Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2020-01-14

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jan 14
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
141 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 172▲ 141 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 46▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 3▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to the Holiday layoff, no trends could be established.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.22/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$126.22
50 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.27
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2467128.5960037
Medium and Large 2-3422122.4051610thin
Small 1-2435111.004832thin
Medium and Large 3460107.004921thin
One grade step is worth $21.59/cwt here — about $108 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
126.22
—
TN average12 barns · 3,961 hd
122.95
+3.27
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—Low1,79069.251,2402thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54554.008341thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10041.404556thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16033.633904thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1-2215137.00/cwt137.00–137.002951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320154.00/cwt154.00–154.004931
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3360136.46/cwt132.00–144.004915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375156.00/cwt156.00–156.005851
Steers—Small 1-2380130.00/cwt130.00–130.004941
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3420145.00/cwt145.00–145.006091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy480134.00/cwt134.00–134.006431
Steers—Small 1-2485128.00/cwt128.00–128.006211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2542143.00/cwt143.00–143.007756
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567138.00/cwt138.00–138.007828
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325133.95/cwt133.00–135.004352
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3335129.97/cwt128.00–132.004352
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3378123.43/cwt120.00–127.004672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2387131.80/cwt130.00–133.0051010
Heifers—Small 1-2390112.00/cwt112.00–112.004371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3433122.51/cwt120.00–125.005302
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460107.00/cwt107.00–107.004921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461129.07/cwt125.00–131.0059513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3467117.38/cwt115.00–120.005483
Heifers—Small 1-2480110.00/cwt110.00–110.005281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533126.00/cwt120.00–128.006726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580127.00/cwt127.00–127.007371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630125.03/cwt119.00–129.007883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665106.00/cwt106.00–106.007051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3403135.01/cwt134.00–136.005442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2427142.41/cwt137.00–150.006088
Bulls—Small 1-2445126.00/cwt126.00–126.005611
Bulls—Small 1-2455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3460124.00/cwt124.00–124.005701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477144.33/cwt143.00–147.006883
Bulls—Medium and Large 3510121.00/cwt121.00–121.006171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515132.06/cwt130.00–134.006802
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560124.00/cwt124.00–124.006941
Bulls—Medium and Large 3560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3590119.00/cwt119.00–119.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605117.00/cwt117.00–117.007081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3625112.11/cwt108.00–118.007013
Bulls—Small 1-2675105.00/cwt105.00–105.007091
Bulls—Medium and Large 3680104.00/cwt104.00–104.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705104.00/cwt104.00–104.007331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,77568.50/cwt68.50–68.501,2161
Bulls——1,80570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,2641
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08037.48/cwt35.00–39.504053
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12045.31/cwt38.50–50.005073
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15731.50/cwt28.00–33.003643
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17040.00/cwt40.00–40.004681
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54554.00/cwt54.00–54.008341
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,055830.00/cwt830.00–830.008,7571

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.