Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-07-29

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 29
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 62▲ 99 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 8▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 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 insufficient receipts. Quality good, 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 $333.50/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 3 of 17 comparable sales and sits −48.69 against this barn's trailing median of $382.19.
Average price
$333.50
5 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,811
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.84
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548336.871,8444thin
Medium and Large 2525320.001,6801thin
One grade step is worth $16.87/cwt here — about $164 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 sale5 hd
333.50
—
TN average13 barns · 213 hd
327.66
+5.84
This barn, trailing median17 sales
382.19
−48.69
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—High1,845192.003,5421thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,280165.002,1124thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,164153.801,7906thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average925132.111,2222thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,280$2,3251thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5481
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220400.00/cwt400.00–400.008801
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275391.42/cwt380.00–400.001,0763
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285357.24/cwt350.00–365.001,0182
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319384.15/cwt370.00–400.001,2259
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335344.78/cwt330.00–360.001,1552
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358347.34/cwt340.00–355.001,2432
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368391.54/cwt385.00–400.001,4413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3405262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,0631
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1407385.70/cwt375.00–402.501,5703
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438314.74/cwt300.00–330.001,3792
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477338.37/cwt335.00–340.001,6143
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5191
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515321.23/cwt300.00–335.001,6543
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7341
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3401
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,6351
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7421
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,6271
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1001
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2220450.00/cwt450.00–450.009901
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,0661
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1284436.10/cwt420.00–450.001,2394
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1701
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1317410.11/cwt400.00–415.001,3003
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371419.10/cwt400.00–427.501,5554
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4441
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417400.84/cwt390.00–417.501,6728
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435332.44/cwt330.00–335.001,4462
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462366.49/cwt350.00–392.501,6936
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469322.47/cwt300.00–340.001,5125
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7341
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6801
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560335.83/cwt327.50–340.001,8813
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623317.99/cwt300.00–335.001,9812
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623261.47/cwt250.00–270.001,6293
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,845192.00/cwt192.00–192.003,5421
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%925132.11/cwt130.00–135.001,2222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,042154.69/cwt150.00–160.001,6123
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,170158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,8491
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,240165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,0462
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,0251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303148.36/cwt146.00–150.001,9332
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,5281
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2802,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251

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.