Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-02-11

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Feb 11
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 140▼ 471 vs year ago 516 · −91.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 52▼ 11 vs year ago 21 · −52.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to insufficient 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 $255.92/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −120.22 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$255.92
11 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,409
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.40
vs TN average
−41.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549261.251,4348thin
Medium and Large 2555241.721,3423thin
One grade step is worth $19.53/cwt here — about $91 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 sale11 hd
255.92
—
TN average17 barns · 967 hd
267.32
−11.40
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−41.08
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−120.22
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—Average1,765155.002,7361thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,467136.181,9973thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,255125.001,5692thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2295337.50/cwt337.50–337.509961
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3310250.00/cwt250.00–250.007751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6721
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8072
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2708220.04/cwt210.00–230.001,5582
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,8181
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2810200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245272.50/cwt272.50–272.506681
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275297.50/cwt297.50–297.508181
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3285255.00/cwt255.00–255.007271
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345255.00/cwt255.00–255.008801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3388236.21/cwt230.00–242.509162
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3400230.00/cwt230.00–230.009201
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3231
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520271.20/cwt270.00–275.001,4104
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3251
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568237.58/cwt235.00–240.001,3492
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575255.07/cwt250.00–260.001,4673
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4041
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610243.36/cwt240.00–250.001,4843
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5181
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5841
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Small 1440285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2541
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5521
Bulls600–650Small 1600210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2601
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630262.48/cwt260.00–265.001,6542
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7001
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7151
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,765155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,7361
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6581
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,360145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,9721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520131.77/cwt130.00–134.002,0032

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.