Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2026-07-22

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 22
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
13 vs last sale 47 72 vs year ago 106 · 67.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
18 vs last sale 37 5 vs year ago 14 · +35.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $367.00/cwt on 4 head, down $22.07 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 61.09 against this barn's trailing median of $428.09.
Average price
$367.00
22.07 vs prior sale
4 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,107
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
12.73
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574367.002,1074thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
459425391357median 428.0912/1701/1404/1506/2407/08
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.72, low $370.52, median $428.09 across 7 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 sale4 hd
367.00
TN average14 barns · 338 hd
379.73
−12.73
This barn, trailing median7 sales
428.09
−61.09
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,510201.503,0432thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,252178.252,2314thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,477177.742,6246thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,055133.001,4031thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$2,3501thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500450355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5981
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700654300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9622
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,3803
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400380300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1401
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600555325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8041
SteersMedium and Large 2850–900895270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4171
Bulls1,480206.00/cwt206.00–206.003,0491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,471179.36/cwt175.00–184.002,6384
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700655285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8671
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650630300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8902
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800750265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9881
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550530345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8291
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9981
Bulls1,540197.00/cwt197.00–197.003,0341
CowsLean 85-90%1,055133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,4031
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,420155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,2011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,555194.00/cwt194.00–194.003,0171
CowsBoner 80-85%1,277181.00/cwt179.00–184.002,3113
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800780270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39752,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1351
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600574367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,1074
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700685310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1242
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400385467.00/cwt467.00–467.001,7982

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.