Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-03-11

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 11
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
218 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 198▲ 13 vs year ago 205 · +6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 29▼ 5 vs year ago 43 · −11.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 10▼ 10 vs year ago 16 · −62.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls traded steady, Feeder Heifers mostly steady, Feeder Steers & Feeder Bulls not well established but sold with a higher undertone. Quality fair to fancy. 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 $260.11/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −116.03 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$260.11
17 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,441
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$37.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−29.68
vs TN average
−54.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2505267.501,3512thin
Medium and Large 1564261.201,47414thin
Small 1510230.001,1731thin
One grade step is worth $37.50/cwt here — about $178 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 sale17 hd
260.11
—
TN average17 barns · 1,146 hd
289.79
−29.68
National average179 barns · 17,787 hd
314.96
−54.85
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−116.03
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—Low1,937166.563,2266thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,378137.951,9029thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,179132.431,56115
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,083114.831,2446thin

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)1,180$1,8751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,390$3,2752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,265$3,0001thin

Every lot

86 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1901
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed285390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1121
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285350.00/cwt350.00–350.009981
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340376.25/cwt370.00–382.501,2792
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2601
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363406.85/cwt400.00–420.001,4776
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411402.97/cwt397.50–412.501,6564
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6801
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added513348.60/cwt342.50–355.001,7882
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525324.53/cwt320.00–335.001,70410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added582313.90/cwt310.00–320.001,8275
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6231
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added623306.52/cwt300.00–320.001,9103
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632278.43/cwt274.00–292.501,7607
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added650285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8531
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full665240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5961
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718247.53/cwt245.00–250.001,7772
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added727261.88/cwt255.00–272.501,9045
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy730197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,4421
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760248.70/cwt245.00–252.501,8902
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added780257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,0092
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added816243.92/cwt240.00–250.001,9905
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235385.00/cwt385.00–385.009051
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed245420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,0291
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282370.56/cwt360.00–395.001,0453
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2282349.28/cwt334.00–357.509855
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330328.07/cwt315.00–335.001,0833
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345352.50/cwt345.00–360.001,2162
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1161
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366330.78/cwt320.00–342.501,2117
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418318.82/cwt305.00–325.001,3334
Heifers450–500Small 1465255.11/cwt250.00–260.001,1862
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475309.39/cwt300.00–320.001,4706
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483278.52/cwt260.00–290.001,3453
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505267.50/cwt265.00–270.001,3512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510297.48/cwt290.00–310.001,5173
Heifers500–550Small 1510230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1731
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576258.26/cwt250.00–270.001,4889
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy593220.04/cwt210.00–230.001,3052
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3201
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy610220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3421
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617268.11/cwt260.00–272.501,6549
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4301
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement667272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,8183
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673233.39/cwt230.00–240.001,5713
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4001
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6682
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758226.64/cwt220.00–230.001,7183
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added800220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7603
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added868220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9103
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330369.85/cwt360.00–380.001,2212
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0351
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370367.40/cwt365.00–370.001,3592
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431356.10/cwt340.00–370.001,5354
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435318.08/cwt300.00–335.001,3843
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455346.04/cwt340.00–350.001,5745
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy465382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,7791
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478317.83/cwt305.00–330.001,5192
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3641
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510315.98/cwt302.50–330.001,6112
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1561293.16/cwt285.00–315.001,6454
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572264.65/cwt250.00–270.001,5145
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608282.53/cwt280.00–287.501,7183
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8702
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2683249.24/cwt240.00–257.501,7023
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy710220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5621
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1712256.79/cwt250.00–270.001,8283
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7861
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9321
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,815150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,7231
Bulls——1,946164.24/cwt160.00–167.003,1963
Bulls——1,985178.31/cwt170.00–185.003,5392
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0692
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2321
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3723
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,154123.21/cwt120.00–128.001,4224
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155132.21/cwt130.00–135.001,5277
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245142.04/cwt138.00–145.001,7684
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,260148.46/cwt145.00–150.001,8713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,424136.46/cwt134.00–140.001,9434
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465125.15/cwt120.00–130.001,8332
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1801,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2653,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3303,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4503,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001

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.