Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2026-10-07

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 7
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
225 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 246▲ 181 vs year ago 44 · +411.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 18▼ 12 vs year ago 20 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $391.09/cwt on 10 head, up $15.29 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 16 comparable sales and sits −40.17 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.
Average price
$391.09
▲ 15.29 vs prior sale
10 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,147
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+26.16
vs TN average
−39.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549391.092,14710thin
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 sale10 hd
391.09
—
TN average15 barns · 446 hd
364.93
+26.16
National average183 barns · 26,018 hd
430.36
−39.27
This barn, trailing median16 sales
431.26
−40.17
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—Average1,750176.293,0853thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,775145.002,5741thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,045132.001,3791thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7431
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8571
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0091
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added531403.19/cwt402.00–405.002,1415
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0261
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added588380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2343
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added648349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,2623
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added663347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,30111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2182
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added765334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,55527
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,51211
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added883317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,79921
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added906310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,80919
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5801
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5581
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy450345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5531
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6151
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full460340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5641
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488361.32/cwt360.00–362.001,7633
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525334.95/cwt330.00–340.001,7582
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9601
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8451
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623317.41/cwt315.00–320.001,9772
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added658320.41/cwt320.00–321.002,1085
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670311.48/cwt310.00–312.002,0874
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3411
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added778311.36/cwt311.00–315.002,42232
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5091
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463407.51/cwt405.00–410.001,8872
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1595325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9341
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615310.70/cwt310.00–312.001,9113
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0631
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1717286.13/cwt280.00–292.002,0524
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,420167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,3711
Bulls——1,915180.93/cwt180.00–182.003,4652
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,045132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,3791
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,775145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,5741

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.