Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2024-11-19

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Nov 19
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
155 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 294▼ 120 vs year ago 275 · −43.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 26▼ 52 vs year ago 78 · −66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 19▲ 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.88/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −144.27 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$231.88
22 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,264
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.30
vs TN average
−35.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546236.081,28917thin
Medium and Large 2541217.561,1775thin
One grade step is worth $18.52/cwt here — about $112 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 sale22 hd
231.88
—
TN average14 barns · 1,098 hd
239.18
−7.30
National average196 barns · 21,141 hd
267.05
−35.18
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−144.27
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—High1,784138.202,4656thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,430112.501,6092thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,231109.421,3476thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14088.311,0075thin

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
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,075$1,7001thin

Every lot

70 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250290.00/cwt290.00–290.007251
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273323.49/cwt322.50–327.508835
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310315.00/cwt315.00–315.009771
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,0161
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365297.60/cwt295.00–300.001,0862
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370160.00/cwt160.00–160.005921
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1451
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added430327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,4061
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433288.14/cwt287.50–290.001,2484
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added460310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4261
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460288.76/cwt287.50–290.001,3282
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3002
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533212.51/cwt210.00–215.001,1332
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578258.77/cwt255.00–262.501,4962
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4851
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4181
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5632
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1277305.00/cwt305.00–305.008453
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290265.00/cwt265.00–265.007691
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325273.92/cwt270.00–277.508902
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330270.00/cwt270.00–270.008911
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1357272.73/cwt260.00–277.509747
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370224.86/cwt220.00–230.008322
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421226.47/cwt220.00–235.009534
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428247.43/cwt242.50–257.501,0594
Heifers450–500Small 1460152.50/cwt152.50–152.507021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470242.26/cwt232.50–252.501,1394
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483214.26/cwt200.00–227.501,0354
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513241.46/cwt235.00–251.001,2396
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525215.88/cwt205.00–225.001,1333
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564237.75/cwt225.00–250.001,3419
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565220.09/cwt215.00–225.001,2442
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy565212.46/cwt210.00–215.001,2002
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Full600205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2301
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605216.25/cwt212.50–220.001,3082
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628221.67/cwt220.00–225.001,3923
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678211.24/cwt210.00–212.501,4322
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1631
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413263.86/cwt260.00–267.501,0902
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,2641
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458291.23/cwt287.50–295.001,3342
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475242.26/cwt235.00–250.001,1512
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500252.50/cwt250.00–255.001,2632
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4561
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558233.09/cwt226.00–240.001,3012
Bulls550–600Small 1560175.00/cwt175.00–175.009801
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2111
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617232.39/cwt230.00–237.501,4345
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3491
Bulls600–650Small 1640154.00/cwt154.00–154.009861
Bulls650–700Small 1655166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0871
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1683222.11/cwt214.00–230.001,5173
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5701
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2800170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3601
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4741
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Small 3430105.00/cwt105.00–105.004521
Dairy Steers550–600Small 3580110.00/cwt110.00–110.006383
Dairy Steers700–750Small 3740110.00/cwt110.00–110.008141
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,360116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,5781
Bulls——1,660134.59/cwt130.00–138.002,2342
Bulls——2,008148.00/cwt147.00–150.002,9723
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1301
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14385.39/cwt81.00–88.009764
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227110.50/cwt107.00–112.001,3565
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,3001
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,310115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5071
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,550110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,7051
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001

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.