Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-08-12

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Aug 12
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 147▼ 8 vs year ago 100 · −8.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 25▼ 13 vs year ago 35 · −37.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to a lack of comparable reciepts, trends could not be established. 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 $332.45/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 5 of 23 comparable sales and sits −43.70 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$332.45
17 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,796
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.47
vs TN average
−18.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543338.901,84212thin
Medium and Large 2532316.971,6885thin
One grade step is worth $21.93/cwt here — about $154 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 sale17 hd
332.45
—
TN average17 barns · 944 hd
338.92
−6.47
National average152 barns · 8,349 hd
350.81
−18.36
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−43.70
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—High1,681191.063,2125thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,209165.251,9984thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,368157.482,1546thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,073118.211,2682thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)950$2,3001thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1255520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,3261
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,6461
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418433.33/cwt430.00–437.501,8113
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7161
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8322
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3951
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7161
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527376.58/cwt370.00–380.001,9853
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579375.90/cwt362.50–385.002,1766
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7551
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,3031
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0851
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1402396.62/cwt385.00–402.501,5943
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3281
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423378.79/cwt377.50–380.001,6022
Heifers450–500Small 1455330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472386.71/cwt380.00–400.001,8253
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475343.55/cwt320.00–352.501,6325
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy500330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518316.21/cwt300.00–335.001,6384
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526348.23/cwt340.00–360.001,8326
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570340.60/cwt337.50–342.501,9414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6671
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8881
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,7481
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390439.97/cwt437.50–442.501,7162
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5331
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468403.81/cwt400.00–407.501,8902
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471368.05/cwt352.50–372.501,7345
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525372.43/cwt370.00–375.001,9552
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558350.10/cwt342.50–357.501,9542
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563341.26/cwt340.00–342.501,9212
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615351.70/cwt346.00–357.502,1632
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,1251
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725281.29/cwt275.00–287.502,0392
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2835252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,1081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,510170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,5671
Bulls——1,628205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,3372
Bulls——1,820187.66/cwt185.00–190.003,4152
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,073118.21/cwt111.00–125.001,2682
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145158.50/cwt157.00–160.001,8152
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,272162.62/cwt160.00–165.002,0693
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,1902
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,350177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,3901
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520140.01/cwt135.00–147.002,1282
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39502,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001

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.