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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 7

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

225 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 246▲ 181 vs year ago 44 · +411.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 18▼ 12 vs year ago 20 · −60.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $391.09/cwt on 10 head, up $15.29 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 16 comparable sales and sits −40.17 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.

Average price

$391.09

▲ 15.29 vs prior sale

10 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+26.16

vs TN average

−39.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	391.09	2,147	10thin

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

391.09

—

TN average15 barns · 446 hd

364.93

+26.16

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

−39.27

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.26

−40.17

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $504.18, low $358.36, median $431.26 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,750	176.29	3,085	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,775	145.00	2,574	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,045	132.00	1,379	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,743	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,857	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,009	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	531	403.19/cwt	402.00–405.00	2,141	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,026	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	588	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,234	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,262	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	663	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,301	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,218	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	765	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,555	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,512	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	883	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,799	21
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	906	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,809	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,580	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,553	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,615	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	361.32/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,763	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	334.95/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,758	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,960	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	317.41/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,977	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	658	320.41/cwt	320.00–321.00	2,108	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	311.48/cwt	310.00–312.00	2,087	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	778	311.36/cwt	311.00–315.00	2,422	32
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,580	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,509	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	407.51/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,887	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	310.70/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,911	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	286.13/cwt	280.00–292.00	2,052	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,420	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,371	1
Bulls	—	—	1,915	180.93/cwt	180.00–182.00	3,465	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,045	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,379	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,775	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,574	1

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 Oct 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 225Last week 246Year ago 44

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 18Year ago 20

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,915	180.00–182.00	180.93
1	—	1,420	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	145.00	145.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	450	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	658	320.00–321.00	320.41
32	750–800	778	311.00–315.00	311.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	395.00	395.00
3	450–500	488	360.00–362.00	361.32
2	500–550	525	330.00–340.00	334.95
1	550–600	585	335.00	335.00
2	600–650	623	315.00–320.00	317.41
4	650–700	670	310.00–312.00	311.48
1	750–800	755	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	615	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	405.00	405.00
2	450–500	463	405.00–410.00	407.51
1	550–600	595	325.00	325.00
3	600–650	615	310.00–312.00	310.70
1	650–700	655	315.00	315.00
4	700–750	717	280.00–292.00	286.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	402.00–405.00	403.19
3	550–600	588	380.00	380.00
3	600–650	648	349.00	349.00
11	650–700	663	347.00	347.00
27	750–800	765	334.00	334.00
21	850–900	883	317.00	317.00
19	900–950	906	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	470	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	515	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	555	365.00	365.00
2	650–700	672	330.00	330.00
11	750–800	773	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00

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.