Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2020-02-25

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Feb 25
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 440 vs last sale 472▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 29▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 3 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 $124.02/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$124.02
12 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$4.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.23
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533125.646698thin
Small 1-2438120.785294thin
One grade step is worth $4.86/cwt here — about $140 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 sale12 hd
124.02
—
TN average10 barns · 2,092 hd
130.25
−6.23
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
Bulls—Low1,54881.241,2587thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14847.255422thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90040.003601thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290170.00/cwt170.00–170.004931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310170.00/cwt170.00–170.005271
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3345160.00/cwt160.00–160.005521
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355162.00/cwt162.00–162.005751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650136.00/cwt136.00–136.008841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2255128.00/cwt128.00–128.003261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375131.03/cwt130.00–132.004912
Heifers—Small 1-2460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510128.00/cwt128.00–128.006531
Heifers—Small 1-2518117.56/cwt115.00–120.006092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620121.69/cwt120.00–124.007543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3400152.00/cwt152.00–152.006081
Bulls—Small 1-2435135.00/cwt135.00–135.005871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2445154.00/cwt154.00–154.006851
Bulls—Small 1-2485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3488135.50/cwt135.00–136.006612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550140.00/cwt140.00–140.007701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620132.00/cwt132.00–132.008181
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,09368.38/cwt65.00–70.007472
Bulls——1,64885.15/cwt85.00–85.501,4033
Bulls——1,85388.24/cwt88.00–88.501,6352
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90040.00/cwt40.00–40.003601
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14039.00/cwt39.00–39.004451
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15555.50/cwt55.50–55.506411
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,120700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,8401

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.