Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2022-01-11

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jan 11
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
214 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 137▲ 32 vs year ago 182 · +17.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 34▲ 12 vs year ago 35 · +34.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 14▼ 3 vs year ago 9 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to the two week Christmas and New Year holiday layoff, no trends could be established.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.36/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$143.36
95 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$710
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$25.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.12
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2514145.0574575
Medium 1-2565145.008191thin
Medium and Large 2-3425138.0758716thin
Small 1-2375133.004992thin
Medium and Large 3435120.005221thin
One grade step is worth $25.05/cwt here — about $223 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 sale95 hd
143.36
—
TN average9 barns · 2,208 hd
140.23
+3.12
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—Average2,17587.501,9032thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,61161.749956thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24960.7275823
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02752.615409thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1-2285158.00/cwt158.00–158.004501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2313180.00/cwt180.00–180.005632
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3315160.00/cwt160.00–160.005041
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3360162.00/cwt162.00–162.005831
Steers—Small 1-2378145.59/cwt141.00–150.005502
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2388179.27/cwt175.00–186.006963
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423173.82/cwt170.00–175.007354
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3425168.02/cwt167.00–170.007143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480142.00/cwt142.00–142.006821
Steers—Medium and Large 3490133.00/cwt133.00–133.006521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521162.74/cwt160.00–165.008484
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3535150.00/cwt150.00–150.008031
Steers—Small 1-2535145.00/cwt145.00–145.007761
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3578137.51/cwt135.00–140.007952
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588158.42/cwt152.00–165.009322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610155.00/cwt155.00–155.009461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added706147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0801
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3735132.00/cwt132.00–132.009701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785142.68/cwt139.00–146.001,1203
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3250150.00/cwt150.00–150.003751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275156.00/cwt156.00–156.004291
Heifers—Small 1-2310146.00/cwt146.00–146.004531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330142.09/cwt140.00–144.004692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3375139.58/cwt130.00–151.005235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378151.19/cwt146.00–160.005719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423149.38/cwt145.00–154.006328
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425143.52/cwt142.00–145.006102
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005221
Heifers—Small 1-2440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3468135.01/cwt125.00–140.006324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478146.71/cwt143.00–150.0070114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519144.71/cwt138.00–149.0075113
Heifers—Medium 1-2565145.00/cwt145.00–145.008191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568142.23/cwt138.00–145.0080813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3610130.00/cwt130.00–130.007931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612142.19/cwt138.00–144.0087010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666138.23/cwt135.00–140.009214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705130.00/cwt130.00–130.009171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy795128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2355174.00/cwt174.00–174.006181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423174.23/cwt170.00–180.007375
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3430158.93/cwt156.00–162.006832
Bulls—Small 1-2440141.00/cwt141.00–141.006201
Bulls—Small 1-2450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2466166.89/cwt160.00–174.007788
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522157.26/cwt154.00–162.008217
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525145.00/cwt145.00–145.007612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568154.30/cwt150.00–165.008766
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3575144.00/cwt138.00–150.008282
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2638142.03/cwt139.00–150.009067
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715132.37/cwt130.00–135.009463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2760130.00/cwt130.00–130.009881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,17587.50/cwt87.00–88.001,9032
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02752.61/cwt47.50–57.505409
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24063.62/cwt56.00–69.0078914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25854.48/cwt50.00–60.006858
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30070.00/cwt70.00–70.009101
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57558.00/cwt58.00–58.009141
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61862.49/cwt62.00–63.501,0115
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005770.00/cwt770.00–770.007,7391
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,095540.00/cwt540.00–540.005,9131

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.