Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-09-16

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 16
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
▼ 108 vs last sale 232▲ 6 vs year ago 118 · +5.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 41▼ 17 vs year ago 47 · −36.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 14▲ 15 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 a lack of comparable receipts. Quality fair to 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 $355.02/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 5 of 17 comparable sales and sits −27.16 against this barn's trailing median of $382.19.
Average price
$355.02
8 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,895
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.43
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532360.461,9166thin
Medium and Large 2540338.721,8292thin
One grade step is worth $21.74/cwt here — about $87 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 sale8 hd
355.02
—
TN average14 barns · 425 hd
343.60
+11.43
This barn, trailing median17 sales
382.19
−27.16
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—Low1,577177.032,7926thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,282163.732,09911
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,223158.551,9398thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,035110.001,1391thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)830$1,9914thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)838$1,7562thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)800$1,8501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,065$2,1001thin

Every lot

69 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1240560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,3441
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,5081
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4361
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3360360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2961
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370467.03/cwt450.00–477.501,7285
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,5841
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,8141
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455464.97/cwt462.50–467.502,1162
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added502400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0083
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518384.95/cwt375.00–395.001,9942
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added565390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2041
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3101
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added700357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,5031
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added750332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,4941
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,0211
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275355.00/cwt355.00–355.009761
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329401.93/cwt400.00–402.501,3224
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,1631
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4491
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3301
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414379.54/cwt362.50–392.501,5716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438314.91/cwt310.00–320.001,3792
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458365.73/cwt350.00–375.001,6753
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2792
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470331.83/cwt315.00–340.001,5604
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added528343.35/cwt340.00–350.001,8133
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528333.39/cwt330.00–335.001,7603
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558316.69/cwt300.00–330.001,7673
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8611
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5861
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added695282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,9632
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0462
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2845210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235507.50/cwt507.50–507.501,1931
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1319506.37/cwt500.00–520.001,6154
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328481.11/cwt477.50–485.001,5782
Bulls350–400Small 1360282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,0171
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365456.16/cwt450.00–475.001,6654
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed380422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,6061
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425399.97/cwt395.00–402.501,7003
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1434430.29/cwt422.50–437.501,8677
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465402.15/cwt387.50–405.001,8706
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474362.28/cwt350.00–375.001,7174
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522368.55/cwt360.00–382.501,9245
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540338.72/cwt335.00–342.501,8292
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8561
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635298.76/cwt297.50–300.001,8972
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed645315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0321
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8531
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed680317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,1592
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8821
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1738289.95/cwt285.00–295.002,1402
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,443159.02/cwt150.00–165.002,2952
Bulls——1,498176.75/cwt170.00–182.002,6482
Bulls——1,790195.32/cwt191.00–200.003,4962
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1391
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,105150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6581
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6951
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187156.70/cwt154.00–162.001,8605
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,215169.01/cwt165.00–175.002,0535
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,360167.45/cwt165.00–170.002,2772
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,385161.20/cwt155.00–165.002,2335
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,0652,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28301,991.34/head1,850.00–2,125.001,9914
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28381,755.60/head1,700.00–1,825.001,7562
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28001,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501

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.