Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2024-08-27

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Aug 27
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 162▲ 21 vs year ago 68 · +30.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 64▲ 3 vs year ago 25 · +12.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 6▲ 6 vs year ago 2 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows & Bulls sold steady. Not enough receipts to establish Feeder Cattle trends.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $214.97/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −161.17 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$214.97
11 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,179
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.81
vs TN average
−26.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569224.151,2753thin
Medium and Large 2541211.531,1448thin
One grade step is worth $12.61/cwt here — about $131 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 sale11 hd
214.97
—
TN average15 barns · 911 hd
233.78
−18.81
National average160 barns · 7,566 hd
241.88
−26.91
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−161.17
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—High1,659166.242,7585thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,315137.001,8021thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,243134.721,67513
CowsLean 85-90%Low928113.281,0514thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,080$1,3201thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)810$1,2101thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2268289.07/cwt270.00–310.007752
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305302.50/cwt302.50–302.509231
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3345250.00/cwt250.00–250.008631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365250.00/cwt250.00–250.009131
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0251
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Full445220.00/cwt220.00–220.009791
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2091
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Full535227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2141
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3461
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5381
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285245.00/cwt245.00–245.006981
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300275.00/cwt275.00–275.008251
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305275.00/cwt275.00–275.008391
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360240.00/cwt230.00–250.008642
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370220.00/cwt220.00–220.008141
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380255.00/cwt255.00–255.009691
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405240.00/cwt240.00–240.009721
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418236.17/cwt220.00–247.509876
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Full430203.00/cwt203.00–203.008731
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,1232
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473237.44/cwt230.00–242.501,1235
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3473208.70/cwt207.50–210.009872
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Full500227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1381
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520216.19/cwt210.00–225.001,1244
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2151
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1562
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy583223.72/cwt222.50–225.001,3042
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Full590200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3121
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy613220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3492
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0501
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373301.28/cwt300.00–302.501,1242
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430260.09/cwt250.00–287.501,1184
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465258.66/cwt250.00–267.501,2032
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3478219.08/cwt195.00–245.001,0472
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481250.60/cwt245.00–260.001,2054
Bulls450–500Small 1483226.09/cwt220.00–232.501,0922
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1661
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0221
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563220.51/cwt220.00–221.001,2412
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3645200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2901
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4561
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2800184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,4721
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 3850173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,495163.05/cwt155.00–170.002,4383
Bulls——1,905171.02/cwt170.00–172.003,2582
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91099.62/cwt92.00–110.009072
Cows—Lean 85-90%945126.94/cwt126.00–128.001,2002
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233133.81/cwt129.00–137.001,65010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6381
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285141.61/cwt140.00–143.001,8202
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,315137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,8021
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 18101,210.00/head1,210.00–1,210.001,2101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0801,320.00/head1,320.00–1,320.001,3201

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.