Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data, however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded slightly higher with fair quality and stronger demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.60/cwt on 17 head, up $22.60 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −46.86 against this barn's trailing median of $388.47.

Average price

$341.60

▲ 22.60 vs prior sale

17 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,902

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.47

vs TN average

−15.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	341.60	1,902	17thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.72, low $319.00, median $388.47 across 13 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 sale17 hd

341.60

—

TN average16 barns · 766 hd

340.13

+1.47

National average175 barns · 11,689 hd

356.67

−15.07

This barn, trailing median13 sales

388.47

−46.86

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	—	Average	2,060	190.00	3,914	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,315	159.00	2,091	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,290	143.82	1,855	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,007	129.02	1,299	5thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,345	$2,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Bulls	—	—	2,060	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,914	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	131.53/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,302	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,279	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	146.48/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,850	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	142.04/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,858	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,091	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	335.90/cwt	335.00–337.00	1,938	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	413.10/cwt	405.00–422.00	1,520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	355.30/cwt	350.00–367.00	2,079	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	360.77/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,905	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,104	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	354.87/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,718	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,183	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,324	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	338.53/cwt	335.00–342.00	2,319	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	346.68/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,115	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	349.59/cwt	347.00–352.00	1,993	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	564	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,042	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	817	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,639	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,282	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	750	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,655	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	472	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,968	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	683	320.39/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,188	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	856	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,568	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,827	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,400	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	824	313.43/cwt	308.00–314.00	2,583	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	785	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,324	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,866	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,154	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	730	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,132	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	406.67/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,749	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,926	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	338.20/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,100	5

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 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 355Last week 114Year ago 164

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 5Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data, however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded slightly higher with fair quality and stronger demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,060	190.00	190.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	990	127.00–135.00	131.53
1	—	1,075	119.00	119.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,263	146.00–147.00	146.48
3	—	1,308	141.00–143.00	142.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	159.00	159.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	455.00	455.00
3	400–450	430	405.00–410.00	406.67
1	500–550	525	390.00	390.00
3	550–600	575	335.00	335.00
5	600–650	621	331.00–340.00	338.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	564	362.00	362.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	405.00–422.00	413.10
7	450–500	484	350.00–365.00	354.87
1	500–550	520	335.00	335.00
9	550–600	577	335.00–337.00	335.90
2	600–650	615	325.00	325.00
3	650–700	668	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	522	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	570	347.00–352.00	349.59
5	650–700	683	320.00–322.00	320.39
74	700–750	725	331.00	331.00
1	750–800	785	312.00	312.00
83	800–850	824	308.00–314.00	313.43
4	850–900	856	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	377.00	377.00
1	600–650	600	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	372.00	372.00
6	500–550	528	355.00–370.00	360.77
4	550–600	585	350.00–367.00	355.30
3	600–650	610	345.00–350.00	346.68
2	650–700	685	335.00–342.00	338.53
1	700–750	700	332.00	332.00
1	850–900	870	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	472	417.00	417.00
4	550–600	564	387.00	387.00
14	600–650	615	371.00	371.00
68	750–800	750	354.00	354.00
6	800–850	817	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	533	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	585	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	645	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	745	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	435	365.00	365.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,345	2,750.00	2,750.00

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 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 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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