Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data; however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded higher with good quality and strong demand; Slaughter Cows and Bulls not well established.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $420.27/cwt on 33 head, down $7.74 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 15 comparable sales and sits −16.36 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.

Average price

$420.27

▼ 7.74 vs prior sale

33 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,404

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.26

vs TN average

+6.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	420.27	2,404	33

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

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 sale33 hd

420.27

—

TN average15 barns · 513 hd

413.01

+7.26

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+6.03

This barn, trailing median15 sales

436.63

−16.36

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	1,865	206.00	3,842	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,495	176.34	2,636	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,216	170.09	2,068	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,207	149.93	1,809	3thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	165.02/cwt	163.00–166.00	1,927	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	176.34/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,636	3
Bulls	—	—	1,865	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	3,842	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,752	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	147.39/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,835	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	177.70/cwt	176.00–179.00	2,289	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,701	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	680	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,550	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	309.48/cwt	307.00–312.00	2,398	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,382	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	377.56/cwt	374.00–380.00	2,371	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,015	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,569	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,262	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,191	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,272	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	403.50/cwt	402.00–405.00	2,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	417.11/cwt	410.00–422.00	1,923	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,032	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	719	365.53/cwt	364.00–367.00	2,628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	580	373.08/cwt	372.00–375.00	2,164	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	422.10/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,414	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	820	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	982	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,995	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,239	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	342.27/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,961	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,061	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	417.34/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,724	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	600	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,202	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	405	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,270	2

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 Aug 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 162Last week 27Year ago 235

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 9Year ago 30

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data; however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded higher with good quality and strong demand; Slaughter Cows and Bulls not well established.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,168	163.00–166.00	165.02
2	—	1,288	176.00–179.00	177.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,495	174.00–180.00	176.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,245	145.00–150.00	147.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,865	206.00	206.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	450.00	450.00
5	550–600	552	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	622	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	700	315.00	315.00
1	800–850	810	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	550	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	600	315.00	315.00
1	900–950	925	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	410.00–420.00	417.34
8	450–500	461	410.00–422.00	417.11
2	500–550	530	402.00–405.00	403.50
1	600–650	635	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	665	342.00	342.00
2	750–800	775	307.00–312.00	309.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	580	372.00–375.00	373.08
4	600–650	640	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	430.00	430.00
2	550–600	573	335.00–350.00	342.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	600	367.00	367.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	572	420.00–425.00	422.10
17	600–650	628	374.00–380.00	377.56
11	650–700	680	375.00	375.00
4	700–750	719	364.00–367.00	365.53
1	800–850	820	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	495.00	495.00
1	300–350	335	490.00	490.00
1	350–400	360	480.00	480.00
1	450–500	485	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	535	410.00	410.00
4	550–600	581	410.00	410.00
1	650–700	655	367.00	367.00
2	700–750	732	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	435.00	435.00
1	600–650	645	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	950–1000	982	305.00	305.00

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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