Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2024-08-06

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Aug 6
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 0▼ 82 vs year ago 165 · −49.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 0▼ 30 vs year ago 42 · −71.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▼ 10 vs year ago 13 · −76.9%
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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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $256.86/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −125.33 against this barn's trailing median of $382.19.
Average price
$256.86
9 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,368
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.39
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519263.531,3685thin
Medium and Large 2550248.521,3674thin
One grade step is worth $15.01/cwt here — about $1 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale9 hd
256.86
—
TN average15 barns · 365 hd
248.47
+8.39
This barn, trailing median17 sales
382.19
−125.33
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

17 sales
479422365308median 382.1903/3106/0207/2809/2210/27
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $465.34, low $321.62, median $382.19 across 17 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—Average1,808149.492,7024thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,228132.551,6285thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,053110.611,1652thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)800$1,9501thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270300.00/cwt300.00–300.008101
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,0701
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,1811
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2623
Steers400–450Small 1435250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453285.48/cwt281.00–290.001,2932
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517274.51/cwt262.00–278.001,4195
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378257.04/cwt252.00–263.009723
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420253.70/cwt244.00–266.001,0664
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475237.44/cwt230.00–250.001,1283
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478259.15/cwt250.00–262.001,2394
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2571
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560233.95/cwt228.00–240.001,3102
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625205.08/cwt200.00–210.001,2822
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,6241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315295.00/cwt295.00–295.009291
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,0061
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1621
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2442262.72/cwt250.00–276.001,1613
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463274.86/cwt270.00–280.001,2732
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470271.01/cwt270.00–272.001,2742
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519263.53/cwt260.00–270.001,3685
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530247.09/cwt242.00–252.001,3102
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570249.95/cwt248.00–252.001,4252
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4641
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3911
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1656222.49/cwt216.00–232.001,4604
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3291
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735223.11/cwt190.00–240.001,6403
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770201.65/cwt190.00–213.001,5532
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,585143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,2671
Bulls——1,882151.65/cwt150.00–153.002,8543
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053110.61/cwt110.00–111.001,1652
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228132.55/cwt125.00–140.001,6285
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-28001,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501

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.