Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $287.00/cwt on 3 head, down $38.94 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −65.00 against this barn's trailing median of $352.00.

Average price

$287.00

▼ 38.94 vs prior sale

3 head · 657 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.86

vs TN average

−35.17 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	657	287.00	1,886	3thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

11 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $360.31, low $315.18, median $352.00 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

287.00

—

TN average15 barns · 277 hd

312.86

−25.86

National average146 barns · 4,593 hd

322.17

−35.17

This barn, trailing median11 sales

352.00

−65.00

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	—	Low	1,847	194.02	3,584	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,155	158.68	1,833	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,010	127.50	1,288	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,180	120.00	1,416	1thin

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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	860	$2,250	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	908	$2,199	2thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	400–450	410	348.48/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,214	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	327.60/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,212	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,332	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	239.98/cwt	235.00–250.00	2,047	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	288.36/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,903	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,515	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,886	3
Bulls	—	—	1,405	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,445	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,472	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	158.68/cwt	154.00–163.00	1,833	2
Bulls	—	—	2,068	204.03/cwt	203.00–205.00	4,219	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	267.98/cwt	265.00–270.00	2,088	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,106	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	299.58/cwt	297.00–302.00	1,857	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,132	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	301.01/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,580	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	2,198.62/head	2,100.00–2,300.00	2,199	2

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 Sep 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 42Last week 80Year ago 188

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 12Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 3Year ago 0

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	410	347.00–350.00	348.48
1	450–500	475	337.00	337.00
3	650–700	657	287.00	287.00
4	750–800	779	265.00–270.00	267.98
1	800–850	845	262.00	262.00
1	950–1000	990	256.00	256.00
6	1000–1050	1,008	249.50	249.50
1	1050–1100	1,070	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	325.00–330.00	327.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	800	292.00	292.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	620	297.00–302.00	299.58
3	650–700	660	285.00–295.00	288.36
3	850–900	853	235.00–250.00	239.98
1	1000–1050	1,040	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	300.00–302.00	301.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	174.00	174.00
2	—	2,068	203.00–205.00	204.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,005	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	154.00–163.00	158.68
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	2,250.00	2,250.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	908	2,100.00–2,300.00	2,198.62

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

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

What quality paid 600–700 lb

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

How it compared 600–700 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Columbia Livestock Center (UPI) - Columbia TN

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Slaughter Cattle

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