Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-08-05

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Aug 5
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
147 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 99▲ 64 vs year ago 83 · +77.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 13▲ 13 vs year ago 12 · +108.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts last week. Quality fair to fancy, 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 $326.16/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 3 of 23 comparable sales and sits −49.98 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$326.16
21 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,789
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$46.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.83
vs TN average
−24.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547332.771,82118thin
Medium and Large 2557286.491,5963thin
One grade step is worth $46.28/cwt here — about $225 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale21 hd
326.16
—
TN average15 barns · 1,221 hd
336.99
−10.83
National average149 barns · 9,537 hd
350.57
−24.41
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−49.98
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—Low1,460158.152,3093thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,227161.281,9795thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,361153.952,0957thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,082123.301,3336thin

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3701
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400421.25/cwt412.50–430.001,6852
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475382.39/cwt365.00–395.001,8164
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,6271
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7421
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added540368.25/cwt368.00–370.001,9898
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576348.59/cwt335.00–355.002,0087
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added624348.31/cwt347.50–352.502,1736
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667334.24/cwt325.00–340.002,2293
Steers650–700Small 1685272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,8671
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725323.75/cwt317.50–330.002,3472
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,0661
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,1871
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320250.00/cwt250.00–250.008001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325353.40/cwt342.50–365.001,1492
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,3281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360335.07/cwt330.00–340.001,2062
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379384.47/cwt370.00–402.501,4578
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423373.73/cwt370.00–385.001,5814
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428362.81/cwt355.00–370.001,5532
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy442335.82/cwt330.00–340.001,4843
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474346.85/cwt340.00–355.001,6444
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6171
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6161
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516335.62/cwt330.00–350.001,7328
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy558308.31/cwt300.00–315.001,7203
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9657
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583269.74/cwt250.00–290.001,5732
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,7251
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618314.86/cwt310.00–320.001,9462
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8091
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6751
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7751
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713274.99/cwt270.00–280.001,9613
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1210502.50/cwt502.50–502.501,0551
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2041
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318426.17/cwt420.00–432.501,3554
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382422.97/cwt412.50–432.501,6165
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy395375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410417.48/cwt402.50–430.001,7125
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473353.35/cwt350.00–357.501,6713
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6491
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508359.38/cwt352.50–365.001,8264
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7161
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3540275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4851
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3550265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4581
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559349.94/cwt340.00–360.001,9568
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9341
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,7231
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,9691
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9831
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9111
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8821
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,1751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,383152.22/cwt150.00–155.002,1052
Bulls——1,615170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,7461
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4701
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080130.49/cwt130.00–131.001,4092
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093112.94/cwt110.00–120.001,2343
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,0431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235158.85/cwt154.00–165.001,9624
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,337142.65/cwt135.00–150.001,9073
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,375159.23/cwt154.00–165.002,1893
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,3911

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.