Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2026-05-27

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, May 27
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
5 vs last sale 93 37 vs year ago 135 · 27.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
12 vs last sale 15 9 vs year ago 18 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data, however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded with a slightly lower undertone; No trends on Slaughter Cattle, however traded steady to slightly higher with good quality and steady demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $365.00/cwt on 1 head, down $82.82 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 71.63 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.
Average price
$365.00
82.82 vs prior sale
1 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,044
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
82.70
vs TN average
95.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2560365.002,0441thin
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
518475431388median 436.6301/0603/0404/1506/1708/05
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 sale1 hd
365.00
TN average11 barns · 280 hd
447.70
−82.70
National average128 barns · 4,767 hd
460.37
−95.37
This barn, trailing median15 sales
436.63
−71.63
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,700200.003,4002thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,540184.682,8443thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,217175.032,1297thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,045165.331,7283thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650630357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,2491
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800790345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,7261
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400374517.78/cwt515.00–522.001,9366
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600550385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1183
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400366487.03/cwt480.00–490.001,7837
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450430435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8715
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,510188.52/cwt187.00–190.002,8472
Bulls1,485190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,8221
CowsBoner 80-85%1,155160.00/cwt159.00–161.001,8482
CowsLean 85-90%975156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,5211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,219179.06/cwt176.00–185.002,1834
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,600177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,8321
Bulls1,915210.00/cwt210.00–210.004,0221
CowsLean 85-90%1,080169.99/cwt168.00–172.001,8362
CowsBoner 80-85%1,330189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,5141
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650615325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9992
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350348475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6533
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600560365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0441
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455452.00/cwt452.00–452.002,0578
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2081
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added950–1000985321.00/cwt321.00–321.003,16253

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.