Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established on Feeder Cattle due to lack of comparable data; Slaughter Cows/Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $468.51/cwt on 10 head, down $6.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 15 comparable sales and sits +31.88 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.

Average price

$468.51

▼ 6.86 vs prior sale

10 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$48.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.47

vs TN average

−14.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	473.34	2,591	9thin
Medium and Large 2	585	425.00	2,486	1thin

One grade step is worth $48.34/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale10 hd

468.51

—

TN average14 barns · 603 hd

477.98

−9.47

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−14.67

This barn, trailing median15 sales

436.63

+31.88

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	—	High	1,865	208.13	3,882	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,368	172.12	2,355	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	157.26	1,857	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	145.00	1,457	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	995	$2,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	693	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,841	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	424.95/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	385	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,021	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	564.69/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,354	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	884	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,917	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	490.91/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,900	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	513.60/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,347	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,547	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	468.02/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,602	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	2,148	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	417.48/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,158	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	487.32/cwt	482.00–490.00	2,402	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	592.00/cwt	592.00–592.00	2,131	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	780	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,379	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	171.11/cwt	165.00–180.00	2,156	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,457	1
Bulls	—	—	1,865	208.13/cwt	206.00–210.00	3,882	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	172.12/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,355	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	148.03/cwt	143.00–161.00	1,670	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	995	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	468.17/cwt	462.00–475.00	1,999	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	633	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,431	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	506.81/cwt	495.00–520.00	1,612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	452.99/cwt	452.00–455.00	2,446	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,486	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	513.32/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,120	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	455.34/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	454.14/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,162	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	552.00/cwt	552.00–552.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,257	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	605.08/cwt	600.00–615.00	1,967	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	412.57/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,290	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

Wed Apr 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 173Last week 74Year ago 79

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 28Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 19Year ago 0

No trends could be established on Feeder Cattle due to lack of comparable data; Slaughter Cows/Bulls mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	540.00	540.00
1	350–400	375	490.00	490.00
1	450–500	485	460.00	460.00
1	550–600	585	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	535.00	535.00
2	550–600	555	490.00	490.00
3	600–650	623	415.00–430.00	424.95
47	650–700	693	410.00	410.00
6	850–900	884	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	595.00	595.00
3	300–350	325	600.00–615.00	605.08
2	350–400	363	550.00–580.00	564.69
5	400–450	413	500.00–520.00	513.32
11	450–500	457	510.00–520.00	513.60
2	500–550	518	470.00	470.00
5	550–600	556	460.00–470.00	468.02
1	850–900	890	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	525.00	525.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	552.00	552.00
2	300–350	318	495.00–520.00	506.81
8	350–400	387	480.00–495.00	490.91
5	400–450	427	462.00–475.00	468.17
8	450–500	476	440.00–465.00	454.14
4	550–600	555	405.00–420.00	412.57
1	700–750	710	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	505	447.00	447.00
9	600–650	633	384.00	384.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	445.00–465.00	455.34
1	450–500	480	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	520	385.00	385.00
2	550–600	598	372.00	372.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	450.00	450.00
6	500–550	517	410.00–425.00	417.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	592.00	592.00
3	400–450	400	537.00	537.00
3	450–500	493	482.00–490.00	487.32
6	500–550	540	452.00–455.00	452.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	305.00	305.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,260	165.00–180.00	171.11
6	—	1,128	143.00–161.00	148.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	145.00	145.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	170.00–174.00	172.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,865	206.00–210.00	208.13

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	2,400.00	2,400.00

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

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