Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers mostly steady; Feeder Heifers 10.00 higher on a light test; Feeder Bulls 10.00 to 12.00 higher; No trends could be established on Slaughter Cows/ Bulls due to light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $362.38/cwt on 23 head, up $18.57 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 14 comparable sales and sits −25.37 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.

Average price

$362.38

▲ 18.57 vs prior sale

23 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,989

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$36.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.83

vs TN average

−51.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	367.14	2,009	20
Medium and Large 2	560	330.64	1,852	3thin

One grade step is worth $36.50/cwt here — about $158 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

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.72, low $343.81, median $387.75 across 14 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 sale23 hd

362.38

—

TN average15 barns · 649 hd

367.21

−4.83

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

−51.10

This barn, trailing median14 sales

387.75

−25.37

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	1,690	182.69	3,088	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,530	160.00	2,448	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,182	139.40	1,648	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	997	127.72	1,273	5thin

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)	1,790	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,295	$1,875	1thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1	250–300	250	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,275	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,199	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	374.42/cwt	372.00–375.00	1,966	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	599	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	308.93/cwt	275.00–342.00	1,801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	366.75/cwt	342.00–390.00	1,760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	421.88/cwt	400.00–437.00	1,603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,231	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	900	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	2,885	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	820	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,813	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	690	377.70/cwt	377.50–380.00	2,606	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	857	340.87/cwt	335.00–341.50	2,921	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	396.13/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,515	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	500	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,110	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	776	350.26/cwt	349.00–358.00	2,718	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,165	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	594	369.19/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,193	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,150	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	127.72/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,273	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,448	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	139.40/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,648	3
Bulls	—	—	1,650	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,789	1
Bulls	—	—	1,710	189.54/cwt	187.00–192.00	3,241	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,790	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,295	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	349.70/cwt	342.00–357.00	1,993	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	382.98/cwt	382.00–385.00	1,785	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	394.64/cwt	392.00–400.00	1,894	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	452.98/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,893	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	380.23/cwt	380.00–382.00	2,167	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	401.14/cwt	395.00–402.00	1,677	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	353.08/cwt	345.00–357.00	1,836	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	417.43/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	329.96/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,914	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,217	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	336.07/cwt	322.00–350.00	1,623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	821	315.75/cwt	315.50–316.00	2,592	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	328.71/cwt	326.00–333.00	2,383	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,268	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	439	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,853	11

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 Jan 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 334Last week 244Year ago 583

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 66Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 11Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	250	510.00	510.00
8	400–450	418	395.00–402.00	401.14
3	450–500	466	382.00–385.00	382.98
3	500–550	520	345.00–357.00	353.08
2	550–600	570	342.00–357.00	349.70
1	600–650	630	342.00	342.00
1	650–700	695	337.00	337.00
1	700–750	705	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	790	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	439	422.00	422.00
10	500–550	525	372.00–375.00	374.42
5	550–600	599	368.00	368.00
20	600–650	623	364.00	364.00
47	700–750	725	326.00–333.00	328.71
20	800–850	821	315.50–316.00	315.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	335	437.00	437.00
2	350–400	375	415.00–420.00	417.43
5	400–450	434	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	483	322.00–350.00	336.07
1	500–550	520	332.00	332.00
2	550–600	580	325.00–335.00	329.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	530.00	530.00
1	350–400	395	500.00	500.00
1	400–450	410	455.00	455.00
2	450–500	478	460.00	460.00
1	550–600	580	415.00	415.00
1	600–650	635	380.00	380.00
1	900–950	940	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	400.00–437.00	421.88
1	400–450	425	412.00	412.00
2	450–500	480	342.00–390.00	366.75
2	500–550	512	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	583	275.00–342.00	308.93
1	650–700	675	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	485.00	485.00
3	500–550	500	422.00	422.00
18	600–650	635	390.00–400.00	396.13
24	650–700	690	377.50–380.00	377.70
35	750–800	776	349.00–358.00	350.26
12	800–850	820	343.00	343.00
21	850–900	857	335.00–341.50	340.87
11	900–950	900	320.50	320.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	470.00	470.00
5	400–450	418	450.00–455.00	452.98
2	500–550	548	395.00	395.00
9	550–600	570	380.00–382.00	380.23
1	700–750	705	327.00	327.00
1	750–800	755	330.00	330.00
1	850–900	860	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	480	392.00–400.00	394.64
6	550–600	594	365.00–370.00	369.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	997	125.00–135.00	127.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	160.00	160.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	135.00–143.00	139.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	169.00	169.00
2	—	1,710	187.00–192.00	189.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,790	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,295	1,875.00	1,875.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle