Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-04-29

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Apr 29
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
154 head
▼ 93 vs last sale 247▲ 154 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 7▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 3▲ 9 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 this week. 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 $298.88/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −77.26 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$298.88
13 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.75
vs TN average
−30.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550308.411,6979thin
Medium and Large 2544277.441,5084thin
One grade step is worth $30.96/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale13 hd
298.88
—
TN average12 barns · 647 hd
316.63
−17.75
National average176 barns · 11,721 hd
329.34
−30.46
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−77.26
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—Low1,373160.672,2063thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,265144.501,8282thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High993140.471,3952thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low938111.001,0412thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,270$2,2251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,025$1,5001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)980$1,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,530$2,7752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,335$2,6501thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1253412.38/cwt400.00–425.001,0432
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3401
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,3041
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7002
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457381.86/cwt362.50–387.501,7455
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470350.16/cwt345.00–355.001,6464
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517359.95/cwt352.50–372.501,8616
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522340.85/cwt337.50–347.501,7793
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561360.85/cwt350.00–367.502,0245
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,8751
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0151
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1960230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,2081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323356.28/cwt350.00–365.001,1514
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0311
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0802
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373345.38/cwt332.50–360.001,2885
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415361.27/cwt355.00–365.001,4994
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425323.84/cwt320.00–327.501,3762
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468330.75/cwt300.00–365.001,5483
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486320.55/cwt302.50–325.001,5585
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513309.20/cwt290.00–320.001,5863
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528276.59/cwt270.00–285.001,4603
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569308.01/cwt290.00–317.501,7536
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6521
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy610257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,5711
Heifers600–650Small 1610202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,2351
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613244.96/cwt235.00–255.001,5022
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618282.47/cwt270.00–300.001,7464
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7961
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5641
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730207.49/cwt200.00–212.501,5153
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,6841
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778229.90/cwt220.00–240.001,7892
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1829216.25/cwt210.00–220.001,7934
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1862210.88/cwt200.00–222.501,8183
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,0061
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2411
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1393383.77/cwt380.00–387.501,5082
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423411.32/cwt410.00–412.501,7402
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5011
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473341.48/cwt332.50–350.001,6152
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523295.08/cwt285.00–300.001,5433
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525322.72/cwt310.00–340.001,6946
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563273.43/cwt265.00–277.501,5393
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574302.61/cwt280.00–310.001,7374
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Full575217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,2511
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620267.62/cwt260.00–275.001,6592
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1669261.36/cwt252.50–270.001,7484
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8591
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1915204.95/cwt200.00–215.001,8753
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1990220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,070162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,7331
Bulls——1,165140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6311
Bulls——1,885180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,3931
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%938111.00/cwt110.00–112.001,0412
Cows—Boner 80-85%993140.47/cwt140.00–141.001,3952
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,215143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,7371
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,315146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,9201
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29801,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0251,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,3352,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,3502,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,7103,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001

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.