Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2026-07-15

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 15
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
292 vs last sale 339 126 vs year ago 173 · 72.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
12 vs last sale 25 5 vs year ago 32 · +15.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts and lack of comparable data.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $345.51/cwt on 6 head, down $43.56 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 82.58 against this barn's trailing median of $428.09.
Average price
$345.51
43.56 vs prior sale
6 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
48.48
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small 1551345.511,9046thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
459425391357median 428.0912/1701/1404/1506/2407/08
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.72, low $370.52, median $428.09 across 7 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
345.51
TN average16 barns · 390 hd
393.99
−48.48
This barn, trailing median7 sales
428.09
−82.58
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
BullsAverage1,397202.652,8303thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,435183.312,63113
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,234183.172,26012
CowsLean 85-90%Average944146.461,3834thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,545168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,5961
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,401182.31/cwt179.00–185.002,5549
CowsLean 85-90%972150.61/cwt149.00–152.001,4643
CowsLean 85-90%860134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1521
Bulls1,470210.48/cwt206.00–213.003,0942
Bulls1,250187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,3381
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450412418.28/cwt415.00–420.001,7233
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1281
BullsSmall 1600–650610337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,0561
BullsSmall 1350–400375455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7062
BullsSmall 1550–600551345.51/cwt342.00–355.001,9046
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550515350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8031
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650615335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0601
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500456434.14/cwt430.00–437.001,9805
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400365445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6241
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650640305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9521
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700690305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1051
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400385445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7132
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600595365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1721
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450420403.27/cwt400.00–405.001,6943
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300250540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,3501
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500475405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9241
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,5831
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500455450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0481
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600577413.34/cwt410.00–415.002,3853
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800750307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,3031
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700680320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1761
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750740292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,1611
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3442
CowsBoner 80-85%1,248189.97/cwt189.00–191.002,3713
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,502191.41/cwt189.00–195.002,8753
CowsBoner 80-85%1,229180.90/cwt175.00–186.002,2239
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700695270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8771
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750703312.51/cwt310.00–315.002,1972
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650605380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2991

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.