Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2026-08-12

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 12
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 143 vs last sale 162▼ 179 vs year ago 198 · −90.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 15▼ 44 vs year ago 57 · −77.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $300.00/cwt on 1 head, down $89.07 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −131.66 against this barn's trailing median of $431.66.
Average price
$300.00
▼ 89.07 vs prior sale
1 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−66.02
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2550300.001,6501thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales
459418378338median 431.6604/0104/1506/2407/0809/23
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.72, low $351.70, median $431.66 across 6 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
300.00
—
TN average14 barns · 295 hd
366.02
−66.02
This barn, trailing median6 sales
431.66
−131.66
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
Bulls—Average1,505208.003,1301thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,525174.802,6662thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,128173.611,9595thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,113146.501,6302thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350340435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4791
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6501
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700685280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9181
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8401
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850825298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,4592
HeifersMedium and Large 2950–1000955197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,8811
CowsLean 85-90%—1,170130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5211
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,095186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,0371
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,063178.98/cwt178.00–180.001,9032
CowsLean 85-90%—1,055163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,7201
Bulls——1,505208.00/cwt208.00–208.003,1301
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,525174.80/cwt170.00–180.002,6662
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,210162.04/cwt161.00–163.001,9612
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450440442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,9454
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0462
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400390445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7362
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650620330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0461
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550525315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6541
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900880255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,2441

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.