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Columbia Livestock Center (UPI) · Wed, May 27

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Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, May 27

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← May 20May 27Jun 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

98 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 93▼ 37 vs year ago 135 · −27.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

27 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 15▲ 9 vs year ago 18 · +50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data, however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded with a slightly lower undertone; No trends on Slaughter Cattle, however traded steady to slightly higher with good quality and steady demand.

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 $365.00/cwt on 1 head, down $82.82 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 16 comparable sales and sits −66.26 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.

Average price

$365.00

▼ 82.82 vs prior sale

1 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−82.70

vs TN average

−95.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	365.00	2,044	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

365.00

—

TN average11 barns · 280 hd

447.70

−82.70

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

−95.37

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.26

−66.26

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	—	Low	1,700	200.00	3,400	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,540	184.68	2,844	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	175.03	2,129	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	165.33	1,728	3thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,044	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	985	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,162	53
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	348	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,653	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,871	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,057	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	345.00/cwt

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 May 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 98Last week 93Year ago 135

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 15Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	374	515.00–522.00	517.78
1	600–650	630	357.00	357.00
1	750–800	790	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	480.00–490.00	487.03
3	550–600	550	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350

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Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, May 27

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← May 20May 27Jun 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

98 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 93▼ 37 vs year ago 135 · −27.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

27 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 15▲ 9 vs year ago 18 · +50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Average price

$365.00

▼ 82.82 vs prior sale

1 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−82.70

vs TN average

−95.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	365.00	2,044	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

365.00

—

TN average11 barns · 280 hd

447.70

−82.70

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

−95.37

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.26

−66.26

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	—	Low	1,700	200.00	3,400	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,540	184.68	2,844	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	175.03	2,129	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	165.33	1,728	3thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,044	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	985	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,162	53
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	348	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,653	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,871	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,057	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	345.00/cwt

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 May 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 98Last week 93Year ago 135

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 15Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	374	515.00–522.00	517.78
1	600–650	630	357.00	357.00
1	750–800	790	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	480.00–490.00	487.03
3	550–600	550	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350

Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,485	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,822	1
Bulls	—	—	1,915	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	4,022	1

Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,521	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	169.99/cwt	168.00–172.00	1,836	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,155	160.00/cwt	159.00–161.00	1,848	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,219	179.06/cwt	176.00–185.00	2,183	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,514	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	188.52/cwt	187.00–190.00	2,847	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,600	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,832	1

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	159.00–161.00	160.00
4	—	1,219	176.00–185.00	179.06
1	—	1,330	189.00	189.00

Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	487.03/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,783	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	517.78/cwt	515.00–522.00	1,936	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,118	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,249	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,726	1

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	455	452.00	452.00
1	600–650	640	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
53	950–1000	985	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,510	187.00–190.00	188.52
1	—	1,600	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	156.00	156.00
2	—	1,080	168.00–172.00	169.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	190.00	190.00
1	—	1,915	210.00	210.00