Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-09-23

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 23
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
162 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 124▲ 46 vs year ago 116 · +39.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 30▼ 18 vs year ago 51 · −35.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 15▼ 6 vs year ago 13 · −46.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. Quality fair to fancy, Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $359.74/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 6 of 17 comparable sales and sits −22.45 against this barn's trailing median of $382.19.
Average price
$359.74
9 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,978
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.16
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542371.032,0107thin
Medium and Large 2578320.221,8512thin
One grade step is worth $50.81/cwt here — about $159 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 sale9 hd
359.74
—
TN average15 barns · 466 hd
335.58
+24.16
This barn, trailing median17 sales
382.19
−22.45
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—Low1,800179.793,2376thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,432152.692,18710
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,191152.101,8125thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,046130.021,3605thin

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 Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)890$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,138$2,6884thin

Every lot

63 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225607.69/cwt600.00–617.501,3673
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,4501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360460.80/cwt445.00–477.501,6592
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7641
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473406.62/cwt400.00–420.001,9233
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0323
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515370.29/cwt360.00–380.001,9072
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568353.31/cwt350.00–360.002,0073
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573394.84/cwt375.00–410.002,2629
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615355.02/cwt350.00–362.502,1835
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3101
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,6201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1258428.57/cwt422.50–435.001,1062
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,1131
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331394.22/cwt385.00–402.501,3054
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371385.69/cwt380.00–402.501,4316
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3301
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415375.71/cwt360.00–385.001,5594
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1491341.79/cwt340.00–347.501,6787
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508352.17/cwt340.00–370.001,78910
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523324.78/cwt320.00–330.001,6992
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575309.83/cwt300.00–320.001,7822
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611313.96/cwt310.00–325.001,9185
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7171
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0621
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225568.14/cwt555.00–582.501,2782
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2240505.00/cwt502.50–507.501,2122
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2283442.04/cwt425.00–460.001,2512
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285514.63/cwt500.00–537.501,4673
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327514.04/cwt507.50–520.001,6813
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378428.52/cwt410.00–457.501,6208
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424431.55/cwt412.50–450.001,8307
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425401.61/cwt400.00–405.001,7073
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470364.79/cwt360.00–370.001,7152
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474411.94/cwt402.50–420.001,9535
Bulls450–500Small 1485225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519377.47/cwt372.50–382.501,9594
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572362.45/cwt350.00–370.002,0733
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578320.22/cwt310.00–330.001,8512
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617334.91/cwt322.50–345.002,0663
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620289.84/cwt280.00–300.001,7972
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7961
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710319.86/cwt300.00–332.502,2713
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9891
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2830230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9091
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,460164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,3941
Bulls——1,788168.90/cwt168.00–170.003,0202
Bulls——1,922192.31/cwt190.00–195.003,6963
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045137.54/cwt130.00–145.001,4372
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,047125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3093
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,050137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,4391
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190150.97/cwt150.00–152.001,7972
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,263160.77/cwt155.00–166.002,0312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,412154.23/cwt150.00–157.002,1788
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,513146.55/cwt145.00–148.002,2172
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28902,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28502,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 39901,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3353,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3753,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001

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.