Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2026-07-29

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 29
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
27 head
7 vs last sale 34 53 vs year ago 80 · 66.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
10 vs last sale 19 3 vs year ago 6 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $358.00/cwt on 4 head, down $70.01 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 78.63 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.
Average price
$358.00
70.01 vs prior sale
4 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,988
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$297
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$57.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
34.68
vs TN average
41.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554372.332,0613thin
Medium and Large 2560315.001,7641thin
One grade step is worth $57.33/cwt here — about $297 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

15 sales
518475431388median 436.6301/0603/0404/1506/1708/05
Steers 500–600 lb: high $504.18, low $402.15, median $436.63 across 15 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
358.00
TN average14 barns · 294 hd
392.68
−34.68
National average142 barns · 3,877 hd
399.29
−41.29
This barn, trailing median15 sales
436.63
−78.63
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
BullsHigh1,865228.004,2521thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,200172.252,0676thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,428171.502,4482thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,100145.001,5951thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600560315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7641
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9441
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700660365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4094
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650638355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2655
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850823320.50/cwt320.00–321.002,6384
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700650347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,2562
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,420163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,3151
CowsBoner 80-85%1,235164.86/cwt163.00–167.002,0363
Bulls1,865228.00/cwt228.00–228.004,2521
CowsLean 85-90%1,100145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5951
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,435180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,5831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,165179.63/cwt179.00–180.002,0933
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1762
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750715335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3951
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550545337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,8371
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600550347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,9091
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500450360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6201
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650625337.25/cwt332.00–340.002,1083

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.