Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2024-10-29

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Oct 29
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
113 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 138▼ 105 vs year ago 218 · −48.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 38▼ 29 vs year ago 58 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 9▼ 1 vs year ago 6 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends can not be established due to insufficient receipts. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $219.67/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −156.47 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$219.67
14 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,184
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$363
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$63.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.28
vs TN average
−40.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535228.111,2218thin
Medium and Large 2549217.101,1925thin
Medium and Large 3520165.008581thin
One grade step is worth $63.11/cwt here — about $363 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 sale14 hd
219.67
—
TN average14 barns · 1,029 hd
232.96
−13.28
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
−40.79
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−156.47
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—Average1,960143.682,8163thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,406125.131,75918
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,222120.881,4764thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,015111.531,1323thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$1,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,010$1,0601thin

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230337.50/cwt337.50–337.507761
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2235302.50/cwt302.50–302.507111
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275314.60/cwt310.00–327.508654
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2305280.00/cwt280.00–280.008541
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3305232.50/cwt232.50–232.507091
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315310.00/cwt310.00–310.009772
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2362287.35/cwt280.00–292.501,0403
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363301.07/cwt292.50–312.501,0934
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,0031
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3430237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,1741
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3631
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4221
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665234.04/cwt222.50–240.001,5563
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4761
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740245.05/cwt237.50–252.501,8132
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770232.47/cwt230.00–235.001,7902
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1261292.50/cwt292.50–292.507633
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3275240.00/cwt240.00–240.006601
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278267.93/cwt260.00–277.507456
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2313242.50/cwt242.50–242.507592
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324269.54/cwt262.50–277.508735
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385240.00/cwt240.00–240.009241
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1406255.02/cwt252.50–260.001,0354
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432231.80/cwt225.00–240.001,0013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,0461
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483232.46/cwt230.00–235.001,1232
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519231.97/cwt225.00–240.001,2045
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520165.00/cwt165.00–165.008581
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530220.09/cwt215.00–225.001,1662
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562221.69/cwt220.00–225.001,2463
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2562215.10/cwt205.00–220.001,2093
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1603221.89/cwt217.50–227.501,3384
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4071
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428279.46/cwt270.00–290.001,1966
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1091
Bulls400–450Small 1445200.00/cwt200.00–200.008901
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470273.24/cwt270.00–275.001,2843
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483240.16/cwt230.00–250.001,1602
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513255.01/cwt252.50–260.001,3083
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3932
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2871
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610230.00/cwt222.50–237.501,4032
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2201
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3901
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4001
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2855180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5391
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,960143.68/cwt143.00–145.002,8163
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015111.53/cwt110.00–113.001,1323
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,3752
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268124.75/cwt122.00–127.001,5822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,300116.11/cwt115.00–117.001,5092
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,377130.80/cwt130.00–133.001,8015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,438124.20/cwt120.00–127.001,78611
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0101,060.00/head1,060.00–1,060.001,0601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1651,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001

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.