Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-05-27

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, May 27
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 120▲ 31 vs year ago 77 · +40.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 30▼ 3 vs year ago 26 · −11.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 1▼ 1 vs year ago 6 · −16.7%
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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 $309.98/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −66.16 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$309.98
6 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.23
vs TN average
−22.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543316.981,7225thin
Medium and Large 2570275.001,5681thin
One grade step is worth $41.98/cwt here — about $154 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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
309.98
—
TN average10 barns · 418 hd
316.21
−6.23
National average127 barns · 6,029 hd
332.69
−22.71
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−66.16
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—High1,990182.003,6222thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,354155.242,1025thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,023139.321,4258thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low972127.141,2363thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,255$2,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$1,8501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,000$2,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,050$2,9252thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,3301
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2290450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3051
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2312433.34/cwt430.00–435.001,3523
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313448.30/cwt437.50–460.001,4032
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4421
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460380.22/cwt370.00–390.001,7492
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476403.85/cwt400.00–410.001,9224
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added518401.25/cwt400.00–402.502,0784
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520381.25/cwt380.00–382.501,9832
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565363.82/cwt360.00–367.502,0562
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,0091
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added600372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,2351
Steers600–650Small 1610272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,6621
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,1464
Heifers250–300Small 1270382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,0331
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365373.36/cwt370.00–375.001,3633
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423333.29/cwt325.00–340.001,4103
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424359.02/cwt350.00–372.501,5225
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450345.00/cwt340.00–350.001,5532
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479323.91/cwt302.50–335.001,5527
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added482360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7353
Heifers450–500Small 1485314.69/cwt300.00–330.001,5262
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5901
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533322.44/cwt320.00–325.001,7192
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5681
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6822
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8701
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,7931
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5191
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,5311
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1409418.42/cwt402.50–425.001,7116
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,7622
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480379.13/cwt377.50–382.501,8203
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503370.03/cwt360.00–375.001,8613
Bulls500–550Small 1520337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,7551
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8361
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8981
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,0251
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9501
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,0271
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,960179.00/cwt179.00–179.003,5081
Bulls——2,020185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,7371
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%810115.00/cwt115.00–115.009321
Cows—Boner 80-85%933135.13/cwt131.00–138.001,2612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,053140.71/cwt140.00–142.501,4826
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053133.21/cwt130.00–136.001,4032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,275162.76/cwt160.00–165.002,0752
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,407150.22/cwt148.00–153.002,1143
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0501,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2552,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0153,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0852,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001

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.