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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 8

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

161 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 173▼ 22 vs year ago 183 · −12.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 18▼ 23 vs year ago 38 · −60.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 1▼ 4 vs year ago 7 · −57.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, with limited comparable data, Feeder Steers 5.00 to 7.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 5.00 higher; No trends on Feeder Bulls due to light receipts; Slaughter Cows/ Bulls mostly steady.

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 $421.65/cwt on 4 head, down $46.86 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 16 comparable sales and sits −9.61 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.

Average price

$421.65

▼ 46.86 vs prior sale

4 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,393

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$51.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−56.77

vs TN average

−69.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	460.00	2,530	1thin
Medium and Large 2	573	408.87	2,344	3thin

One grade step is worth $51.13/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale4 hd

421.65

—

TN average15 barns · 332 hd

478.42

−56.77

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−69.18

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.26

−9.61

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

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $504.18, low $358.36, median $431.26 across 16 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	1,871	197.26	3,691	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,390	181.00	2,516	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,159	162.09	1,879	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,011	143.89	1,455	4thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$2,450	1thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	358	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,844	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,120	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	432	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,706	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	442	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	2,374	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	515.23/cwt	500.00–517.00	2,499	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,322	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,530	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	398.30/cwt	375.00–422.00	2,350	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,662	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	654	418.19/cwt	417.00–420.00	2,735	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	367.42/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,656	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,851	8
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	935	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	3,104	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	487.70/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,019	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	399.32/cwt	380.00–455.00	1,685	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,116	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	468	333.73/cwt	325.00–342.00	1,562	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,034	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	516	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,255	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,194	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	412.99/cwt	412.00–415.00	2,346	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	385.98/cwt	385.00–387.00	2,219	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,472	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,060	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,989	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,163	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	440	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,156	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,325	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,398	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,293	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,494	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,860	194.68/cwt	194.00–195.00	3,621	3
Bulls	—	—	1,905	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,905	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,011	143.89/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,455	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,090	148.27/cwt	140.00–157.00	1,616	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	171.30/cwt	167.00–177.00	2,064	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,210	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,093	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,570	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,967	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	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 Apr 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 161Last week 173Year ago 183

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 18Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 1Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	525.00	525.00
4	450–500	465	500.00	500.00
2	550–600	575	417.00	417.00
1	850–900	860	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	515.00	515.00
1	500–550	540	430.00	430.00
2	550–600	590	375.00–422.00	398.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	400	530.00	530.00
10	450–500	485	500.00–517.00	515.23
1	550–600	550	460.00	460.00
1	600–650	605	440.00	440.00
2	700–750	723	365.00–370.00	367.42
8	850–900	891	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	537.00	537.00
5	650–700	654	417.00–420.00	418.19
55	900–950	935	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	422	380.00–455.00	399.32
3	450–500	482	422.00	422.00
2	550–600	575	385.00–387.00	385.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	414	475.00–490.00	487.70
1	450–500	460	460.00	460.00
3	500–550	520	422.00	422.00
3	550–600	568	412.00–415.00	412.99
1	700–750	735	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	795	311.00	311.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	325.00–342.00	333.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	516	437.00	437.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	2,450.00	2,450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	140.00–157.00	148.27
3	—	1,205	167.00–177.00	171.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	189.00	189.00
1	—	1,210	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,011	140.00–148.00	143.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,860	194.00–195.00	194.68
1	—	1,905	205.00	205.00

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.