Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2026-02-04

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 4
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3785
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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $445.00/cwt on 44 head, up $41.36 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 15 comparable sales and sits +8.37 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.
Average price
$445.00
41.36 vs prior sale
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

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573445.002,55044
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales
518475431388median 436.6301/0603/0404/1506/1708/05
Steers 500–600 lb: high $504.18, low $402.15, median $436.63 across 15 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 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 median15 sales
436.63
+8.37
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
BullsAverage1,705197.003,3592thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,310174.002,2791thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,320161.142,1274thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,195138.761,6583thin

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%1,195138.76/cwt130.00–145.001,6583
CowsBoner 80-85%1,320161.14/cwt155.00–164.002,1274
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500465417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,9391
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4293
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0911
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900891333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,9674
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,8031
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,310174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,2791
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700661392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,59156
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850815340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,7711
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600573445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,55044
Bulls1,795189.00/cwt189.00–189.003,3931
Bulls1,615205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,3111
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added950–1000998317.00/cwt317.00–317.003,1643
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700685335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2951
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500470412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,9361
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450405430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7421
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950910301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,7393
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800766354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,7129

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.