Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2024-06-18

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jun 18
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 133▼ 78 vs year ago 217 · −35.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 33▼ 27 vs year ago 60 · −45.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be 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 $243.90/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −132.25 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$243.90
16 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,300
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$21.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.39
vs TN average
−23.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517257.601,3316thin
Medium and Large 2-3543235.671,27910thin
One grade step is worth $21.93/cwt here — about $52 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 sale16 hd
243.90
—
TN average13 barns · 426 hd
258.28
−14.39
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−23.33
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−132.25
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,290138.981,7933thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,208135.311,63517
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,060120.071,27311

Every lot

55 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2220400.00/cwt400.00–400.008801
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3265375.00/cwt375.00–375.009941
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1591
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1391
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3355303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,0761
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2781
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,2011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435315.06/cwt310.00–320.001,3712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3450302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,3591
Steers450–500Small 1-2450273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,2291
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3951
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570254.00/cwt250.00–270.001,4485
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3579231.92/cwt200.00–250.001,3435
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,5241
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615245.04/cwt240.00–250.001,5072
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6251
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8001
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3725230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6681
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970214.97/cwt210.00–220.002,0852
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315332.68/cwt330.00–336.001,0483
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3345270.00/cwt270.00–270.009321
Heifers350–400Small 1-2368244.97/cwt240.00–250.009012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3380270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0261
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0342
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3432257.20/cwt250.00–266.001,1115
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435272.35/cwt271.00–275.001,1853
Heifers400–450Small 1-2440251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,1041
Heifers450–500Small 1-2460250.22/cwt240.00–260.001,1512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,29711
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,2022
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477268.55/cwt260.00–273.001,2817
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3505246.58/cwt220.00–260.001,2454
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513261.12/cwt253.00–269.001,3405
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy535240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2841
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3568228.40/cwt220.00–240.001,2976
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3971
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4521
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy695200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3901
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3445261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,1611
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2450260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1701
Bulls450–500Small 1-2475250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1882
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523253.41/cwt250.00–260.001,3253
Bulls500–550Small 1-2530240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2721
Bulls550–600Small 1-2595226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3451
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3615240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4761
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4952
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3680204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3871
Bulls700–750Small 1-2720190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3681
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3800200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6001
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060120.07/cwt112.00–126.001,27311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190123.43/cwt121.00–126.001,4692
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198133.49/cwt126.00–141.001,59911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,246146.24/cwt145.00–150.001,8224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,290138.98/cwt137.00–140.001,7933

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.