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Columbia Livestock Auction

Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 4

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785

← Jan 21Feb 4Feb 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

134 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 133▼ 91 vs year ago 225 · −40.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 17▼ 30 vs year ago 43 · −69.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale last week.

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 $445.00/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 12 of 16 comparable sales and sits +13.74 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.

Average price

$445.00

44 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.08

vs TN average

−38.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	445.00	2,550	44

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 sale44 hd

445.00

—

TN average11 barns · 213 hd

434.92

+10.08

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−38.03

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.26

+13.74

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	1,705	197.00	3,359	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,310	174.00	2,279	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,320	161.14	2,127	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,195	138.76	1,658	3thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,742	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,939	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	573	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,550	44
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	661	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,591	56
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	766	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,712	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	815	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,771	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	891	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,967	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	998	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,164	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,803	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,091	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,295	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,429	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	910	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,739	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,936	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,615	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,311	1
Bulls	—	—	1,795	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,393	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,195	138.76/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,658	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,310	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,279	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	161.14/cwt	155.00–164.00	2,127	4

This sale against other markets

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 Feb 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 134Last week 133Year ago 225

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 17Year ago 43

No trends could be established due to no sale last week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,195	130.00–145.00	138.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,320	155.00–164.00	161.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	189.00	189.00
1	—	1,615	205.00	205.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	465	417.00	417.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
44	550–600	573	445.00	445.00
56	650–700	661	392.00	392.00
9	750–800	766	354.00	354.00
1	800–850	815	340.00	340.00
4	850–900	891	333.00	333.00
3	950–1000	998	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	392.00	392.00
1	600–650	615	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	685	335.00	335.00
3	700–750	725	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	910	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	412.00	412.00

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.