Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established on Feeder Cattle due to lack of comparable data from light receipts the previous week, however all classes of Feeders traded with a higher undertone including good quality and strong Buyer presence; Slaughter Cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher on a light test with good quality and steady demand; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady. All Hereford calves weaned 45+ days and have 2 rounds of vaccinations; TLP Beef Alliance Feeder Cattle sale can be viewed at the following : https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_2078.pdf

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $496.11/cwt on 27 head, up $27.60 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 14 of 15 comparable sales and sits +59.48 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.

Average price

$496.11

▲ 27.60 vs prior sale

27 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$254

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

$85.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.38

vs TN average

+7.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	520.00	2,777	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	536	470.00	2,519	7thin
Medium and Large 1	541	467.50	2,529	4thin
Medium and Large 2	580	435.00	2,523	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.00/cwt here — about $254 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 sale27 hd

496.11

—

TN average17 barns · 672 hd

477.73

+18.38

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+7.76

This barn, trailing median15 sales

436.63

+59.48

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	—	Average	1,664	193.81	3,226	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,431	186.85	2,674	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,175	168.48	1,979	9thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$3,300	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,260	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,035	$2,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$3,175	2thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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	900–950	925	319.72/cwt	318.50–321.50	2,957	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	557	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,156	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,130	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	541	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,380	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	536	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,519	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,189	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	898	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	3,170	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	308.60/cwt	302.00–312.00	2,407	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	570	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,487	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	963	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,908	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	347.38/cwt	347.00–350.00	2,275	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,641	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,944	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	662.96/cwt	620.00–700.00	1,790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	285	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	726	390.75/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,837	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	410.02/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	512	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	864	348.52/cwt	345.50–350.00	3,011	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,777	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	498.86/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,290	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	367.39/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,498	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	382	601.00/cwt	601.00–601.00	2,296	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,126	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,266	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	192.68/cwt	189.00–201.00	2,917	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	179.08/cwt	176.00–181.00	2,364	3
Bulls	—	—	1,800	194.53/cwt	194.00–195.00	3,502	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	157.67/cwt	155.00–161.00	1,785	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	173.88/cwt	166.00–180.00	2,080	6
Bulls	—	—	1,547	189.26/cwt	186.00–191.00	2,928	3
Bulls	—	—	1,745	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	3,595	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,035	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,125	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	650	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	413.39/cwt	405.00–422.00	2,348	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	477.45/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,196	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	477.49/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,450	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	446.26/cwt	420.00–465.00	1,941	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	396.66/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,055	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	477.46/cwt	455.00–485.00	2,235	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	438.28/cwt	437.00–445.00	2,283	6
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,890	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	385.02/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,202	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	446	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,860	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	535.00/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	709	355.90/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,523	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,187	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	490.13/cwt	487.00–497.00	2,117	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	358.98/cwt	352.00–365.00	2,229	7
Steers	Small 1Fleshy	750–800	760	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	672	374.72/cwt	370.00–377.00	2,518	3

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 15, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 356Last week 161Year ago 211

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 15Year ago 33

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	541	440.00	440.00
3	650–700	672	370.00–377.00	374.72
11	700–750	709	355.00–365.00	355.90
10	900–950	925	318.50–321.50	319.72
3	950–1000	963	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	417.00	417.00
3	550–600	557	387.00	387.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	420.00	420.00
4	500–550	544	402.00	402.00
4	600–650	605	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	898	353.00	353.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	432	487.00–497.00	490.13
4	450–500	468	455.00–485.00	477.46
6	500–550	521	437.00–445.00	438.28
1	550–600	555	420.00	420.00
7	600–650	621	352.00–365.00	358.98
8	650–700	655	347.00–350.00	347.38
3	750–800	780	302.00–312.00	308.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	250	530.00–540.00	535.00
1	300–350	315	507.00	507.00
2	350–400	350	480.00	480.00
6	400–450	435	420.00–465.00	446.26
4	550–600	572	370.00–390.00	385.02
1	700–750	740	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	515.00	515.00
1	400–450	430	495.00	495.00
1	450–500	490	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	580	435.00	435.00
1	650–700	690	370.00	370.00
1	750–800	775	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	515.00	515.00
7	500–550	536	470.00	470.00
1	600–650	605	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	481	517.00	517.00
15	500–550	534	520.00	520.00
9	600–650	641	412.00	412.00
2	700–750	720	381.00	381.00
6	800–850	811	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	620.00–700.00	662.96
4	300–350	344	565.00	565.00
2	650–700	673	405.00–415.00	410.02
1	750–800	755	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	600.00	600.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	512	515.00	515.00
2	600–650	610	455.00	455.00
13	700–750	726	390.00–395.00	390.75
59	850–900	864	345.50–350.00	348.52
Steers — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	760	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	390	545.00	545.00
1	400–450	440	515.00	515.00
4	450–500	459	495.00–505.00	498.86
6	500–550	513	475.00–490.00	477.49
1	550–600	550	455.00	455.00
2	650–700	680	360.00–375.00	367.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	382	601.00	601.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	465.00	465.00
1	400–450	440	430.00	430.00
4	450–500	460	465.00–485.00	477.45
3	500–550	518	395.00–400.00	396.66
2	550–600	568	405.00–422.00	413.39
1	600–650	625	370.00	370.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,514	189.00–201.00	192.68
3	—	1,320	176.00–181.00	179.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,132	155.00–161.00	157.67
6	—	1,196	166.00–180.00	173.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,800	194.00–195.00	194.53
3	—	1,547	186.00–191.00	189.26
1	—	1,745	206.00	206.00

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)	1	—	1,035	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,260	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	3,300.00	3,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	2,950.00	2,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	3,400.00	3,400.00

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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