Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2026-06-10

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 10
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 145▼ 148 vs year ago 262 · −56.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 21▼ 9 vs year ago 34 · −26.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▼ 16 vs year ago 20 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts,

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $448.40/cwt on 5 head, up $19.94 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 13 of 16 comparable sales and sits +17.14 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.
Average price
$448.40
▲ 19.94 vs prior sale
5 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+18.48
vs TN average
−5.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572448.402,5655thin
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 sale5 hd
448.40
—
TN average15 barns · 483 hd
429.91
+18.48
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
−5.32
This barn, trailing median16 sales
431.26
+17.14
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
518460402344median 431.2603/0404/1506/1709/2310/14
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,582207.713,2853thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,274176.252,2454thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,197175.432,10011
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,103151.251,6684thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,338$2,6382thin

Every lot

35 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,3891
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434470.13/cwt465.00–480.002,0403
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,1992
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added482495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,3863
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added560465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,6042
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580437.33/cwt432.00–440.002,5373
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610377.52/cwt377.00–385.002,30316
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added718347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,4912
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added778342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,6614
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added800330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,64043
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1985300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,9551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,3301
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added443460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0383
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1454408.77/cwt405.00–415.001,8564
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1595400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed625385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4061
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2051
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3311
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2810275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2281
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1935282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,6372
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1436455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,9847
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2493400.88/cwt377.00–425.001,9762
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,2705
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,570201.57/cwt196.00–206.003,1652
Bulls——1,605220.00/cwt220.00–220.003,5311
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,097146.00/cwt145.00–147.001,6023
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,120167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,8701
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,154176.73/cwt169.00–180.002,0396
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,0383
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,238173.00/cwt169.00–180.002,1423
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268187.18/cwt183.00–191.002,3732
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,380186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,5671
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,725.00/head2,725.00–2,725.002,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,4052,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501

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.