Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $432.50/cwt on 19 head, down $1.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 14 comparable sales and sits +44.75 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$432.50

▼ 1.23 vs prior sale

19 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,296

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$999

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$172.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.82

vs TN average

+4.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	447.03	2,374	16thin
Medium and Large 2	545	395.00	2,153	2thin
Small 1	500	275.00	1,375	1thin

One grade step is worth $172.03/cwt here — about $999 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.72, low $343.81, median $387.75 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale19 hd

432.50

—

TN average14 barns · 808 hd

409.68

+22.82

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

+4.60

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

+44.75

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

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	1,768	197.99	3,499	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,525	173.64	2,648	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,225	169.01	2,070	11

Every lot, as filed

36 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,145	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	500	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	355.54/cwt	347.00–360.00	2,364	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,011	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,092	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,434	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	452.67/cwt	442.00–458.00	2,630	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,181	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	794	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,660	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,137	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	354.96/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	436.13/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,290	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	313.38/cwt	307.00–315.00	2,767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	533	450.66/cwt	450.00–452.00	2,402	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	692	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	323.48/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	459.10/cwt	450.00–462.00	2,176	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,936	3
Bulls	—	—	1,785	206.47/cwt	206.00–207.00	3,685	2
Bulls	—	—	1,750	189.51/cwt	189.00–190.00	3,316	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	160.29/cwt	158.00–162.00	1,755	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	173.57/cwt	170.00–176.00	2,578	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	180.56/cwt	180.00–181.00	2,714	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,704	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	170.32/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,127	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,688	1

How this sale compares

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 6, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 128Last week 358Year ago 73

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 24Year ago 26

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
2	450–500	482	445.00	445.00
1	750–800	785	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	474	450.00–462.00	459.10
4	500–550	525	430.00–455.00	436.13
1	600–650	600	360.00	360.00
3	650–700	665	347.00–360.00	355.54
2	700–750	730	320.00–327.00	323.48
5	850–900	883	307.00–315.00	313.38
3	1000–1050	1,023	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	445	452.00	452.00
2	500–550	545	395.00	395.00
1	600–650	615	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	533	450.00–452.00	450.66
3	600–650	608	370.00	370.00
2	650–700	692	357.00	357.00
44	750–800	794	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	445	470.00	470.00
1	550–600	580	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	660.00	660.00
1	350–400	385	555.00	555.00
1	400–450	445	490.00	490.00
15	550–600	581	442.00–458.00	452.67
1	650–700	695	395.00	395.00
2	700–750	710	350.00–360.00	354.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,785	206.00–207.00	206.47
2	—	1,750	189.00–190.00	189.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,095	158.00–162.00	160.29
7	—	1,249	164.00–175.00	170.32
1	—	1,445	186.00	186.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,485	170.00–176.00	173.57
2	—	1,503	180.00–181.00	180.56
1	—	1,690	160.00	160.00

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.

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