Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-07-22

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 22
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 149▼ 244 vs year ago 306 · −79.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 32▼ 12 vs year ago 20 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to insufficient receipts. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $309.20/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −129.73 against this barn's trailing median of $438.93.
Average price
$309.20
9 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$37
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−44.36
vs TN average
−66.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556311.921,7338thin
Medium and Large 2590287.501,6961thin
One grade step is worth $24.42/cwt here — about $37 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 sale9 hd
309.20
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TN average14 barns · 461 hd
353.56
−44.36
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
−66.54
This barn, trailing median16 sales
438.93
−129.73
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

16 sales
513457401344median 438.9303/0304/2806/0210/0611/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.10, low $358.46, median $438.93 across 16 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—Low1,195165.501,9782thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,567176.642,7683thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,217168.952,0563thin

Every lot

37 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308445.24/cwt435.00–455.001,3712
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5693
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,8722
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3951
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full518305.07/cwt300.00–310.001,5802
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full555260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4431
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571325.04/cwt315.00–332.501,8565
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,6961
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full645292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,8871
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9721
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,7981
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2381
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed332350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1623
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,3041
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423338.79/cwt337.50–340.001,4332
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468324.92/cwt320.00–330.001,5212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510322.45/cwt320.00–325.001,6442
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265385.57/cwt370.00–400.001,0222
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2001
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333432.73/cwt410.00–445.001,4414
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410336.16/cwt332.50–340.001,3782
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421369.29/cwt360.00–385.001,5554
Bulls450–500Small 1460147.50/cwt147.50–147.506791
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473328.72/cwt327.50–330.001,5552
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3781
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628268.68/cwt265.00–272.501,6872
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Full650252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,040155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,6121
Bulls——1,350176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,3761
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,065155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,6511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293175.92/cwt175.00–177.002,2752
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,567176.64/cwt175.00–180.002,7683

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.