Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2024-07-23

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 23
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
306 head
▲ 215 vs last sale 91▲ 119 vs year ago 187 · +63.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 20▼ 80 vs year ago 100 · −80.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 8▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter Cows 5.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls not well established. Feeders not well established last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.90/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −137.24 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$238.90
25 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,316
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.73
vs TN average
−25.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555240.201,33220
Medium and Large 2536233.731,2525thin
One grade step is worth $6.47/cwt here — about $80 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 sale25 hd
238.90
—
TN average13 barns · 1,077 hd
258.63
−19.73
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
−25.73
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−137.24
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—Average1,658164.222,7232thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,308135.751,7763thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,243130.661,62510
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,021115.381,1785thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)950$1,7501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,020$1,6501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,125$1,2751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,415$2,8751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,250$2,5001thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373324.40/cwt315.00–335.001,2102
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2389287.78/cwt270.00–305.001,1194
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed395310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2251
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430306.41/cwt292.50–320.001,3182
Steers400–450Small 1430270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485269.27/cwt250.00–287.501,3064
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1499314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,56720
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528288.34/cwt280.00–295.001,5223
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4841
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565297.67/cwt270.00–298.501,68249
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631280.48/cwt240.00–285.001,77016
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669247.06/cwt240.00–250.001,6534
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7251
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715240.50/cwt237.50–245.001,7205
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778236.62/cwt230.00–240.001,8413
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9741
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300250.00/cwt250.00–250.007501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315327.26/cwt322.50–332.501,0312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390266.04/cwt250.00–282.501,0382
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395230.00/cwt230.00–230.009091
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422267.98/cwt255.00–275.001,1319
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0753
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470250.96/cwt250.00–255.001,1805
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487269.17/cwt250.00–275.001,31149
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521234.66/cwt225.00–242.501,2234
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524249.33/cwt240.00–265.001,3068
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575234.11/cwt230.00–250.001,34612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3691
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623230.79/cwt220.00–242.501,4386
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5442
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3651
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3761
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680219.95/cwt215.00–225.001,4963
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added708224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5862
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5392
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added764220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6816
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1581
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433290.01/cwt287.50–300.001,2565
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463296.70/cwt292.50–300.001,3743
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2901
Bulls450–500Small 1-2470237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,1161
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475281.25/cwt280.00–282.501,3362
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1801
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1507271.48/cwt260.00–280.001,3765
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553274.71/cwt267.00–282.501,5192
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610252.46/cwt250.00–255.001,5402
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4841
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655237.48/cwt235.00–240.001,5552
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,4011
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,5911
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2760203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,5431
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2805202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,6301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,658164.22/cwt160.00–168.002,7232
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,021115.38/cwt110.00–123.001,1785
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,169130.45/cwt125.00–134.001,5256
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,290137.62/cwt135.00–140.001,7752
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330137.47/cwt137.00–138.001,8282
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,345132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,7751
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,380124.49/cwt122.00–127.001,7182
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29501,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0201,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2502,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4152,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8751

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.