Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts and lack of comparable data. Feeder Cattle quality fair with Feeder Heifers over 800lbs being fancy replacement type checked open by Veterinarian.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $380.34/cwt on 9 head, down $52.16 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 14 comparable sales and sits −7.41 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$380.34

▼ 52.16 vs prior sale

9 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$846

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$136.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.67

vs TN average

−36.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	421.61	2,285	5thin
Medium and Large 2	563	345.00	1,941	2thin
Small 1	590	340.00	2,006	1thin
Medium and Large 3	505	285.00	1,439	1thin

One grade step is worth $136.61/cwt here — about $846 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 sale9 hd

380.34

—

TN average15 barns · 539 hd

403.00

−22.67

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−36.77

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−7.41

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	—	High	1,811	197.98	3,585	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,572	176.40	2,772	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,125	153.05	1,722	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	936	142.51	1,334	4thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	948	$3,354	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,160	$3,200	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	906	$2,927	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	929	$2,848	6

Every lot, as filed

69 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	1000–1050	1,028	284.59/cwt	277.00–292.00	2,926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	815	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	929	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,973	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	743	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	421.61/cwt	420.00–422.00	2,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	503.38/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,812	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	476.03/cwt	475.00–477.00	2,490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,352	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	334.58/cwt	332.00–337.00	2,372	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	865	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	338.24/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,276	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	258.50/cwt	257.00–260.00	2,528	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,529	1
Heifers	Small 1Fleshy	950–1000	955	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	453.49/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,376	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	442.98/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,100	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	450.90/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,939	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	434.64/cwt	427.00–440.00	2,499	3
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	590	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,006	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	365	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,369	3
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	445	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,802	1
Bulls	—	—	1,788	210.67/cwt	209.00–212.00	3,767	2
Bulls	—	—	1,290	180.19/cwt	171.00–188.00	2,324	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,006	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	925	141.52/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,309	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,096	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	950–1000	970	305.60/cwt	299.00–313.00	2,964	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	401.30/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	921	301.05/cwt	287.00–315.00	2,773	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	343.43/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,017	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	410.42/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	447.96/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,079	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	391.69/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,794	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	312.55/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	272	496.69/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,351	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	445.53/cwt	425.00–465.00	1,671	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	410.83/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,116	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	929	2,847.53/head	2,500.00–3,050.00	2,848	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	3,353.56/head	3,200.00–3,500.00	3,354	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	484.73/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	362.51/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,222	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,250	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	178.58/cwt	173.00–183.00	2,836	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	169.86/cwt	167.00–172.00	2,585	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	143.52/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,414	2
Bulls	—	—	2,355	203.08/cwt	201.00–205.00	4,783	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	153.81/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,797	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	2,926.83/head	2,500.00–3,250.00	2,927	4

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 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 155Last week 128Year ago 183

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 25Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 2Year ago 6

No trends could be established due to light receipts and lack of comparable data. Feeder Cattle quality fair with Feeder Heifers over 800lbs being fancy replacement type checked open by Veterinarian.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	815	287.00	287.00
2	850–900	865	320.00	320.00
6	900–950	921	287.00–315.00	301.05
3	950–1000	970	299.00–313.00	305.60
2	1000–1050	1,028	277.00–292.00	284.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	500.00–505.00	503.38
6	400–450	430	445.00–455.00	450.90
7	450–500	474	440.00–450.00	442.98
5	500–550	542	420.00–422.00	421.61
1	600–650	605	365.00	365.00
3	650–700	665	340.00–350.00	343.43
5	700–750	709	332.00–337.00	334.58
1	750–800	780	325.00	325.00
2	950–1000	978	257.00–260.00	258.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	485.00	485.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	955	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	590	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	490.00–500.00	496.69
1	300–350	320	480.00	480.00
2	400–450	423	380.00–425.00	401.30
3	450–500	458	390.00–395.00	391.69
1	500–550	545	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	580	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	505	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	743	362.00	362.00
5	900–950	929	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	570.00	570.00
1	350–400	355	540.00	540.00
2	500–550	523	475.00–477.00	476.03
1	550–600	590	435.00	435.00
1	750–800	750	340.00	340.00
1	800–850	800	327.00	327.00
1	850–900	855	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	520.00	520.00
1	450–500	475	480.00	480.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	470.00–500.00	484.73
11	500–550	524	445.00–460.00	453.49
3	550–600	575	427.00–440.00	434.64
2	600–650	613	360.00–365.00	362.51
3	650–700	673	335.00–345.00	338.24
2	700–750	735	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	755	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	425.00–465.00	445.53
2	400–450	418	400.00–420.00	410.42
5	450–500	464	430.00–460.00	447.96
5	500–550	515	395.00–435.00	410.83
1	550–600	550	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	628	310.00–315.00	312.55
1	700–750	710	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	900	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	390.00	390.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,788	209.00–212.00	210.67
2	—	1,290	171.00–188.00	180.19
2	—	2,355	201.00–205.00	203.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	170.00	170.00
2	—	925	140.00–143.00	141.52
8	—	1,168	150.00–158.00	153.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	126.00	126.00
1	—	905	157.00	157.00
2	—	985	142.00–145.00	143.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,588	173.00–183.00	178.58
3	—	1,522	167.00–172.00	169.86

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	3,200.00	3,200.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	929	2,500.00–3,050.00	2,847.53
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	948	3,200.00–3,500.00	3,353.56
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	906	2,500.00–3,250.00	2,926.83

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Columbia Livestock Center (UPI) - Columbia TN

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