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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 21

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2078

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Receipts

68 head

▼ 255 vs last sale 323▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were gathered and transported to UPI Columbia where they were graded and weighed on the grounds. all cattle 60+ days weaned and have 2 rounds of modified live vaccinations. Heifers have a round of Lutelyse.

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 $358.88/cwt on 8 head, down $120.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −120.82 against this barn's trailing median of $479.70.

Average price

$358.88

▼ 120.82 vs prior sale

8 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$3.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.12

vs TN average

−80.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	360.00	2,106	5thin
Medium and Large 2	568	357.00	2,028	3thin

One grade step is worth $3.00/cwt here — about $78 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

358.88

—

TN average18 barns · 602 hd

375.00

−16.12

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

−80.39

This barn, trailing median1 sales

479.70

−120.82

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

18 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. 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	470	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,763	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	568	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,028	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	655	331.50/cwt	330.00–332.00	2,171	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	671	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,248	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	732	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,386	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	760	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,432	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	848	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,671	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	935	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,852	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	470	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,631	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	485	356.62/cwt	346.00–362.00	1,730	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	538	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,829	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	543	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,846	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	570	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,864	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	575	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,880	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	603	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,942	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	658	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,073	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	726	322.83/cwt	322.00–323.00	2,344	6

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 Oct 21, 2026

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

Receipts 68Last week 323Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	346.00–362.00	356.62
5	500–550	543	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	570	327.00	327.00
2	650–700	658	315.00	315.00
6	700–750	726	322.00–323.00	322.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	347.00	347.00
2	500–550	538	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	575	327.00	327.00
3	600–650	603	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	585	360.00	360.00
4	650–700	655	330.00–332.00	331.50
15	700–750	732	326.00	326.00
2	800–850	848	315.00	315.00
1	900–950	935	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	568	357.00	357.00
5	650–700	671	335.00	335.00
3	750–800	760	320.00	320.00

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.