Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $456.58/cwt on 6 head, down $39.53 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 15 comparable sales and sits +19.95 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.

Average price

$456.58

▼ 39.53 vs prior sale

6 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,440

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

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

$92.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.53

vs TN average

−22.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	487.43	2,535	4thin
Medium and Large 2	563	394.89	2,223	2thin

One grade step is worth $92.54/cwt here — about $311 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 sale6 hd

456.58

—

TN average16 barns · 580 hd

468.11

−11.53

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

−22.45

This barn, trailing median15 sales

436.63

+19.95

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	1,960	219.00	4,292	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,595	188.90	3,013	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,236	171.86	2,125	4thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1	650–700	655	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	487.43/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,535	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	468.31/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,004	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	394.89/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,223	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	410.47/cwt	400.00–412.00	2,611	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	460.67/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,266	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,298	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,218	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,234	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,093	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,384	1
Bulls	—	—	1,960	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	4,292	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,530	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,841	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	194.85/cwt	189.00–200.00	3,098	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,891	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	170.22/cwt	167.00–173.00	2,051	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,440	1
Heifers	Small 1Fleshy	550–600	570	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,805	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,772	15

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 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 98Last week 356Year ago 266

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 29Year ago 43

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	610.00	610.00
1	250–300	275	600.00	600.00
1	450–500	455	505.00	505.00
4	500–550	520	485.00–490.00	487.43
12	600–650	636	400.00–412.00	410.47
1	650–700	655	390.00	390.00
15	700–750	720	385.00	385.00
1	900–950	910	312.00	312.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	465.00–475.00	468.31
2	550–600	563	390.00–400.00	394.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	500.00	500.00
7	450–500	492	460.00–465.00	460.67
1	550–600	595	382.00	382.00
3	600–650	612	365.00	365.00
2	650–700	665	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	745	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	775	330.00	330.00
3	850–900	858	320.00	320.00
16	950–1000	954	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	465	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	550	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	332.00	332.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	465.00	465.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	400.00	400.00
2	700–750	745	350.00	350.00
1	850–900	850	287.00	287.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,960	219.00	219.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	184.00	184.00
1	—	1,160	163.00	163.00
2	—	1,205	167.00–173.00	170.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	177.00	177.00
2	—	1,590	189.00–200.00	194.85

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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