Name: Columbia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-11

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 class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $426.27/cwt on 7 head, down $18.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −10.36 against this barn's trailing median of $436.63.

Average price

$426.27

▼ 18.73 vs prior sale

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

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	426.27	2,524	7thin

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

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 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 median15 sales

436.63

−10.36

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,360	191.00	2,598	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,589	171.60	2,726	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,185	160.32	1,900	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	129.00	1,264	2thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	912	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	337.41/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	455.12/cwt	445.00–472.00	2,166	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	661	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,611	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	382.28/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,374	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	593	430.40/cwt	430.00–432.00	2,552	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	832	354.61/cwt	340.00–357.00	2,950	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	373.35/cwt	373.35–373.35	2,893	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	855	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,907	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	415.95/cwt	410.00–422.00	2,454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,884	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,167	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	443.50/cwt	440.00–447.00	2,506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,068	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,240	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,466	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,146	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	681	347.91/cwt	342.00–355.00	2,369	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	751	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,471	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	872	316.15/cwt	316.00–316.50	2,757	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	361.57/cwt	352.00–372.00	2,216	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	433.16/cwt	425.00–442.00	1,603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	453.82/cwt	447.00–465.00	1,920	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,223	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	429.63/cwt	427.00–435.00	2,071	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	409.99/cwt	407.00–415.00	2,148	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,192	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	398.67/cwt	395.00–402.00	2,316	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	350.94/cwt	347.00–355.00	2,211	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,316	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,172	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,325	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	972	145.24/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,412	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,638	174.40/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,857	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,473	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	176.10/cwt	170.00–185.00	2,347	3
Bulls	—	—	1,360	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,598	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,581	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	983	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	159.27/cwt	155.00–163.00	2,043	2

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 →

Columbia Livestock Center (UPI) - Columbia TN

Wed Feb 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 343Last week 134Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 13Year 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
2	500–550	505	425.00	425.00
15	600–650	621	380.00–385.00	382.28
19	650–700	681	342.00–355.00	347.91
7	750–800	751	329.00	329.00
47	850–900	872	316.00–316.50	316.15
2	900–950	912	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	425.00–442.00	433.16
1	400–450	405	405.00	405.00
4	450–500	452	422.00	422.00
1	550–600	595	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	613	330.00–345.00	337.41
1	750–800	775	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	447.00–465.00	453.82
3	450–500	482	427.00–435.00	429.63
9	500–550	524	407.00–415.00	409.99
6	550–600	581	395.00–402.00	398.67
4	600–650	613	352.00–372.00	361.57
2	650–700	650	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	555.00	555.00
1	450–500	460	480.00	480.00
2	550–600	590	410.00–422.00	415.95
1	650–700	675	377.00	377.00
6	700–750	721	357.00	357.00
2	750–800	790	365.00	365.00
1	800–850	825	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	476	445.00–472.00	455.12
1	600–650	620	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	593	430.00–432.00	430.40
3	600–650	615	425.00	425.00
10	650–700	661	395.00	395.00
68	750–800	775	373.35	373.35
75	800–850	832	340.00–357.00	354.61
12	850–900	855	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	422.00	422.00
1	500–550	535	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	498	465.00	465.00
3	500–550	542	455.00	455.00
2	550–600	565	440.00–447.00	443.50
2	600–650	630	347.00–355.00	350.94
2	700–750	718	312.00	312.00
1	750–800	770	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	972	140.00–150.00	145.24
3	—	1,333	170.00–185.00	176.10
2	—	1,283	155.00–163.00	159.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,638	170.00–180.00	174.40
1	—	1,490	166.00	166.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	145.00	145.00
1	—	870	113.00	113.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	191.00	191.00

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.

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