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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 19

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

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Feeder Cattle receipts

357 head

▲ 338 vs last sale 19▲ 218 vs year ago 139 · +156.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 13▼ 14 vs year ago 19 · −73.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 3▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data. Todays sale included the TLP Beef Alliance Feeder Cattle sale and can be viewed at https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/2078

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 $372.92/cwt on 6 head, down $47.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 16 comparable sales and sits −58.34 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.

Average price

$372.92

▼ 47.35 vs prior sale

6 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$63.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.66

vs TN average

−23.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	383.50	2,026	5thin
Medium and Large 2	580	320.00	1,856	1thin

One grade step is worth $63.50/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale6 hd

372.92

—

TN average16 barns · 300 hd

375.57

−2.66

National average147 barns · 5,729 hd

396.78

−23.86

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.26

−58.34

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	159.00	1,995	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,335	150.00	2,003	1thin

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 Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$2,144	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,190	$1,600	1thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	235	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	905	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,283	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	453.68/cwt	445.00–462.50	1,397	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,268	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,711	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	418	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,756	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,679	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,789	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	522	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,062	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	560	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,114	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	324.80/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,040	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	643	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,283	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	688	322.04/cwt	306.00–335.00	2,216	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	718	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,369	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	728	312.51/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,275	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	300.83/cwt	300.00–302.50	2,440	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,703	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	913	308.36/cwt	306.80–310.00	2,815	119
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,000	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,950	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,088	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	435	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,707	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	343.73/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,626	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	534	356.83/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,905	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,872	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	580	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,030	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,028	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,032	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	654	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,158	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	682	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,217	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	307.50/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,137	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,030	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	785	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,394	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	825	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,525	100
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	890	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,403	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,838	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	354.74/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,838	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,008	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,005	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,156	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2	940	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,951	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,995	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,335	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,003	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,190	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,205	2,143.67/head	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,144	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 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 357Last week 19Year ago 139

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 13Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 3Year ago 0

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data. Todays sale included the TLP Beef Alliance Feeder Cattle sale and can be viewed at https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/2078

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	940	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	375.00	375.00
3	500–550	518	345.00–375.00	354.74
2	550–600	582	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	652	307.50	307.50
1	850–900	880	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	450.00	450.00
2	300–350	308	445.00–462.50	453.68
1	400–450	405	422.50	422.50
1	450–500	490	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	515	355.00	355.00
3	800–850	811	300.00–302.50	300.83
4	900–950	901	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	522	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	560	377.50	377.50
5	600–650	643	355.00	355.00
6	700–750	718	330.00	330.00
119	900–950	913	306.80–310.00	308.36
56	1000–1050	1,000	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	385.00	385.00
1	300–350	325	390.00	390.00
2	400–450	425	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	580	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	628	315.00–335.00	324.80
10	650–700	688	306.00–335.00	322.04
2	700–750	728	310.00–315.00	312.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	392.50	392.50
7	500–550	534	355.00–357.50	356.83
1	550–600	580	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	600	338.00	338.00
6	650–700	654	330.00	330.00
2	750–800	785	305.00	305.00
100	800–850	825	306.00	306.00
1	850–900	890	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	682	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	563	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	635	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	695	300.00–315.00	307.50
1	700–750	700	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	375.00	375.00
2	450–500	473	340.00–347.50	343.73

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,205	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,143.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,600.00	1,600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	159.00	159.00

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.