Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-09-02

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 2
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 194▲ 30 vs year ago 107 · +28.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 31▲ 1 vs year ago 28 · +3.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 6▼ 4 vs year ago 6 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to a lack of comparable receipts, trends could not be established. 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 $366.15/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 7 of 17 comparable sales and sits −16.04 against this barn's trailing median of $382.19.
Average price
$366.15
22 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,997
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$828
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$157.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.00
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548377.822,07117thin
Medium and Large 2529353.101,8684thin
Small 1565220.001,2431thin
One grade step is worth $157.82/cwt here — about $828 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 sale22 hd
366.15
—
TN average11 barns · 339 hd
357.15
+9.00
This barn, trailing median17 sales
382.19
−16.04
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—Low1,741189.713,3038thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,445164.412,3766thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,190159.381,8978thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average825140.001,1551thin

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)1,150$1,8751thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1611
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463433.89/cwt425.00–442.502,0092
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,1701
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1901
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685362.50/cwt360.00–365.002,4832
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6011
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added815335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,7301
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added910340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,0942
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270422.31/cwt420.00–425.001,1402
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320423.59/cwt417.50–432.501,3553
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373427.55/cwt420.00–435.001,5952
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed390402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,5701
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423407.81/cwt400.00–420.001,7257
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428384.22/cwt382.50–385.001,6443
Heifers400–450Small 1438351.27/cwt350.00–352.501,5392
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480402.53/cwt400.00–407.501,9323
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483366.55/cwt350.00–380.001,7703
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509381.35/cwt370.00–400.001,9414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527354.07/cwt342.50–360.001,8663
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565351.01/cwt330.00–365.001,9834
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9201
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1602330.00/cwt320.00–335.001,9875
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330411.25/cwt402.50–420.001,3572
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1337460.88/cwt445.00–475.001,5533
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375444.06/cwt425.00–457.501,6653
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed382413.05/cwt410.00–420.001,5783
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418425.69/cwt420.00–440.001,7796
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6171
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3201
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450418.75/cwt417.50–420.001,8842
Bulls450–500Small 1460295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3571
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462415.17/cwt402.50–435.001,9183
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480381.25/cwt370.00–392.501,8302
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2517344.97/cwt330.00–355.001,7833
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed525390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0483
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1534373.95/cwt365.00–385.001,9977
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed565377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,1331
Bulls550–600Small 1Full565220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2431
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed566383.12/cwt382.50–385.002,1684
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580367.59/cwt362.50–372.502,1323
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,9531
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed620372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,3102
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed665365.08/cwt360.00–370.002,4282
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1740315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3311
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3371
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2910250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,333175.09/cwt172.00–179.002,3343
Bulls——1,953190.85/cwt188.00–193.003,7272
Bulls——2,008203.58/cwt200.00–210.004,0883
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%825140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1551
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,121160.84/cwt155.00–165.001,8036
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,8551
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,388152.45/cwt150.00–155.002,1162
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,2601
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,470170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,4991
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500173.18/cwt170.00–175.002,5983
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,1501,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751

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.