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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 21

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

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Feeder Cattle receipts

249 head

▲ 53 vs last sale 196▲ 137 vs year ago 112 · +122.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 42▼ 2 vs year ago 31 · −6.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data. Todays sale included the TLP Alliance feeder cattle sale and can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_2078.pdf

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.80/cwt on 9 head, down $8.56 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −81.46 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.

Average price

$349.80

▼ 8.56 vs prior sale

9 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.19

vs TN average

−89.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	349.80	1,978	9thin

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

349.80

—

TN average18 barns · 602 hd

375.00

−25.19

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

−89.47

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.26

−81.46

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $504.18, low $358.36, median $431.26 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,840	178.80	3,290	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,616	139.29	2,251	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,281	132.73	1,700	9thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	437.63/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,225	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	409.92/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,312	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,789	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	482	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,808	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,770	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	339.17/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,764	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	355.12/cwt	354.00–360.00	2,088	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	625	345.93/cwt	337.00–355.00	2,162	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	655	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,207	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	332.56/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,195	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	317.52/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,318	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	794	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,573	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,552	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	825	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,846	75
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	877	314.10/cwt	312.00–315.00	2,755	34
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,252	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	360.91/cwt	347.00–372.00	1,498	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	342.35/cwt	337.00–352.00	1,640	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500	349.67/cwt	347.00–355.00	1,748	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	335.40/cwt	327.00–350.00	1,771	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	564	348.51/cwt	348.00–350.00	1,966	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	330.20/cwt	325.00–332.00	1,912	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	310.09/cwt	302.00–317.00	1,929	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,496	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	302.38/cwt	300.00–307.00	2,032	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	728	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,344	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	300.98/cwt	300.00–302.00	2,327	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	780	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,457	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	869	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,572	10
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,100	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,607	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,422	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,200	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,571	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	360.13/cwt	352.00–375.00	1,775	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,556	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	344.98/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,856	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	326.41/cwt	315.00–332.00	2,037	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	301.37/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,992	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,802	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,840	178.80/cwt	176.00–182.00	3,290	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,231	124.92/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,538	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,860	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,334	136.97/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,827	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	141.19/cwt	136.00–144.00	2,180	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,705	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,131	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,815	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,650	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 Oct 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 249Last week 196Year ago 112

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 42Year ago 31

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data. Todays sale included the TLP Alliance feeder cattle sale and can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_2078.pdf

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,544	136.00–144.00	141.19
1	—	1,815	146.00	146.00
1	—	1,705	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,231	120.00–129.00	124.92
1	—	1,265	147.00	147.00
4	—	1,334	134.00–139.00	136.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,840	176.00–182.00	178.80

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	347.00–372.00	360.91
8	450–500	479	337.00–352.00	342.35
9	500–550	528	327.00–350.00	335.40
4	550–600	579	325.00–332.00	330.20
9	600–650	622	302.00–317.00	310.09
3	650–700	672	300.00–307.00	302.38
2	750–800	773	300.00–302.00	300.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	500	347.00–355.00	349.67
4	550–600	564	348.00–350.00	348.51
2	700–750	728	322.00	322.00
1	750–800	780	315.00	315.00
10	850–900	869	296.00	296.00
2	1100–1150	1,100	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	325.00	325.00
2	350–400	363	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	665	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	435.00–440.00	437.63
2	300–350	320	405.00–415.00	409.92
1	400–450	445	402.00	402.00
3	500–550	520	330.00–357.00	339.17
6	550–600	588	354.00–360.00	355.12
2	650–700	660	325.00–340.00	332.56
2	700–750	730	315.00–320.00	317.52
1	800–850	810	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	482	375.00	375.00
2	600–650	625	337.00–355.00	345.93
1	650–700	655	337.00	337.00
4	750–800	794	324.00	324.00
75	800–850	825	345.00	345.00
34	850–900	877	312.00–315.00	314.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	395.00	395.00
4	400–450	440	357.00	357.00
4	450–500	493	352.00–375.00	360.13
2	500–550	538	340.00–350.00	344.98
3	600–650	624	315.00–332.00	326.41
7	650–700	661	290.00–320.00	301.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	510	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	680	265.00	265.00

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.