Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $402.15/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −34.48 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.

Average price

$402.15

17 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,173

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,121

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$193.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.69

vs TN average

−64.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	413.53	2,243	16thin
Small 1	510	220.00	1,122	1thin

One grade step is worth $193.53/cwt here — about $1,121 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

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 sale17 hd

402.15

—

TN average10 barns · 444 hd

403.84

−1.69

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−64.18

This barn, trailing median15 sales

436.63

−34.48

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	—	Low	1,685	190.22	3,204	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,498	162.20	2,429	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,296	155.74	2,018	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,103	137.12	1,512	4thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,210	$2,244	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	787	$1,465	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,095	$1,925	1thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	353.48/cwt	352.00–355.00	2,167	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	314.49/cwt	312.00–317.00	2,384	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,523	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	398.25/cwt	397.00–402.00	2,390	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	327.50/cwt	325.00–330.00	3,046	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	518.56/cwt	505.00–525.00	1,504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	413.32/cwt	407.00–417.00	2,315	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,276	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	456.00/cwt	452.00–457.00	1,778	5
Steers	Small 1Fleshy	500–550	510	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,122	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	510	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,118	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	750	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	248	557.00/cwt	557.00–557.00	1,381	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	312.52/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,994	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,152	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	944	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,096	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	852	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	3,003	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	518	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,917	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,162	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	360.33/cwt	357.00–362.00	2,039	6
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	357.51/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,435	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,778	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	361.89/cwt	350.00–377.00	1,694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,331	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,095	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,210	2,244.11/head	2,100.00–2,350.00	2,244	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	787	1,464.62/head	1,400.00–1,550.00	1,465	3
Bulls	—	—	1,305	174.42/cwt	174.00–175.00	2,276	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,755	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	143.01/cwt	133.00–152.00	1,778	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	147.55/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,255	2
Bulls	—	—	1,872	192.41/cwt	190.00–194.00	3,602	3
Bulls	—	—	1,783	202.74/cwt	200.00–205.00	3,615	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	162.33/cwt	157.00–167.00	2,196	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	172.98/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,301	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	132.83/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,435	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	161.57/cwt	154.00–168.00	2,411	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	170.93/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,555	4

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

Tue Jan 6, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 244Last week 100Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 39Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 6Year ago 0

No trends could be established due to no sale last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	410	442.00	442.00
2	500–550	538	357.00	357.00
2	600–650	613	352.00–355.00	353.48
1	650–700	665	350.00	350.00
2	700–750	738	330.00	330.00
2	750–800	758	312.00–317.00	314.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	397.00	397.00
1	550–600	550	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	600	397.00–402.00	398.25
75	650–700	663	380.50	380.50
1	750–800	750	355.00	355.00
59	850–900	852	352.50	352.50
4	900–950	944	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	248	557.00	557.00
3	250–300	290	505.00–525.00	518.56
3	300–350	330	515.00	515.00
5	350–400	390	452.00–457.00	456.00
4	500–550	502	422.00	422.00
11	550–600	560	407.00–417.00	413.32
2	600–650	615	370.00	370.00
4	650–700	681	350.00–365.00	357.51
4	800–850	817	340.00	340.00
2	900–950	930	325.00–330.00	327.50
2	950–1000	958	305.00–320.00	312.52
Steers — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	382.00	382.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	745	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	390.00	390.00
6	450–500	468	350.00–377.00	361.89
6	550–600	566	357.00–362.00	360.33
2	650–700	658	327.00	327.00
1	700–750	740	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	370.00	370.00
7	600–650	623	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	1,925.00	1,925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,210	2,100.00–2,350.00	2,244.11
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	787	1,400.00–1,550.00	1,464.62

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,305	174.00–175.00	174.42
3	—	1,872	190.00–194.00	192.41
2	—	1,783	200.00–205.00	202.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,080	125.00–137.00	132.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,243	133.00–152.00	143.01
5	—	1,353	157.00–167.00	162.33
4	—	1,330	170.00–178.00	172.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,528	145.00–150.00	147.55
9	—	1,492	154.00–168.00	161.57
4	—	1,495	170.00–173.00	170.93

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