Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2019-10-22

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Oct 22
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 166▲ 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 45▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 6▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls and calves 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 $113.41/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$113.41
30 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$551
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$9.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.23
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2479116.0155617thin
Medium and Large 2-3486111.895448thin
Small 1-2509107.005455thin
One grade step is worth $9.01/cwt here — about $12 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 sale30 hd
113.41
—
TN average11 barns · 3,098 hd
115.64
−2.23
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,09144.354846thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47844.266542thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02637.323839thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3335130.00/cwt130.00–130.004361
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3355135.00/cwt135.00–135.004791
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470133.00/cwt133.00–133.006251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550129.50/cwt128.00–131.007122
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3580124.00/cwt124.00–124.007191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650124.00/cwt124.00–124.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740125.00/cwt125.00–125.009251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2315115.00/cwt115.00–115.003621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3368118.49/cwt117.00–120.004362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373118.48/cwt118.00–119.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415117.07/cwt114.00–120.004862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425112.00/cwt112.00–112.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3472111.05/cwt109.00–114.005243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473118.90/cwt116.00–123.005628
Heifers—Small 1-2490110.00/cwt110.00–110.005391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy525112.00/cwt112.00–112.005881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530113.00/cwt113.00–113.005991
Heifers—Small 1-2555105.00/cwt105.00–105.005832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575111.97/cwt111.00–113.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy585101.00/cwt101.00–101.005911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3630111.00/cwt111.00–111.006991
Heifers—Small 1-2630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3680102.00/cwt102.00–102.006941
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415103.00/cwt103.00–103.004271
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490110.00/cwt110.00–110.005391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527113.87/cwt109.00–120.006003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566112.74/cwt111.00–116.006384
Bulls—Small 1-2585104.00/cwt104.00–104.006081
Bulls—Small 1-261597.94/cwt91.00–105.006022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620110.94/cwt109.00–113.006882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-365090.00/cwt90.00–90.005851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2668106.97/cwt103.00–110.007155
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700101.00/cwt101.00–101.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3735102.00/cwt102.00–102.007501
Bulls—Small 1-278080.00/cwt80.00–80.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-279095.00/cwt95.00–95.007511
Bulls—Small 1-280578.00/cwt78.00–78.006281
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-386080.00/cwt80.00–80.006881
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99034.00/cwt34.00–34.003371
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03137.73/cwt33.50–40.003898
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03540.00/cwt40.00–40.004141
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10245.22/cwt42.00–48.004985
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47844.26/cwt43.50–45.006542
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2750650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,8751

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.