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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 · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 19

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2078

← Apr 15Aug 19Oct 21 →

Receipts

323 head

▲ 267 vs last sale 56▼ 7 vs year ago 330 · −2.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle gathered and hauled to UPI Columbia. Graded and weighed on the grounds. All cattle weaned 60+ days and follow strict Vaccination protocol. All Heifers have had a round of Lutelyse.

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 $378.33/cwt on 3 head, down $101.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −101.36 against this barn's trailing median of $479.70.

Average price

$378.33

▼ 101.36 vs prior sale

3 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,051

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.76

vs TN average

−18.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	378.33	2,051	3thin

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 sale3 hd

378.33

—

TN average16 barns · 300 hd

375.57

+2.76

National average147 barns · 5,729 hd

396.78

−18.45

This barn, trailing median1 sales

479.70

−101.36

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

Every lot

22 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	487	403.34/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,964	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	510	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,887	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	558	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,134	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	660	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,310	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	676	354.28/cwt	347.00–355.50	2,395	41
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	726	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,323	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	738	316.49/cwt	315.00–317.50	2,336	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	754	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,458	50
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Value Added	840	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,541	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	847	310.78/cwt	309.00–311.00	2,632	36
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	920	296.02/cwt	292.00–296.50	2,723	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	564	352.40/cwt	342.50–357.50	1,988	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	566	338.07/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,913	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	631	321.79/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,030	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	641	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,102	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	725	299.44/cwt	295.00–304.00	2,171	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	744	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,262	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	760	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,113	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	845	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,408	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	868	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,474	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	938	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,580	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 →

TLP Beef Alliance Sale - Columbia, TN

Wed Aug 19, 2026

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

Receipts 323Last week 56Year ago 330

Cattle gathered and hauled to UPI Columbia. Graded and weighed on the grounds. All cattle weaned 60+ days and follow strict Vaccination protocol. All Heifers have had a round of Lutelyse.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	564	342.50–357.50	352.40
31	600–650	641	328.00	328.00
23	700–750	744	304.00	304.00
13	800–850	845	285.00	285.00
3	850–900	868	285.00	285.00
2	900–950	938	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	385.00	385.00
13	550–600	566	335.00–340.00	338.07
10	600–650	631	315.00–322.50	321.79
2	700–750	725	295.00–304.00	299.44
1	750–800	760	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
41	650–700	676	347.00–355.50	354.28
5	700–750	726	320.00	320.00
50	750–800	754	326.00	326.00
36	800–850	847	309.00–311.00	310.78
19	900–950	920	292.00–296.50	296.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	487	400.00–405.00	403.34
1	500–550	510	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	558	382.50	382.50
12	650–700	660	350.00	350.00
10	700–750	738	315.00–317.50	316.49
1	800–850	840	302.50	302.50

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.