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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-15

Feeder Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 15

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2078

← Dec 17Apr 15Aug 19 →

Receipts

56 head

▼ 95 vs last sale 151▼ 51 vs year ago 107 · −47.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All Feeders Calves sold follow the TLP Beef Alliance protocol being 60+ days weaned and have at least 2 rounds of vaccinations Graded, weighed, and sold on site at UPI Columbia, TN.

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 $479.70/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $479.70.

Average price

$479.70

20 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

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

$43.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.97

vs TN average

−8.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	516.33	2,807	3thin
Medium and Large 2	590	473.23	2,792	17thin

One grade step is worth $43.10/cwt here — about $15 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale20 hd

479.70

—

TN average17 barns · 672 hd

477.73

+1.97

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

−8.65

This barn, trailing median1 sales

479.70

+0.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

10 lots · USDA AMS · TLP Beef Alliance Sale - 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	515	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,704	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	558	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,857	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	590	473.23/cwt	473.00–477.00	2,792	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	663	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,824	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	787	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,991	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	930	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	3,181	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	540	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,311	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	545	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,289	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	645	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,399	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	725	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,610	3

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 →

TLP Beef Alliance Sale - Columbia, TN

Wed Apr 15, 2026

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

Receipts 56Last week 151Year ago 107

All Feeders Calves sold follow the TLP Beef Alliance protocol being 60+ days weaned and have at least 2 rounds of vaccinations Graded, weighed, and sold on site at UPI Columbia, TN.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	545	420.00	420.00
6	600–650	645	372.00	372.00
3	700–750	725	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	540	428.00	428.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	525.00	525.00
2	550–600	558	512.00	512.00
17	650–700	663	426.00	426.00
3	750–800	787	380.00	380.00
1	900–950	930	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	590	473.00–477.00	473.23

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.