Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2024-09-24

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 24
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 118▼ 87 vs year ago 203 · −42.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 47▲ 4 vs year ago 47 · +8.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 12 · +8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Breaker & Boner Slaughter Cows $7.00 lower, Lean Slaughter Cows steady, Slaughter Bulls & Feeder Cattle not well established. Demand for Feeder Cattle moderate. Quality fair to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $219.02/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −157.13 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$219.02
10 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,202
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.36
vs TN average
−21.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545219.391,1968thin
Medium and Large 2563217.531,2252thin
One grade step is worth $1.86/cwt here — about −$29 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 sale10 hd
219.02
—
TN average15 barns · 849 hd
224.38
−5.36
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−21.07
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−157.13
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—Average1,943150.952,9332thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,521121.841,8547thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,254116.251,45817
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,249104.091,30014

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)1,075$1,7001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,152$1,4433thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$1,3751thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260324.90/cwt320.00–330.008452
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320307.02/cwt300.00–320.009826
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0011
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0182
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370247.20/cwt240.00–255.009152
Steers450–500Small 1450250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1251
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471251.34/cwt247.50–265.001,1847
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Full490230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1271
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full515225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1591
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526248.97/cwt245.00–255.001,3107
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2537239.13/cwt235.00–242.501,2843
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3751
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4461
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Full610202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,2351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235270.00/cwt270.00–270.006351
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270260.00/cwt260.00–260.007021
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2277246.45/cwt240.00–250.006833
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310254.84/cwt250.00–265.007903
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335252.50/cwt252.50–252.508461
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370230.00/cwt230.00–230.008511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375246.25/cwt245.00–247.509232
Heifers350–400Small 1395220.00/cwt220.00–220.008691
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417224.98/cwt220.00–227.509383
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429236.45/cwt230.00–242.501,0147
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473229.88/cwt225.00–236.001,0876
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy520210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0921
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523221.66/cwt220.00–225.001,1593
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563217.53/cwt215.00–220.001,2252
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568220.03/cwt217.50–222.501,2504
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3221
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383281.37/cwt275.00–287.501,0782
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0071
Bulls400–450Small 1400212.50/cwt212.50–212.508501
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1001
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1521
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1601
Bulls500–550Small 1533213.90/cwt207.50–220.001,1402
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2381
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2081
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2101
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3021
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665202.56/cwt200.00–205.001,3472
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2871
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1728205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4923
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4221
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4712
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2855170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4541
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,943150.95/cwt150.00–152.002,9332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14797.68/cwt95.00–102.001,1207
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,167117.72/cwt115.00–120.001,37412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,350110.50/cwt102.00–115.001,4927
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415120.28/cwt117.00–125.001,7024
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6451
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,463112.73/cwt106.00–117.001,6495
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,780128.37/cwt127.00–129.502,2852
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0751,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1031,239.61/head1,230.00–1,250.001,2402
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501

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.