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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 28

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

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Feeder Cattle receipts

198 head

▼ 51 vs last sale 249▲ 65 vs year ago 133 · +48.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 29▲ 6 vs year ago 13 · +46.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

26 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 1▲ 21 vs year ago 5 · +420.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded higher with fair to good quality and stronger demand; Sale included two Video load lots and can be viewed at the following; athttps://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3340

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.56/cwt on 7 head, up $5.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 14 comparable sales and sits −36.46 against this barn's trailing median of $380.02.

Average price

$343.56

▲ 5.83 vs prior sale

7 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.21

vs TN average

−31.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	343.56	1,866	7thin

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 sale7 hd

343.56

—

TN average15 barns · 735 hd

336.35

+7.21

National average168 barns · 18,275 hd

375.43

−31.87

This barn, trailing median14 sales

380.02

−36.46

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

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.72, low $319.00, median $380.02 across 14 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,428	132.84	1,896	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,244	125.97	1,568	5thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	112.14	1,239	4thin

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 Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$2,450	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$1,575	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$2,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	755	$1,800	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,055	$2,147	13

Every lot, as filed

58 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	467.33/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,509	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,273	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,575	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	389.17/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,794	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,700	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,964	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,571	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,898	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	372.48/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,157	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	340.16/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,126	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,031	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	330.75/cwt	322.00–345.00	2,226	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	737	341.50/cwt	340.00–342.00	2,517	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	818	323.76/cwt	315.00–326.00	2,648	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	914	313.89/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,869	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	235	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	682	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	273	260.64/cwt	250.00–270.00	712	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	407.54/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,304	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	315.00/cwt	295.00–335.00	1,323	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	377.55/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,831	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	344.99/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,870	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	315.80/cwt	310.00–322.00	1,961	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,746	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	300.80/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,042	6
Heifers	700–750	Small 1Fleshy	715	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,680	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	291.63/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,129	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,288	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,157	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,120	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	282.52/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,424	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	905	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,724	23
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,456	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,892	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	318.00/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,670	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,874	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	351.63/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,941	3
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	570	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,739	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	336.41/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,166	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	296.71/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,991	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	289.93/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,059	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,234	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	123.96/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,522	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,755	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,415	136.12/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,926	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,465	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,802	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	895	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,164	1
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	106.19/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,248	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	800	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,225	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	755	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	960	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,055	2,146.50/head	1,850.00–2,350.00	2,147	13

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 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 198Last week 249Year ago 133

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 29Year ago 13

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 1Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	485	390.00	390.00
6	500–550	548	342.00	342.00
3	550–600	552	340.00–365.00	351.63
7	600–650	644	335.00–345.00	336.41
7	650–700	671	295.00–297.00	296.71
2	700–750	710	280.00–300.00	289.93
2	900–950	912	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	355.00	355.00
3	500–550	525	300.00–330.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	600	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	290.00	290.00
2	250–300	273	250.00–270.00	260.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	295.00–335.00	315.00
1	600–650	635	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	785	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	750	305.00	305.00
23	900–950	905	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	405.00–410.00	407.54
1	400–450	435	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	485	375.00–380.00	377.55
6	500–550	542	340.00–350.00	344.99
1	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
4	600–650	621	310.00–322.00	315.80
6	650–700	679	300.00–305.00	300.80
3	700–750	730	285.00–300.00	291.63
1	750–800	765	282.00	282.00
2	850–900	858	280.00–285.00	282.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
4	700–750	737	340.00–342.00	341.50
10	800–850	818	315.00–326.00	323.76
9	900–950	914	305.00–315.00	313.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	420	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	500	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	575	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	655	310.00	310.00
2	700–750	710	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	460.00–475.00	467.33
5	450–500	461	385.00–405.00	389.17
1	500–550	510	385.00	385.00
4	550–600	579	370.00–375.00	372.48
2	600–650	625	335.00–345.00	340.16
7	650–700	673	322.00–345.00	330.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,225	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	1,575.00	1,575.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	2,000.00	2,000.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	755	1,800.00	1,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,055	1,850.00–2,350.00	2,146.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,228	120.00–128.00	123.96
1	—	1,310	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,415	133.00–138.00	136.12
1	—	1,465	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,175	102.00–110.00	106.19
1	—	895	130.00	130.00

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.