Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2024-11-05

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Nov 5
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 113▼ 38 vs year ago 218 · −17.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 29▼ 29 vs year ago 58 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 5▼ 2 vs year ago 6 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to insufficient receipts from last week. 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 $233.16/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −142.98 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$233.16
21 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,233
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$287
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$61.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.97
vs TN average
−25.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521239.131,24615thin
Medium and Large 2550226.391,2455thin
Medium and Large 3540177.509591thin
One grade step is worth $61.63/cwt here — about $287 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 sale21 hd
233.16
—
TN average14 barns · 747 hd
229.20
+3.97
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−25.23
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−142.98
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—Average1,618143.702,3253thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,459123.281,7997thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,300119.331,5523thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,119100.221,1227thin

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 Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)915$1,2701thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)770$1,2101thin

Every lot

59 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 1255300.00/cwt300.00–300.007651
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316311.74/cwt305.00–317.009854
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340296.16/cwt290.00–302.501,0072
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0261
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430273.79/cwt268.00–280.001,1772
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467269.03/cwt260.00–280.001,25610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485252.01/cwt251.00–253.001,2222
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524262.29/cwt254.00–275.001,37410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573237.51/cwt235.00–240.001,3612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615236.08/cwt225.00–250.001,4525
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273272.20/cwt270.00–274.007433
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310250.00/cwt250.00–250.007751
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317267.59/cwt261.00–272.008483
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365170.00/cwt170.00–170.006211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368267.49/cwt258.00–275.009846
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375238.04/cwt235.00–241.008932
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424236.58/cwt230.00–241.001,0034
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430252.59/cwt246.00–259.001,0869
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467239.84/cwt230.00–255.001,12015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515238.95/cwt230.00–256.001,23113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,2082
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540177.50/cwt177.50–177.509591
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560240.31/cwt230.00–251.001,3462
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563225.31/cwt220.00–231.001,2683
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605216.47/cwt213.00–220.001,3102
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1001
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1461
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1386281.56/cwt270.00–295.001,0874
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395252.50/cwt252.50–252.509971
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Full415235.00/cwt235.00–235.009751
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420285.45/cwt281.00–290.001,1992
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2436260.64/cwt260.00–262.501,1364
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467271.12/cwt264.00–275.001,2666
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476252.71/cwt250.00–255.001,2034
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0821
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518248.93/cwt240.00–260.001,2896
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521232.44/cwt222.50–245.001,2114
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565234.07/cwt221.00–244.001,3229
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1971
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1231
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3922
Bulls600–650Small 1625187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,1721
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5461
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5301
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4301
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3715194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3871
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4441
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,618143.70/cwt140.00–151.002,3253
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11594.28/cwt92.00–97.001,0512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,121102.59/cwt100.00–106.001,1505
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198116.50/cwt116.00–117.001,3962
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440129.31/cwt128.00–130.001,8623
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450120.00/cwt117.00–125.001,7403
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,505125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,8811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,545115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7771
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27701,210.00/head1,210.00–1,210.001,2101
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29151,270.00/head1,270.00–1,270.001,2701

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.