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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 12

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← Aug 5Aug 12Aug 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 143 vs last sale 162▼ 179 vs year ago 198 · −90.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 15▼ 44 vs year ago 57 · −77.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $300.00/cwt on 1 head, down $89.07 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −108.58 against this barn's trailing median of $408.58.

Average price

$300.00

▼ 89.07 vs prior sale

1 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−66.02

vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	550	300.00	1,650	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

300.00

—

TN average14 barns · 295 hd

366.02

−66.02

This barn, trailing median8 sales

408.58

−108.58

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

8 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.73, low $335.84, median $408.58 across 8 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	1,505	208.00	3,130	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,525	174.80	2,666	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,128	173.61	1,959	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,113	146.50	1,630	2thin

Every lot

19 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	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,479	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,459	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,654	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,918	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,244	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	955	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,881	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,736	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,945	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,046	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,046	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,505	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	3,130	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,720	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,063	178.98/cwt	178.00–180.00	1,903	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,095	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,037	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,170	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,521	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	162.04/cwt	161.00–163.00	1,961	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,525	174.80/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,666	2

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 Aug 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19Last week 162Year ago 198

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 15Year ago 57

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	825	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	445.00	445.00
4	400–450	440	442.00	442.00
2	450–500	465	440.00	440.00
1	600–650	620	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	685	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	880	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	315.00	315.00
1	950–1000	955	197.00	197.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,055	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	186.00	186.00
2	—	1,063	178.00–180.00	178.98
2	—	1,210	161.00–163.00	162.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	170.00–180.00	174.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	208.00	208.00

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.