Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts last week, however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded with a higher undertone with good quality throughout; No trends on Slaughter Cattle for lack of comparable data.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $504.18/cwt on 43 head, up $8.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 15 comparable sales and sits +67.56 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.

Average price

$504.18

▲ 8.07 vs prior sale

43 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+31.52

vs TN average

+23.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	504.18	2,613	43

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale43 hd

504.18

—

TN average15 barns · 532 hd

472.67

+31.52

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+23.16

This barn, trailing median15 sales

436.63

+67.56

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,485	177.00	2,628	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,194	171.76	2,050	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,073	147.33	1,580	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,284	$2,362	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,118	$1,932	6

Every lot, as filed

50 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	290	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,253	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	819	324.45/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,657	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	458.85/cwt	457.00–470.00	2,574	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,919	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	520.61/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,150	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,428	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	496.25/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,094	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	421.59/cwt	420.00–422.00	2,648	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	994	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,171	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	905	349.99/cwt	345.00–354.85	3,167	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,985	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	2,616	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	864	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,981	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	802	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,839	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	493.98/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,233	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,498	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	770	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	963	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	160.16/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,874	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,363	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	155.52/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,932	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	186.98/cwt	185.00–190.00	2,236	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	169.32/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,969	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,699	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,907	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,118	1,932.32/head	1,800.00–2,025.00	1,932	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,428	2,759.33/head	2,700.00–2,825.00	2,759	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,140	1,964.14/head	1,925.00–2,000.00	1,964	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,215	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,135	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,240	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,979	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	375.07/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,149	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	489.86/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	409.85/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,324	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,715	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	503	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,223	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	778	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,653	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,045	1

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 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 358Last week 98Year ago 178

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 8Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 0Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	535.00	535.00
9	350–400	350	490.00	490.00
3	450–500	487	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	530	425.00	425.00
6	550–600	567	405.00–420.00	409.85
1	600–650	635	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	503	442.00	442.00
15	750–800	778	341.00	341.00
13	800–850	819	320.00–326.00	324.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	515.00	515.00
2	350–400	360	480.00–500.00	489.86
1	400–450	435	455.00	455.00
1	450–500	455	455.00	455.00
1	500–550	505	405.00	405.00
2	550–600	573	360.00–390.00	375.07
1	600–650	610	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	655.00	655.00
16	400–450	413	520.00–530.00	520.61
3	450–500	467	520.00	520.00
7	550–600	561	457.00–470.00	458.85
1	650–700	655	415.00	415.00
27	850–900	890	328.00	328.00
1	900–950	905	320.00	320.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	480.00	480.00
3	400–450	422	470.00–510.00	496.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	510	513.00	513.00
15	600–650	628	420.00–422.00	421.59
7	800–850	802	354.00	354.00
10	850–900	864	345.00	345.00
115	900–950	905	345.00–354.85	349.99
4	950–1000	994	319.00	319.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	520.00	520.00
1	400–450	405	480.00	480.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	412	515.00	515.00
5	450–500	452	490.00–495.00	493.98
1	500–550	505	470.00	470.00
1	550–600	555	450.00	450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,170	158.00–163.00	160.16
1	—	1,180	144.00	144.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,580	184.00	184.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,242	150.00–161.00	155.52
4	—	1,196	185.00–190.00	186.98
5	—	1,163	164.00–174.00	169.32

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,118	1,800.00–2,025.00	1,932.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,140	1,925.00–2,000.00	1,964.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,215	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,428	2,700.00–2,825.00	2,759.33

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle