Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2024-09-03

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 3
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 89▲ 39 vs year ago 68 · +57.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 28▲ 3 vs year ago 25 · +12.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 8▲ 4 vs year ago 2 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows & Slaughter Bulls sold steady. A trend could not be established on Feeder Cattle 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 $241.60/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −140.59 against this barn's trailing median of $382.19.
Average price
$241.60
18 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,272
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.31
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524248.151,29911thin
Medium and Large 2531231.311,2287thin
One grade step is worth $16.84/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale18 hd
241.60
—
TN average9 barns · 171 hd
232.28
+9.31
This barn, trailing median17 sales
382.19
−140.59
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—Average1,822155.982,8416thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,388140.991,9572thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,248134.501,6789thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,165115.281,3438thin

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 PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,080$2,0801thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322313.06/cwt300.00–320.001,0083
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378271.29/cwt265.00–277.501,0252
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,3151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563245.45/cwt242.00–249.001,3822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617241.88/cwt234.00–246.001,4923
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330221.00/cwt221.00–221.007291
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2342248.32/cwt245.00–250.008493
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368249.52/cwt240.00–260.009182
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413240.97/cwt240.00–242.009953
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy433230.00/cwt230.00–230.009962
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469238.13/cwt237.00–240.001,1177
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1282
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515233.00/cwt230.00–235.001,2005
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1662
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy525210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1031
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,1481
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578218.75/cwt214.00–221.001,2644
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3341
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy605210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2712
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0351
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,1361
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428272.49/cwt270.00–275.001,1662
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430258.13/cwt255.00–262.501,1105
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460261.25/cwt260.00–265.001,2024
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470255.85/cwt250.00–258.001,2025
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0931
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513234.56/cwt221.00–243.001,2034
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521248.16/cwt244.00–252.001,29310
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3641
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555226.97/cwt221.00–230.001,2603
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3441
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,4451
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5361
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4401
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725207.78/cwt200.00–216.001,5062
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,693149.51/cwt145.00–156.002,5313
Bulls——1,950162.44/cwt161.00–165.003,1683
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,157118.33/cwt116.00–122.001,3695
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,178110.19/cwt107.00–114.001,2983
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,5811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241133.90/cwt130.00–138.001,6626
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275139.55/cwt139.00–140.001,7792
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,388140.99/cwt140.00–142.001,9572
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0802,080.00/head2,080.00–2,080.002,0801

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.