Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2021-07-27

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 27
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 205▼ 48 vs year ago 158 · −30.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 59▲ 17 vs year ago 30 · +56.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well established this week. Steers and heifers steady. Bulls steady to 5.00 higher. Quality fair to good. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.39/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$135.39
42 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.27
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527137.1672330
Medium and Large 2-3452130.9859212thin
One grade step is worth $6.17/cwt here — about $131 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 sale42 hd
135.39
—
TN average9 barns · 1,802 hd
135.12
+0.27
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—Low1,37278.561,0783thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49170.361,0494thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20168.4882321
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02257.7059011

Every lot

49 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290170.00/cwt170.00–170.004931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3335150.00/cwt150.00–150.005031
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005601
Steers—Small 1-2368150.97/cwt150.00–152.005563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420167.00/cwt167.00–167.007011
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430152.00/cwt152.00–152.006541
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483159.97/cwt158.00–162.007733
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520158.00/cwt158.00–158.008221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565148.00/cwt148.00–148.008361
Steers—Small 1-2565126.00/cwt126.00–126.007121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610145.00/cwt145.00–145.008851
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3230140.00/cwt140.00–140.003221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3280138.00/cwt138.00–138.003861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310146.00/cwt146.00–146.004531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3320142.00/cwt142.00–142.004541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380149.63/cwt144.00–152.005694
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3405132.50/cwt130.00–135.005372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414146.04/cwt144.00–148.006054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2458143.31/cwt141.00–145.006563
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485130.39/cwt125.00–136.006322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520135.75/cwt130.00–140.007064
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560133.26/cwt130.00–138.007464
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3593124.02/cwt120.00–128.007352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618131.32/cwt130.00–132.008123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2656130.00/cwt130.00–130.008534
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3700113.00/cwt113.00–113.007911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705125.52/cwt122.00–129.008852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750115.00/cwt115.00–115.008631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423159.88/cwt157.00–163.006762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3470144.00/cwt144.00–144.006771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475159.87/cwt156.00–164.007592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2538145.93/cwt141.00–151.007852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565143.43/cwt141.00–146.008102
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3595128.00/cwt128.00–128.007622
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3615121.56/cwt118.00–125.007482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3660117.02/cwt116.00–118.007722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3705106.00/cwt106.00–106.007472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2767106.68/cwt106.00–108.008183
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33874.34/cwt70.00–80.009952
Bulls——1,44087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,2531
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00159.91/cwt57.50–63.506007
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05953.82/cwt52.50–55.005704
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17069.16/cwt64.50–74.0080915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21561.62/cwt60.00–63.507494
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41077.08/cwt75.00–79.001,0872
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49170.36/cwt65.00–74.501,0494

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.