Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2026-09-16

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 16
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 54▼ 120 vs year ago 234 · −51.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 15▼ 8 vs year ago 13 · −61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $380.00/cwt on 1 head, down $40.27 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −56.63 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.
Average price
$380.00
▼ 40.27 vs prior sale
1 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,938
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+12.11
vs TN average
−23.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510380.001,9381thin
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
518462406349median 436.6302/0403/2505/0607/0809/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $504.18, low $363.17, 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
380.00
—
TN average14 barns · 531 hd
367.89
+12.11
National average167 barns · 12,243 hd
403.36
−23.36
This barn, trailing median15 sales
436.63
−56.63
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
Bulls—Average1,485180.002,6731thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,233144.501,7812thin

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 2450–500465355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6511
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,7523
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450417399.39/cwt390.00–417.001,6653
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500495330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6341
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550505315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5911
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2561
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950940313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,94260
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650633317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,0072
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5021
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450403340.03/cwt335.00–345.001,3702
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600550320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7601
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,195135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6131
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,270154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,9561
Bulls——1,485180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,6731
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5663
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700660340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2441
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550510380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9381
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600587320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8783
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650645312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,0121
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500475367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,7431

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.