Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2026-09-09

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 9
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 42▼ 221 vs year ago 275 · −80.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 13▼ 75 vs year ago 90 · −83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts; however, all Feeder Cattle traded higher with average quality and stronger demand; Slaughter Cattle traded lower with substandard quality and steady demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.99/cwt on 4 head, up $20.99 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −47.76 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.
Average price
$339.99
▲ 20.99 vs prior sale
4 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,751
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.03
vs TN average
+2.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515339.991,7514thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
448400353305median 387.7501/2103/1105/0608/0509/23
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.72, low $319.00, median $387.75 across 14 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 sale4 hd
339.99
—
TN average11 barns · 208 hd
329.96
+10.03
National average138 barns · 5,113 hd
337.79
+2.20
This barn, trailing median14 sales
387.75
−47.76
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—Average1,985187.063,7132thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,510148.502,2422thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,201141.031,6945thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,125131.001,4741thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls——1,985187.06/cwt184.00–190.003,7132
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,225150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8381
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,195138.79/cwt137.00–140.001,6594
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,640158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,5911
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,380139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,9181
CowsLean 85-90%—1,125131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,4741
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9373
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500462349.89/cwt345.00–355.001,6164
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650630350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2051
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300273482.16/cwt475.00–490.001,3162
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600583352.64/cwt350.00–361.002,0564
BullsSmall 1500–550545275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4991
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800770310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3872
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450400400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6001
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550515315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6221
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450412375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5452
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750730310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2631
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3532
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4241
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400373360.50/cwt345.00–375.001,3452
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800760320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4321
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250237433.06/cwt420.00–445.001,0263
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5401
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515339.99/cwt335.00–345.001,7514
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650645290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8711
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450423415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7553
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550517348.32/cwt345.00–350.001,8013
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250245500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2251
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500490365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7891
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900850290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4651

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.