Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2019-07-09

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 9
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
191 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 121▲ 191 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 30▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 4▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers not well established, feeder heifers 3.00-6.00 higher, feeder bulls steady to 6.00 higher. Quality poor to average with moderate demand. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher; slaughter bulls not well established.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.26/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$116.26
50 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$10.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.45
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561119.9367229
Medium and Large 2-3560111.6462517thin
Medium and Large 3570110.006271thin
Small 1-2562109.006123thin
One grade step is worth $10.93/cwt here — about $60 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 sale50 hd
116.26
—
TN average4 barns · 749 hd
121.70
−5.45
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—High1,61881.331,3163thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16556.0565315
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,11055.746193thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91749.134506thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3275140.00/cwt140.00–140.003851
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3310138.00/cwt138.00–138.004281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320145.00/cwt145.00–145.004641
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373145.00/cwt145.00–145.005412
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3383142.58/cwt140.00–145.005462
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410139.00/cwt139.00–139.005701
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005601
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533133.47/cwt130.00–135.007114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568130.95/cwt128.00–135.007445
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3570117.00/cwt117.00–117.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3610119.49/cwt119.00–120.007292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619131.77/cwt130.00–134.008164
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655122.99/cwt122.00–124.008062
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3690120.00/cwt120.00–120.008281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750118.00/cwt118.00–118.008851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-291598.50/cwt98.50–98.509011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378124.93/cwt120.00–130.004723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3380118.00/cwt118.00–118.004481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430120.00/cwt120.00–120.005163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy458117.51/cwt115.00–120.005382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478123.85/cwt120.00–128.005922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3480124.00/cwt124.00–124.005951
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy495100.00/cwt100.00–100.004951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy510109.41/cwt105.00–114.005582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520123.42/cwt120.00–128.006425
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3524115.53/cwt114.00–117.006054
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
Heifers—Small 1-2580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583120.96/cwt118.00–125.007053
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3583112.33/cwt107.00–117.006553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added593127.00/cwt127.00–127.007532
Heifers—Small 1-2610107.00/cwt107.00–107.006531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623121.63/cwt116.00–125.007583
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3633111.40/cwt103.00–120.007052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-367590.00/cwt90.00–90.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680117.14/cwt111.00–126.007974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy690106.00/cwt106.00–106.007311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2708114.05/cwt109.00–119.008072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-378892.01/cwt90.00–94.007252
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3410138.00/cwt138.00–138.005661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2426139.48/cwt136.00–144.005944
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3465125.54/cwt122.00–129.005842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475130.85/cwt126.00–138.006227
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2513127.68/cwt121.00–131.0065513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3535122.00/cwt122.00–122.006531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571123.72/cwt118.00–129.007068
Bulls—Small 1-2635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2653116.49/cwt115.00–118.007612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy710108.00/cwt108.00–108.007671
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0551
Bulls——1,50080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2001
Bulls——1,93090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,7371
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91350.96/cwt48.50–52.504655
Cows—Lean 85-90%93540.00/cwt40.00–40.003741
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,11055.74/cwt55.00–57.006193
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14550.73/cwt48.00–52.505814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16956.14/cwt55.00–58.006567
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17961.23/cwt59.00–63.007224
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,018645.58/cwt640.00–650.006,5722

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.