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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 16

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

114 head

▲ 60 vs last sale 54▼ 120 vs year ago 234 · −51.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 15▼ 8 vs year ago 13 · −61.5%

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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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.00/cwt on 1 head, down $40.27 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 16 comparable sales and sits −51.26 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.

Average price

$380.00

▼ 40.27 vs prior sale

1 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,938

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.11

vs TN average

−23.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	380.00	1,938	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

380.00

—

TN average14 barns · 531 hd

367.89

+12.11

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−23.36

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.26

−51.26

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	—	Average	1,485	180.00	2,673	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,233	144.50	1,781	2thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	399.39/cwt	390.00–417.00	1,665	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,938	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,244	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	940	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,942	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,256	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,502	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	403	340.03/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,370	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,591	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,752	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,007	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,651	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,743	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,760	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,878	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,012	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,485	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,673	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,613	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,956	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 Sep 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 114Last week 54Year ago 234

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 15Year ago 13

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	550	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	367.00	367.00
3	550–600	587	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	645	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	390.00	390.00
3	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
3	500–550	520	337.00	337.00
2	600–650	633	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	335.00	335.00
2	400–450	403	335.00–345.00	340.03
1	500–550	505	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	417	390.00–417.00	399.39
1	500–550	510	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	660	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	900–950	940	313.00	313.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,270	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	180.00	180.00

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.