Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-04-15

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Apr 15
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
126 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 55▲ 126 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 11▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 10▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. Quality good. Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $306.24/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −132.69 against this barn's trailing median of $438.93.
Average price
$306.24
10 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$500
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$89.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−48.37
vs TN average
−58.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523339.511,7755thin
Medium and Large 2549278.721,5304thin
Small 1510250.001,2751thin
One grade step is worth $89.51/cwt here — about $500 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale10 hd
306.24
—
TN average14 barns · 481 hd
354.61
−48.37
National average169 barns · 11,281 hd
364.76
−58.52
This barn, trailing median16 sales
438.93
−132.69
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

16 sales
513457401344median 438.9303/0304/2806/0210/0611/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.10, low $358.46, median $438.93 across 16 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—High1,905166.563,1734thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,358133.831,8172thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,159129.921,5067thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,071106.221,1385thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,025$2,6001thin

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1205500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0251
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2235422.50/cwt422.50–422.509931
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273435.14/cwt420.00–450.001,1882
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2295397.50/cwt385.00–410.001,1732
Steers300–350Small 1305350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0681
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1661
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323422.58/cwt410.00–432.501,3656
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362406.64/cwt400.00–420.001,4723
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4552
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425399.96/cwt385.00–415.001,7004
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429351.57/cwt320.00–365.001,5084
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,6221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465377.50/cwt370.00–392.501,7553
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508341.68/cwt337.50–345.001,7363
Steers500–550Small 1510250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added520387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,0151
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520292.43/cwt290.00–295.001,5212
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6251
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5322
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1391
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220400.00/cwt400.00–400.008801
Heifers300–350Small 1320245.00/cwt245.00–245.007841
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1391
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369332.41/cwt320.00–345.001,2278
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2091
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430327.17/cwt310.00–340.001,4077
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2481
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3341
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488295.90/cwt280.00–300.001,4446
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519290.02/cwt280.00–300.001,5054
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572276.55/cwt270.00–285.001,5823
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4381
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420385.77/cwt380.00–400.001,6208
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5581
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3455275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2511
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460343.79/cwt340.00–347.501,5812
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6002
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520282.45/cwt275.00–292.501,4695
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555289.91/cwt280.00–300.001,6092
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570254.74/cwt245.00–265.001,4522
Bulls600–650Small 1615230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4151
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620282.48/cwt280.00–285.001,7512
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5401
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658252.49/cwt250.00–255.001,6612
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0081
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1782226.45/cwt214.00–235.001,7713
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,315150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,9731
Bulls——2,030178.12/cwt175.00–182.003,6162
Bulls——2,245160.00/cwt160.00–160.003,5921
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025110.37/cwt110.00–111.001,1313
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,140100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1402
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,152139.07/cwt138.00–140.001,6023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165123.05/cwt115.00–126.001,4344
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,358133.83/cwt132.00–136.001,8172
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0252,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001

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.