Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2024-06-25

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jun 25
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 139▼ 98 vs year ago 154 · −63.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 33▼ 23 vs year ago 41 · −56.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend comparisons 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 $249.33/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −126.81 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$249.33
6 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,369
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$265
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$23.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.70
vs TN average
−19.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559253.201,4155thin
Medium and Large 2-3500230.001,1501thin
One grade step is worth $23.20/cwt here — about $265 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 sale6 hd
249.33
—
TN average14 barns · 603 hd
259.03
−9.70
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
−19.95
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−126.81
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—Low1,617157.332,5443thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,425136.661,9472thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,258132.021,6618thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average819105.568645thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2061
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,3021
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3450282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,2691
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2250322.00/cwt322.00–322.008051
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3288273.05/cwt271.00–275.007862
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,0421
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3350251.00/cwt251.00–251.008791
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,0871
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3360273.00/cwt273.00–273.009831
Heifers350–400Small 1-2385252.00/cwt252.00–252.009701
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,2121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420263.71/cwt252.00–276.001,1082
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473263.84/cwt260.00–273.001,2484
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,1961
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,3971
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571248.00/cwt245.00–251.001,4164
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612244.63/cwt241.00–251.001,4973
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5931
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3395260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0271
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430285.51/cwt272.00–300.001,2282
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3430266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,1441
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2468282.93/cwt280.00–288.001,3243
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3475260.49/cwt260.00–261.001,2372
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3500243.50/cwt231.00–256.001,2182
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535268.00/cwt264.00–272.001,4343
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3751
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573258.51/cwt256.00–261.001,4812
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2622246.23/cwt230.00–255.001,5323
Bulls650–700Small 1-2665222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,315133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,7491
Bulls——1,745179.00/cwt179.00–179.003,1241
Bulls——1,790160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,8641
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%74593.48/cwt92.00–95.006962
Cows—Lean 85-90%868113.61/cwt110.00–119.009863
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240132.74/cwt126.00–137.001,6467
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,385127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,7591
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425136.66/cwt132.00–141.001,9472

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.