Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2024-12-10

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Dec 10
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 163▼ 32 vs year ago 164 · −19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 23▼ 10 vs year ago 42 · −23.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 6▲ 1 vs year ago 11 · +9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable 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 $253.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −123.14 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$253.00
5 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,407
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.57
vs TN average
−27.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560255.631,4324thin
Medium and Large 2540242.501,3101thin
One grade step is worth $13.13/cwt here — about $122 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 sale5 hd
253.00
—
TN average14 barns · 743 hd
249.43
+3.57
National average188 barns · 25,726 hd
280.30
−27.30
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−123.14
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—High1,746135.972,3745thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,484119.811,7789thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,223114.901,4058thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04097.101,0105thin

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)1,260$1,7501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)880$1,4001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,130$2,0001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)865$1,4501thin

Every lot

69 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2258335.15/cwt330.00–340.008652
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1263367.29/cwt360.00–375.009662
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1551
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374329.35/cwt320.00–340.001,2324
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,3551
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4401
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523294.28/cwt282.50–305.001,5393
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5901
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2563244.89/cwt240.00–250.001,3792
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,6681
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2225307.50/cwt307.50–307.506921
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245307.50/cwt307.50–307.507531
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255283.75/cwt280.00–287.507242
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280320.09/cwt312.50–327.508963
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325318.67/cwt317.50–320.001,0362
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2342281.68/cwt275.00–285.009633
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373289.66/cwt280.00–300.001,0802
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383272.52/cwt270.00–275.001,0442
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426273.92/cwt270.00–275.001,1677
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465267.52/cwt262.50–275.001,2445
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470257.78/cwt250.00–265.001,2125
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540266.25/cwt260.00–272.501,4382
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,3101
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4212
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3861
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633232.47/cwt230.00–235.001,4722
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5241
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5511
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780202.45/cwt200.00–205.001,5792
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2810175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4181
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333331.05/cwt322.50–340.001,1022
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2481
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418315.18/cwt300.00–320.001,3178
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2212
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475308.88/cwt300.00–317.501,4675
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2241
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488287.46/cwt280.00–295.001,4032
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500313.75/cwt312.50–315.001,5692
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4841
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5391
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4481
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy623200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2462
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629255.06/cwt250.00–260.001,6044
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3640220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4081
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658223.74/cwt220.00–227.501,4722
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668245.06/cwt240.00–250.001,6372
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715228.63/cwt220.00–237.501,6352
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5601
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2820170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3941
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2855160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3681
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2930170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,705128.50/cwt127.00–130.002,1912
Bulls——1,758136.43/cwt135.00–138.002,3982
Bulls——1,805150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,7081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00396.38/cwt95.00–100.009674
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,113110.40/cwt110.00–111.001,2293
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,190100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1901
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264117.00/cwt115.00–120.001,4794
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,376119.19/cwt117.00–122.001,6404
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,390120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6681
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,560129.16/cwt125.00–132.502,0152
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,577114.40/cwt112.50–116.001,8043
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38801,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2601,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28651,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1302,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001

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.