Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2019-05-28

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, May 28
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
← earliestMay 28Jun 11 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 0▲ 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 4 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 inadequate receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.80/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$124.80
26 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.30
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2514126.2665017thin
Medium and Large 2-3445123.055478thin
Medium and Large 3440114.005021thin
One grade step is worth $12.26/cwt here — about $148 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale26 hd
124.80
—
TN average5 barns · 310 hd
123.50
+1.30
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
Bulls—Average1,36072.509861thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,01352.115282thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05043.004521thin

Every lot

31 lots · USDA AMS · Southwestern Sales Co. - Huntingdon, 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340163.00/cwt163.00–163.005541
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3355154.00/cwt154.00–154.005471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380166.00/cwt166.00–166.006311
Steers—Small 1-2395157.00/cwt157.00–157.006201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418160.43/cwt158.00–164.006715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525149.00/cwt149.00–149.007821
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3560124.00/cwt124.00–124.006941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570140.48/cwt138.00–143.008012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2870112.00/cwt112.00–112.009741
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345137.50/cwt136.00–139.004742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3373129.36/cwt127.00–132.004834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430131.95/cwt131.00–134.005673
Heifers—Medium and Large 3440114.00/cwt114.00–114.005021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462132.77/cwt132.00–135.006134
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3473118.64/cwt112.00–123.005613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540123.00/cwt123.00–123.006641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590129.00/cwt129.00–129.007611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy590117.00/cwt117.00–117.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637115.61/cwt113.00–124.007364
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3645111.00/cwt111.00–111.007161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650113.00/cwt113.00–113.007351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2419156.16/cwt151.00–160.006545
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470150.00/cwt150.00–150.007051
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545131.00/cwt131.00–131.007141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3585131.00/cwt131.00–131.007661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373592.00/cwt92.00–92.006761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,36072.50/cwt72.50–72.509861
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01352.11/cwt49.00–55.005282
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05043.00/cwt43.00–43.004521

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.