Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2026-01-21

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 21
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
201 vs last sale 334 134 vs year ago 267 · 50.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
0 vs last sale 17 6 vs year ago 11 · +54.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $365.85/cwt on 21 head, up $3.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits 21.89 against this barn's trailing median of $387.75.
Average price
$365.85
3.47 vs prior sale
21 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,913
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
7.03
vs TN average
45.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523365.851,91321
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
448408369330median 387.7512/1702/1104/1506/2408/19
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.72, low $343.81, median $387.75 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale21 hd
365.85
TN average17 barns · 959 hd
372.89
−7.03
National average175 barns · 20,266 hd
410.87
−45.02
This barn, trailing median14 sales
387.75
−21.89
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsAverage1,808183.503,3172thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,315159.022,0912thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,477153.692,2703thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average975133.811,3054thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400375380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4251
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450440445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9584
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600555395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1921
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1251
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800790265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0941
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450440350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5406
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650635330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0961
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550515365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8801
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3443
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4201
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585406.67/cwt400.00–410.002,3799
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300275610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,6781
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450410455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8661
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550515415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,1371
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8252
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1363
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350310465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,4421
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550535360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,92612
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1614
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850805302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,4311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550507373.66/cwt372.00–375.001,8949
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650620360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,23215
Bulls1,950192.00/cwt192.00–192.003,7441
Bulls1,665175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,9141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,315159.02/cwt158.00–160.002,0912
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,438158.03/cwt157.00–159.002,2722
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,555145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,2551
CowsLean 85-90%1,015134.12/cwt132.00–136.001,3612
CowsLean 85-90%1,005142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,4271
CowsLean 85-90%865125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0811

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.