	500–550	535	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	625	340.00	340.00
4	650–700	665	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	805	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	790	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	507	372.00–375.00	373.66
15	600–650	620	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	515	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	635	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	610.00	610.00
2	350–400	365	500.00	500.00
1	400–450	410	455.00	455.00
3	450–500	480	445.00	445.00
1	500–550	515	415.00	415.00
9	550–600	585	400.00–410.00	406.67
3	600–650	625	375.00	375.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,950	192.00	192.00
1	—	1,665	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	158.00–160.00	159.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,438	157.00–159.00	158.03
1	—	1,555	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,015	132.00–136.00	134.12
1	—	1,005	142.00	142.00
1	—	865	125.00	125.00

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.