Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2024-06-11

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jun 11
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 77▼ 84 vs year ago 217 · −38.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 26▼ 27 vs year ago 60 · −45.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 6▼ 2 vs year ago 9 · −22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 10.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls and Feeders not well established due to inadequate receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −135.14 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$241.00
5 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,354
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.40
vs TN average
−24.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3570242.501,3821thin
Medium and Large 1-2560240.631,3484thin
One grade step is worth $1.88/cwt here — about $35 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
241.00
—
TN average12 barns · 856 hd
265.40
−24.40
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
−24.37
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−135.14
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales
442396350304median 376.1403/0304/2106/1609/2911/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $427.80, low $317.97, median $376.14 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,641155.322,5487thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,500138.202,0738thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,165135.771,58211
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,059103.371,0943thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,285$1,6892thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)830$1,1101thin

Every lot

60 lots · USDA AMS · Dickson Regional Livestock West - 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2230377.34/cwt370.00–385.008682
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2-3230345.00/cwt345.00–345.007941
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2289356.21/cwt350.00–370.001,0294
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328341.11/cwt335.00–352.501,1199
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330312.50/cwt310.00–315.001,0312
Steers300–350Small 1-2335320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0721
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2601
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3701
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575261.80/cwt252.50–270.001,5053
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3585240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4041
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633260.67/cwt260.00–261.001,6503
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6901
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775234.99/cwt234.00–236.001,8212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3215355.00/cwt355.00–355.007631
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3285327.50/cwt327.50–327.509331
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285326.25/cwt320.00–332.509302
Heifers250–300Small 1-2285322.50/cwt322.50–322.509191
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3307294.67/cwt280.00–302.509053
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2321320.44/cwt310.00–330.001,0294
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3368265.71/cwt250.00–280.009782
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410260.12/cwt250.00–270.001,0662
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425246.12/cwt232.50–256.501,0463
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466271.89/cwt270.00–272.501,2674
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3473247.68/cwt232.50–260.001,1723
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3121
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560241.25/cwt232.50–250.001,3512
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,3821
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy590232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,3721
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3121
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612237.47/cwt230.00–247.501,4533
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5811
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,5051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2395310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2251
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2901
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3437269.16/cwt232.50–307.501,1766
Bulls450–500Small 1-2460271.25/cwt267.50–275.001,2482
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2481285.01/cwt270.00–290.001,3714
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3519232.02/cwt227.50–240.001,2044
Bulls500–550Small 1-2525230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2081
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2533266.63/cwt250.00–282.501,4212
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2563255.04/cwt245.00–265.001,4362
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3575219.91/cwt210.00–230.001,2642
Bulls550–600Small 1-2583210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2242
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3620230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4261
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2645220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4191
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2710202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4341
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3780190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4822
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2925180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6651
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,355133.01/cwt130.00–135.001,8022
Bulls——1,515156.23/cwt150.00–165.002,3673
Bulls——2,115176.26/cwt175.00–177.503,7282
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,038111.89/cwt110.00–114.001,1612
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04395.06/cwt90.00–100.009912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3081
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,141135.30/cwt130.00–140.001,5445
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259148.30/cwt145.00–154.001,8674
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,449136.51/cwt131.00–142.001,9787
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,855150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,7831
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small 1-28301,110.00/head1,110.00–1,110.001,1101
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2851,688.83/head1,630.00–1,750.001,6892

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.