Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-07-15

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 15
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
149 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 141▲ 58 vs year ago 91 · +63.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 33▲ 12 vs year ago 20 · +60.0%
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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 moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $294.50/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −81.64 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$294.50
11 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$495
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$83.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.74
vs TN average
−44.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532313.381,6688thin
Medium and Large 2585251.251,4702thin
Small 1510230.001,1731thin
One grade step is worth $83.38/cwt here — about $495 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 sale11 hd
294.50
—
TN average15 barns · 937 hd
320.25
−25.74
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−44.24
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−81.64
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—High1,640175.862,8846thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,402162.612,2808thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,242149.911,8627thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,051125.271,3175thin

Every lot

64 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1200505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,0101
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0801
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,1341
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4601
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5351
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478369.02/cwt360.00–377.501,7643
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7851
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5751
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566346.90/cwt340.00–357.501,9634
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5951
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full625275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7191
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668282.53/cwt280.00–285.001,8872
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708272.47/cwt270.00–275.001,9293
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316356.63/cwt340.00–370.001,1274
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330302.50/cwt302.50–302.509981
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367360.59/cwt350.00–365.001,3235
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2871
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417352.44/cwt340.00–360.001,47012
Heifers400–450Small 1430330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4191
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432336.63/cwt332.50–340.001,4543
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475328.79/cwt325.00–330.001,5624
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483317.54/cwt315.00–320.001,5342
Heifers500–550Small 1510230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1731
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523316.14/cwt300.00–325.001,6536
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560305.09/cwt300.00–310.001,7092
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585251.25/cwt250.00–252.501,4702
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619294.16/cwt285.00–300.001,8215
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663262.26/cwt250.00–275.001,7392
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9311
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6791
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8791
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278450.63/cwt442.50–465.001,2533
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0201
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323398.25/cwt395.00–400.001,2863
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1389387.45/cwt372.50–402.501,5074
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418344.91/cwt337.50–352.501,4423
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424371.74/cwt357.50–380.001,5768
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468342.12/cwt330.00–360.001,6018
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470313.02/cwt300.00–325.001,4715
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Full480250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512321.40/cwt300.00–330.001,6466
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513292.54/cwt285.00–300.001,5012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Full530240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2721
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7481
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6531
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613270.02/cwt265.00–275.001,6552
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665255.00/cwt250.00–260.001,6962
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1772257.53/cwt250.00–270.001,9883
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1Fancy995280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,7861
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,030165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,7001
Bulls——1,592173.39/cwt170.00–175.002,7603
Bulls——1,990190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,7811
Bulls——2,045180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,6811
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%992125.45/cwt121.00–130.001,2443
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,172151.66/cwt150.00–155.001,7773
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,250140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,7501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,0322
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320137.19/cwt135.00–140.001,8112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,380170.88/cwt170.00–172.002,3582
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,381160.82/cwt160.00–162.002,2215
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,550155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,4031

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.