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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, May 27

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← May 20May 27Jun 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

98 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 93▼ 37 vs year ago 135 · −27.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

27 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 15▲ 9 vs year ago 18 · +50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data, however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded with a slightly lower undertone; No trends on Slaughter Cattle, however traded steady to slightly higher with good quality and steady demand.

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 $365.00/cwt on 1 head, down $82.82 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 16 comparable sales and sits −66.26 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.

Average price

$365.00

▼ 82.82 vs prior sale

1 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−82.70

vs TN average

−95.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	365.00	2,044	1thin

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 sale1 hd

365.00

—

TN average11 barns · 280 hd

447.70

−82.70

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

−95.37

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.26

−66.26

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	—	Low	1,700	200.00	3,400	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,540	184.68	2,844	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	175.03	2,129	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	165.33	1,728	3thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,044	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	985	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,162	53
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	348	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,653	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,871	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,057	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,208	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	487.03/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,783	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	517.78/cwt	515.00–522.00	1,936	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,118	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,249	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,726	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,485	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,822	1
Bulls	—	—	1,915	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	4,022	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,521	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	169.99/cwt	168.00–172.00	1,836	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,155	160.00/cwt	159.00–161.00	1,848	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,219	179.06/cwt	176.00–185.00	2,183	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,514	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	188.52/cwt	187.00–190.00	2,847	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,600	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,832	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 May 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 98Last week 93Year ago 135

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 15Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	374	515.00–522.00	517.78
1	600–650	630	357.00	357.00
1	750–800	790	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	480.00–490.00	487.03
3	550–600	550	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	475.00	475.00
5	400–450	430	435.00	435.00
2	600–650	615	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	455	452.00	452.00
1	600–650	640	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
53	950–1000	985	321.00	321.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,510	187.00–190.00	188.52
1	—	1,600	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	159.00–161.00	160.00
4	—	1,219	176.00–185.00	179.06
1	—	1,330	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	156.00	156.00
2	—	1,080	168.00–172.00	169.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	190.00	190.00
1	—	1,915	210.00	210.00

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.