Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2020-06-23

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jun 23
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 76▼ 5 vs year ago 121 · −4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 17▲ 3 vs year ago 30 · +10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 4▲ 0 vs year ago 4 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls and feeders 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 $120.74/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$120.74
43 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$18.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.27
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2495124.4361529
Medium and Large 2-3511114.6758611thin
Medium and Large 3395110.004351thin
Small 1-2490106.005192thin
One grade step is worth $18.43/cwt here — about $96 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 sale43 hd
120.74
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TN average10 barns · 2,172 hd
123.02
−2.27
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—High1,47391.111,3426thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,23269.678583thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15865.2575614
CowsLean 85-90%Low93054.905118thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3225150.00/cwt150.00–150.003381
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3285159.00/cwt159.00–159.004531
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3330149.00/cwt145.00–153.004922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373155.33/cwt155.00–156.005793
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3387141.97/cwt140.00–145.005493
Steers—Small 1-2415140.00/cwt140.00–140.005811
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3440145.00/cwt145.00–145.006381
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3475127.26/cwt120.00–135.006042
Steers—Small 1-2545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565134.00/cwt134.00–134.007571
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3620122.98/cwt120.00–126.007622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770114.00/cwt114.00–114.008781
Steers—Medium and Large 2-387086.00/cwt86.00–86.007481
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2287138.54/cwt134.00–143.003983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330130.00/cwt130.00–130.004291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3353128.02/cwt125.00–131.004522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373132.81/cwt130.00–135.004955
Heifers—Medium and Large 3395110.00/cwt110.00–110.004351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420125.00/cwt125.00–125.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
Heifers—Small 1-2470101.00/cwt101.00–101.004751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3471116.08/cwt110.00–120.005474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479125.59/cwt125.00–128.006025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy510122.00/cwt122.00–122.006221
Heifers—Small 1-2510111.00/cwt111.00–111.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515125.00/cwt125.00–125.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566121.46/cwt118.00–125.006874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618118.35/cwt117.00–119.007316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665115.00/cwt115.00–115.007651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670108.00/cwt108.00–108.007241
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3695110.00/cwt110.00–110.007651
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375590.00/cwt90.00–90.006801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-381591.00/cwt91.00–91.007421
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430142.27/cwt137.00–145.006123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473134.50/cwt134.00–135.006362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518131.74/cwt130.00–135.006824
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3580116.00/cwt116.00–116.006731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3628108.47/cwt107.00–110.006812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650120.00/cwt120.00–120.007801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy725100.00/cwt100.00–100.007251
Bulls—Small 1-2735100.00/cwt100.00–100.007351
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44784.28/cwt80.00–87.001,2203
Bulls——1,48894.17/cwt89.50–98.001,4012
Bulls——1,520105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,6041
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%88050.00/cwt50.00–50.004401
Cows—Lean 85-90%92955.89/cwt52.00–60.005197
Cows—Lean 85-90%94048.00/cwt48.00–48.004511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14565.28/cwt62.50–68.0074710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,19074.00/cwt74.00–74.008811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25367.50/cwt67.50–67.508462
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29570.23/cwt68.00–72.509093
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-28001,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.008,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2810980.00/cwt980.00–980.007,9381
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3201,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0015,8401
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,0001

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.