Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2020-01-28

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jan 28
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
117 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 141▲ 117 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 22▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 2▲ 5 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 4.00 higher. Bulls and feeders not well established this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.04/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$127.04
32 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$8.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.29
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2442129.7357317thin
Medium and Large 2-3420124.6552312thin
Small 1-2465121.335643thin
One grade step is worth $8.40/cwt here — about $9 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 sale32 hd
127.04
—
TN average10 barns · 2,191 hd
127.33
−0.29
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—Average1,34573.009821thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24551.0463611
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08937.474083thin

Every lot

45 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 1-2260175.00/cwt175.00–175.004551
Steers—Small 1-2315130.00/cwt130.00–130.004101
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3320152.16/cwt142.00–160.004873
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2363169.47/cwt168.00–171.006152
Steers—Small 1-2400129.00/cwt129.00–129.005161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410159.00/cwt159.00–159.006521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450150.00/cwt150.00–150.006751
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3468139.48/cwt136.00–143.006532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625128.00/cwt128.00–128.008001
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3705106.00/cwt106.00–106.007471
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3250130.00/cwt130.00–130.003251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280134.00/cwt134.00–134.003751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3323129.84/cwt127.00–133.004192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325135.48/cwt135.00–136.004402
Heifers—Small 1-2360130.00/cwt130.00–130.004681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2363134.90/cwt132.00–138.004902
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3377126.72/cwt121.00–134.004783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433131.31/cwt130.00–134.005693
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3433126.00/cwt120.00–132.005464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470129.69/cwt128.00–133.006104
Heifers—Small 1-2490114.00/cwt114.00–114.005591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536123.59/cwt120.00–125.006625
Heifers—Small 1-2545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3620116.00/cwt116.00–116.007191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3660106.00/cwt106.00–106.007001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3408140.00/cwt140.00–140.005712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423151.21/cwt144.00–158.006402
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475147.98/cwt146.00–150.007032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515146.98/cwt146.00–148.007572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3530137.00/cwt137.00–137.007261
Bulls—Small 1-2555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2590119.00/cwt119.00–119.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3620108.93/cwt106.00–115.006753
Bulls—Small 1-2640106.00/cwt106.00–106.006781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660115.02/cwt114.00–116.007592
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,34573.00/cwt73.00–73.009821
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07840.70/cwt39.50–42.004392
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11031.00/cwt31.00–31.003441
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18244.97/cwt41.00–50.505323
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26352.51/cwt50.00–55.506637
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31059.00/cwt59.00–59.007731
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,025660.00/cwt660.00–660.006,7651
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,100700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,430770.00/cwt770.00–770.0011,0111

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.