Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2022-08-09

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Aug 9
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 161▼ 98 vs year ago 174 · −56.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 51▼ 37 vs year ago 65 · −56.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not 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 $148.55/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$148.55
23 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.51
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2432153.2766214thin
Medium and Large 2-3432141.226109thin
One grade step is worth $12.05/cwt here — about $52 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 sale23 hd
148.55
—
TN average10 barns · 2,385 hd
151.06
−2.51
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—Average1,509103.011,5544thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24178.5297510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46675.471,1064thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03758.826105thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2265175.00/cwt175.00–175.004641
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330175.00/cwt175.00–175.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370176.00/cwt176.00–176.006511
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3372172.82/cwt167.50–176.006433
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3418172.96/cwt171.00–175.007232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473174.05/cwt172.00–176.008232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575160.00/cwt160.00–160.009201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285155.00/cwt155.00–155.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3320150.00/cwt150.00–150.004802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328157.76/cwt155.00–160.005173
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3358153.97/cwt150.00–158.005512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365161.00/cwt161.00–161.005881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427158.25/cwt152.00–163.006763
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3473130.68/cwt130.00–131.006183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495150.00/cwt150.00–150.007431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525131.00/cwt131.00–131.006881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527146.35/cwt143.00–151.007715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3585140.00/cwt140.00–140.008191
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385174.00/cwt174.00–174.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3395179.00/cwt179.00–179.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405175.00/cwt175.00–175.007091
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3423171.66/cwt165.00–179.007265
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2455170.00/cwt170.00–170.007742
Bulls—Small 1-2480165.00/cwt165.00–165.007921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3480150.50/cwt147.00–154.007222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517162.15/cwt160.00–167.008385
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3555148.00/cwt148.00–148.008211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2590140.00/cwt140.00–140.008261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675130.00/cwt130.00–130.008781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2061
Bulls——1,565107.35/cwt105.00–111.001,6803
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99050.16/cwt46.00–54.004972
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06864.60/cwt64.00–65.006903
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22777.80/cwt65.00–84.009559
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1651
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46675.47/cwt72.00–82.001,1064

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.