Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-05-13

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, May 13
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 152▲ 5 vs year ago 103 · +4.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 20▼ 23 vs year ago 38 · −60.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 3▼ 12 vs year ago 17 · −70.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable 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 $298.99/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −77.16 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$298.99
6 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$72
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.80
vs TN average
−40.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2530300.001,5901thin
Medium and Large 1556298.781,6625thin
One grade step is worth $1.22/cwt here — about −$72 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 sale6 hd
298.99
—
TN average16 barns · 831 hd
322.79
−23.80
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−40.89
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−77.16
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—Average1,195170.002,0321thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,363154.722,1094thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,128138.681,5644thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average917122.061,1205thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,200$1,8251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,245$2,8751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$2,4382thin

Every lot

51 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 1280425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1901
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4061
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6791
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429410.05/cwt402.50–422.501,7594
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466403.00/cwt400.00–410.001,8785
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1504385.68/cwt372.50–400.001,9444
Steers500–550Small 1540302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6341
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8701
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added565350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9781
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added612341.65/cwt340.00–345.002,0913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617320.10/cwt312.50–327.501,9753
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9241
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added730337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,4641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275346.79/cwt340.00–350.009543
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313374.88/cwt370.00–380.001,1732
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323336.24/cwt325.00–350.001,0863
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3321
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2421
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417361.77/cwt350.00–375.001,5097
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458352.46/cwt340.00–360.001,6144
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470313.78/cwt300.00–320.001,4754
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520329.62/cwt320.00–340.001,7142
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573287.34/cwt275.00–300.001,6462
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy595260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5471
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2935190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7771
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1333325.19/cwt300.00–350.001,0832
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4051
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376411.56/cwt410.00–415.001,5475
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418402.45/cwt400.00–407.501,6823
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463318.84/cwt302.50–335.001,4762
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469395.52/cwt387.50–402.501,8555
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6831
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528356.23/cwt347.50–372.501,8814
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5821
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569315.07/cwt300.00–332.501,7934
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5532
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620277.58/cwt275.00–280.001,7212
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,195170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0321
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%840110.00/cwt110.00–110.009242
Cows—Lean 85-90%943127.65/cwt125.00–130.001,2042
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3771
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,098132.35/cwt130.00–135.001,4532
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,7331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6241
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,268150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,9022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,458159.43/cwt157.00–162.002,3242
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0002,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2452,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3002,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2001,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251

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.