Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-09-30

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 30
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 162▼ 1 vs year ago 133 · −0.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 33▲ 10 vs year ago 25 · +40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. Quality good, 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 $321.80/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −54.35 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$321.80
11 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.56
vs TN average
−47.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526326.071,7149thin
Medium and Large 2590302.561,7852thin
One grade step is worth $23.51/cwt here — about −$71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale11 hd
321.80
—
TN average15 barns · 631 hd
338.36
−16.56
National average182 barns · 13,299 hd
368.91
−47.11
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−54.35
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—Average2,016177.253,5744thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,387156.882,1765thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,182149.321,7658thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,044126.251,31810

Every lot

60 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325488.54/cwt475.00–502.501,5882
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,6371
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418352.81/cwt345.00–360.001,4752
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420433.66/cwt415.00–455.001,8214
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added435407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,7732
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463357.48/cwt355.00–360.001,6553
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471377.56/cwt362.50–400.001,7784
Steers450–500Small 1485350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6981
Steers500–550Small 1525325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7061
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7231
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533331.26/cwt330.00–332.501,7662
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568347.49/cwt342.50–350.001,9743
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9601
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added590370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1831
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added605362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,1932
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635340.48/cwt337.50–350.002,1624
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added680340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3121
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690331.25/cwt330.00–332.502,2862
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3271
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1200475.00/cwt475.00–475.009501
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275418.12/cwt410.00–425.001,1503
Heifers250–300Small 1280325.00/cwt325.00–325.009101
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1312405.80/cwt400.00–417.501,2663
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1386389.16/cwt377.50–402.501,5029
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420374.90/cwt360.00–387.501,57511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423343.87/cwt310.00–365.001,4557
Heifers400–450Small 1435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3051
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455362.51/cwt355.00–377.501,6495
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478326.59/cwt320.00–330.001,5613
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516327.81/cwt320.00–335.001,6917
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590302.56/cwt295.00–310.001,7852
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9831
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245542.50/cwt542.50–542.501,3291
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273511.79/cwt490.00–537.501,3972
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1901
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5411
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,5842
Bulls350–400Small 1360310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1161
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425384.47/cwt370.00–400.001,6342
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,5951
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480361.38/cwt350.00–370.001,7355
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,6141
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530354.91/cwt350.00–360.001,8812
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8701
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7761
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9381
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1951
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1850235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,730160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,7681
Bulls——2,095189.00/cwt189.00–189.003,9601
Bulls——2,120180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,8162
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%997117.86/cwt110.00–120.001,1755
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,091134.64/cwt130.00–139.001,4695
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,130170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160136.24/cwt130.00–145.001,5802
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,189153.68/cwt150.00–160.001,8276
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,451153.60/cwt150.00–156.002,2294

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.