Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-05-06

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, May 6
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
152 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 154▲ 152 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 14▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 9▲ 3 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 fair to fancy, Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $332.95/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 3 of 17 comparable sales and sits −49.24 against this barn's trailing median of $382.19.
Average price
$332.95
13 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,789
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$439
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$66.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.74
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540341.211,84211thin
Medium and Large 2540300.001,6201thin
Small 1510275.001,4031thin
One grade step is worth $66.21/cwt here — about $439 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 sale13 hd
332.95
—
TN average15 barns · 277 hd
339.69
−6.74
This barn, trailing median17 sales
382.19
−49.24
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

17 sales
479422365308median 382.1903/3106/0207/2809/2210/27
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $465.34, low $321.62, median $382.19 across 17 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—Average1,685177.502,9912thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,302143.251,8656thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,060134.961,4316thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average815120.009781thin

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 Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)700$1,0251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,030$1,9251thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,0751
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,1731
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319445.51/cwt440.00–450.001,4214
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360422.47/cwt420.00–425.001,5212
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2781
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,5901
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421411.20/cwt405.00–420.001,7314
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,8921
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7151
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added505407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,0581
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0871
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added567400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2683
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,9511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3751
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0251
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1205500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260350.00/cwt350.00–350.009101
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0681
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315402.58/cwt400.00–405.001,2682
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2882
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385368.81/cwt360.00–382.501,4205
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429358.75/cwt345.00–375.001,5394
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435318.45/cwt300.00–330.001,3853
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465328.78/cwt320.00–340.001,5295
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470303.44/cwt300.00–310.001,4263
Heifers450–500Small 1473248.45/cwt227.50–267.501,1752
Heifers500–550Small 1500250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524313.12/cwt300.00–325.001,6415
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558279.93/cwt275.00–285.001,5622
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565307.43/cwt300.00–315.001,7373
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4091
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605257.56/cwt250.00–265.001,5582
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5931
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,7571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1300280.00/cwt280.00–280.008401
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363414.97/cwt410.00–420.001,5062
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3511
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418400.78/cwt390.00–410.001,6755
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435351.25/cwt345.00–357.501,5282
Bulls400–450Small 1445235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0461
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465354.86/cwt342.50–377.501,6508
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485320.53/cwt307.50–330.001,5554
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4311
Bulls500–550Small 1510275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4031
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525347.77/cwt340.00–352.501,8268
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1579323.71/cwt300.00–335.001,8743
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621270.01/cwt260.00–280.001,6777
Bulls600–650Small 1640235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5041
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7961
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8991
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,575180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,8351
Bulls——1,795175.00/cwt175.00–175.003,1411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%815120.00/cwt120.00–120.009781
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,033144.96/cwt140.00–150.001,4972
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,063128.28/cwt125.00–130.001,3643
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,105135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4921
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,190135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6071
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,319141.12/cwt140.00–145.001,8614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,345160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,1521
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-37001,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0301,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251

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.