Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle gathered and hauled to UPI Columbia. Graded and weighed on the grounds. All cattle weaned 60+ days and follow strict Vaccination protocol. All Heifers have had a round of Lutelyse.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $378.33/cwt on 3 head, down $101.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −101.36 against this barn's trailing median of $479.70.

Average price

$378.33

▼ 101.36 vs prior sale

3 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,051

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.40

vs TN average

−9.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	378.33	2,051	3thin

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 sale3 hd

378.33

—

TN average15 barns · 285 hd

375.94

+2.40

National average75 barns · 3,130 hd

387.75

−9.42

This barn, trailing median1 sales

479.70

−101.36

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

Every lot, as filed

22 lots · USDA AMS · TLP Beef Alliance Sale - 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	938	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	868	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	845	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,408	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	352.40/cwt	342.50–357.50	1,988	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	744	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,262	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	641	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,102	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	726	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,323	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	510	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	487	403.34/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,964	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	738	316.49/cwt	315.00–317.50	2,336	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	920	296.02/cwt	292.00–296.50	2,723	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	847	310.78/cwt	309.00–311.00	2,632	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	760	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	676	354.28/cwt	347.00–355.50	2,395	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	754	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,458	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	725	299.44/cwt	295.00–304.00	2,171	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	631	321.79/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,030	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	840	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	558	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,134	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	660	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,310	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	566	338.07/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,913	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 →

TLP Beef Alliance Sale - Columbia, TN

Wed Aug 19, 2026

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

Receipts 323Last week 56Year ago 330

Cattle gathered and hauled to UPI Columbia. Graded and weighed on the grounds. All cattle weaned 60+ days and follow strict Vaccination protocol. All Heifers have had a round of Lutelyse.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	564	342.50–357.50	352.40
31	600–650	641	328.00	328.00
23	700–750	744	304.00	304.00
13	800–850	845	285.00	285.00
3	850–900	868	285.00	285.00
2	900–950	938	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	385.00	385.00
13	550–600	566	335.00–340.00	338.07
10	600–650	631	315.00–322.50	321.79
2	700–750	725	295.00–304.00	299.44
1	750–800	760	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
41	650–700	676	347.00–355.50	354.28
5	700–750	726	320.00	320.00
50	750–800	754	326.00	326.00
36	800–850	847	309.00–311.00	310.78
19	900–950	920	292.00–296.50	296.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	487	400.00–405.00	403.34
1	500–550	510	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	558	382.50	382.50
12	650–700	660	350.00	350.00
10	700–750	738	315.00–317.50	316.49
1	800–850	840	302.50	302.50

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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