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Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 9

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065

← Feb 23Mar 9Mar 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

241 head

▼ 172 vs last sale 413▲ 139 vs year ago 102 · +136.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

54 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 19▲ 33 vs year ago 21 · +157.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 3▲ 0 vs year ago 12 · +0.0%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Sat Oct 31, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Steers and heifers mostly steady. Bulls steady to 4.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy. Demand moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.87/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$130.87

100 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2

$8.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.56

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	488	131.05	640	81
Medium and Large 2-3	358	130.95	469	17thin
Small 1-2	510	122.50	625	2thin

One grade step is worth $8.55/cwt here — about $15 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 sale100 hd

130.87

—

TN average11 barns · 3,941 hd

127.31

+3.56

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,669	81.44	1,360	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,544	56.24	868	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,218	55.31	674	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	44.59	467	11

Every lot

74 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	215	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	335	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	235	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	383	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	270	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	405	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	448	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	323	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	501	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	342	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	581	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	367	143.05/cwt	141.00–146.00	525	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	168.01/cwt	163.00–171.00	622	3
Steers	—	Small 1-2	382	145.07/cwt	130.00–155.00	554	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	150.99/cwt	150.00–152.00	619	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	410	126.63/cwt	121.00–132.00	519	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	663	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	462	142.01/cwt	135.00–151.00	656	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	153.36/cwt	150.00–158.00	739	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	510	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	806	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	146.45/cwt	140.00–152.00	773	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	812	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	132.98/cwt	125.00–136.00	830	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	658	127.00/cwt	126.00–128.00	836	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	680	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	830	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	819	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	862	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	790	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	877	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	215	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	290	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	243	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	340	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	138.95/cwt	135.00–142.00	382	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	275	138.44/cwt	135.00–142.00	381	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	322	132.74/cwt	130.00–136.00	427	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	329	139.98/cwt	135.00–145.00	461	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	369	128.77/cwt	126.00–132.00	475	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	135.48/cwt	130.00–140.00	513	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	133.74/cwt	130.00–136.00	559	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	440	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	634	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	134.58/cwt	133.00–136.00	645	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	483	126.51/cwt	126.00–127.00	611	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	129.93/cwt	125.00–134.00	678	21
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	127.26/cwt	125.00–130.00	738	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	595	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	678	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	124.31/cwt	122.00–125.00	782	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	120.48/cwt	118.00–122.50	817	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	762	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	150.76/cwt	145.00–160.00	647	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	149.16/cwt	147.00–150.00	691	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	470	146.02/cwt	144.00–148.00	686	2
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	480	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	619	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	140.73/cwt	135.00–145.00	744	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	685	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	555	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	710	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	135.94/cwt	131.00–137.00	757	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	600	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	696	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	607	127.75/cwt	120.00–135.00	775	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	658	126.95/cwt	121.00–135.00	835	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	658	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	760	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	117.52/cwt	112.00–122.00	829	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	745	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	790	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	785	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,475	77.79/cwt	76.50–80.00	1,147	4
Bulls	—	—	1,720	83.45/cwt	82.50–84.00	1,435	3
Bulls	—	—	2,295	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	2,066	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	999	45.88/cwt	38.00–51.00	458	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	60.22/cwt	60.00–60.50	674	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	53.91/cwt	52.00–57.50	672	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,270	38.77/cwt	37.00–40.00	492	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,378	61.48/cwt	60.00–63.00	847	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,475	52.93/cwt	51.00–55.00	781	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,603	55.76/cwt	52.50–58.50	894	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,408	880.77/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	12,401	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,440	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	11,376	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,215	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	15,795	1

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Southwestern Sales Co. - Huntingdon, TN

Tue Mar 9, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 241Last week 413Year ago 102

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 19Year ago 21

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 3Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	150.00–158.00	153.36
6	—	624	125.00–136.00	132.98
1	—	280	160.00	160.00
13	—	528	140.00–152.00	146.45
1	—	235	163.00	163.00
3	—	342	170.00	170.00
3	—	370	163.00–171.00	168.01
2	—	658	126.00–128.00	127.00
1	—	580	140.00	140.00
1	—	700	117.00	117.00
1	—	425	156.00	156.00
1	—	770	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	121.00–132.00	126.63
3	—	382	130.00–155.00	145.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	141.00–146.00	143.05
1	—	270	150.00	150.00
3	—	462	135.00–151.00	142.01
1	—	215	156.00	156.00
2	—	323	155.00	155.00
2	—	410	150.00–152.00	150.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	658	121.00–135.00	126.95
11	—	429	145.00–160.00	150.76
4	—	705	112.00–122.00	117.52
6	—	463	147.00–150.00	149.16
5	—	607	120.00–135.00	127.75
6	—	557	131.00–137.00	135.94
1	—	770	102.00	102.00
4	—	529	135.00–145.00	140.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	116.00	116.00
1	—	535	128.00	128.00
1	—	555	128.00	128.00
1	—	745	106.00	106.00
2	—	658	115.00–116.00	115.51
2	—	470	144.00–148.00	146.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	99.00	99.00
6	—	678	118.00–122.50	120.48
10	—	629	122.00–125.00	124.31
10	—	329	135.00–145.00	139.98
2	—	243	140.00	140.00
3	—	275	135.00–142.00	138.95
8	—	418	130.00–136.00	133.74
5	—	379	130.00–140.00	135.48
4	—	580	125.00–130.00	127.26
5	—	479	133.00–136.00	134.58
21	—	522	125.00–134.00	129.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	125.00	125.00
1	—	535	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
1	—	515	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	440	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	130.00	130.00
5	—	322	130.00–136.00	132.74
1	—	595	114.00	114.00
4	—	369	126.00–132.00	128.77
3	—	275	135.00–142.00	138.44
1	—	215	135.00	135.00
2	—	483	126.00–127.00	126.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	999	38.00–51.00	45.88
2	—	1,270	37.00–40.00	38.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	51.00–55.00	52.93
2	—	1,378	60.00–63.00	61.48
8	—	1,603	52.50–58.50	55.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	60.00–60.50	60.22
7	—	1,246	52.00–57.50	53.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,295	90.00	90.00
3	—	1,720	82.50–84.00	83.45
4	—	1,475	76.50–80.00	77.79

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,408	800.00–1,000.00	880.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,440	790.00	790.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	1,300.00	1,300.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.