Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2026-02-11

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 11
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
343 head
▲ 209 vs last sale 134▲ 343 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 13▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data from light receipts the previous week, however Feeder Calves traded sharply higher with good quality and high demand; Slaughter Cows/Bulls mostly steady on a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $426.27/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 7 of 16 comparable sales and sits −4.99 against this barn's trailing median of $431.26.
Average price
$426.27
7 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,524
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−16.86
vs TN average
−52.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1592426.272,5247thin
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
426.27
—
TN average14 barns · 458 hd
443.13
−16.86
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
−52.12
This barn, trailing median16 sales
431.26
−4.99
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
518460402344median 431.2603/0404/1506/1709/2310/14
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,360191.002,5981thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,589171.602,7263thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,185160.321,9008thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average980129.001,2642thin

Every lot

51 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,8321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,2081
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476455.12/cwt445.00–472.002,1666
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590415.95/cwt410.00–422.002,4542
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added593430.40/cwt430.00–432.002,5525
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added615425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,6143
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9221
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added661395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,61110
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,5451
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,5746
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added775373.35/cwt373.35–373.352,89368
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,8842
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,7231
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added832354.61/cwt340.00–357.002,95075
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added855340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,90712
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370433.16/cwt425.00–442.001,6032
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4441
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423453.82/cwt447.00–465.001,9206
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2452422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,9074
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482429.63/cwt427.00–435.002,0713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added505425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1462
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524409.99/cwt407.00–415.002,1489
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581398.67/cwt395.00–402.002,3166
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1721
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613361.57/cwt352.00–372.002,2164
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613337.41/cwt330.00–345.002,0682
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added621382.28/cwt380.00–385.002,37415
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,2232
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added681347.91/cwt342.00–355.002,36919
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1921
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added751329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,4717
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3251
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added872316.15/cwt316.00–316.502,75747
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added912300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,7362
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,0681
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1498465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,3163
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1671
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1542455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,4663
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565443.50/cwt440.00–447.002,5062
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630350.94/cwt347.00–355.002,2112
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,2402
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,360191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,5981
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%870113.00/cwt113.00–113.009831
Cows—Boner 80-85%972145.24/cwt140.00–150.001,4123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283159.27/cwt155.00–163.002,0432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,333176.10/cwt170.00–185.002,3473
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,490166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,4731
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,638174.40/cwt170.00–180.002,8572

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.