Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data. Todays sale included the TLP Beef Alliance Feeder Cattle sale and can be viewed at https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/2078

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $372.92/cwt on 6 head, down $47.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −63.71 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.

Average price

$372.92

▼ 47.35 vs prior sale

6 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$63.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.66

vs TN average

−15.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	383.50	2,026	5thin
Medium and Large 2	580	320.00	1,856	1thin

One grade step is worth $63.50/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale6 hd

372.92

—

TN average16 barns · 300 hd

375.57

−2.66

National average109 barns · 4,104 hd

388.41

−15.49

This barn, trailing median15 sales

436.63

−63.71

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	159.00	1,995	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,335	150.00	2,003	1thin

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 Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$2,144	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,190	$1,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1Value Added	650–700	654	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,158	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	343.73/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	913	308.36/cwt	306.80–310.00	2,815	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,000	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,950	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	435	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	322.04/cwt	306.00–335.00	2,216	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	312.51/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,032	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,703	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,028	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	324.80/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,040	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	307.50/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,137	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	825	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,525	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	718	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,369	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	940	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	300.83/cwt	300.00–302.50	2,440	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	453.68/cwt	445.00–462.50	1,397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	580	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	534	356.83/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,905	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	890	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	643	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,283	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,205	2,143.67/head	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,144	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,190	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	785	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	682	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,217	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	418	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,756	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	354.74/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,062	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,005	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,008	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,838	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,003	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,995	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 Aug 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 357Last week 19Year ago 139

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 13Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 3Year ago 0

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data. Todays sale included the TLP Beef Alliance Feeder Cattle sale and can be viewed at https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/2078

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	392.50	392.50
7	500–550	534	355.00–357.50	356.83
1	550–600	580	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	600	338.00	338.00
6	650–700	654	330.00	330.00
2	750–800	785	305.00	305.00
100	800–850	825	306.00	306.00
1	850–900	890	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	375.00	375.00
2	450–500	473	340.00–347.50	343.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	563	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	635	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	695	300.00–315.00	307.50
1	700–750	700	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	682	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	450.00	450.00
2	300–350	308	445.00–462.50	453.68
1	400–450	405	422.50	422.50
1	450–500	490	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	515	355.00	355.00
3	800–850	811	300.00–302.50	300.83
4	900–950	901	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	522	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	560	377.50	377.50
5	600–650	643	355.00	355.00
6	700–750	718	330.00	330.00
119	900–950	913	306.80–310.00	308.36
56	1000–1050	1,000	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	385.00	385.00
1	300–350	325	390.00	390.00
2	400–450	425	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	580	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	628	315.00–335.00	324.80
10	650–700	688	306.00–335.00	322.04
2	700–750	728	310.00–315.00	312.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	940	207.50	207.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	375.00	375.00
3	500–550	518	345.00–375.00	354.74
2	550–600	582	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	652	307.50	307.50
1	850–900	880	245.00	245.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,205	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,143.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,600.00	1,600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	150.00	150.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	159.00	159.00

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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Columbia Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle