Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-10-07

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Oct 7
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 132▼ 49 vs year ago 111 · −44.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 35▼ 12 vs year ago 29 · −41.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▼ 34 vs year ago 38 · −89.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. Quality 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 $318.50/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −57.65 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$318.50
7 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,765
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−27.19
vs TN average
−65.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554318.501,7657thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale7 hd
318.50
—
TN average15 barns · 707 hd
345.68
−27.19
National average182 barns · 15,418 hd
384.39
−65.89
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−57.65
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,413152.572,1562thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,149151.381,74010
CowsLean 85-90%Average965144.521,3952thin

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)1,040$2,8751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,068$2,6882thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1240512.50/cwt512.50–512.501,2301
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2290435.00/cwt430.00–440.001,2622
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5751
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,4061
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360433.75/cwt425.00–442.501,5622
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410418.75/cwt415.00–422.501,7172
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473401.31/cwt400.00–402.501,8982
Steers500–550Small 1505352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,7801
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510342.30/cwt332.50–352.501,7462
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530379.53/cwt370.00–400.002,0123
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,2602
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4412
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,6541
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280403.68/cwt400.00–407.501,1302
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1021
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,3651
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377393.30/cwt377.50–402.501,4833
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410372.56/cwt370.00–375.001,5272
Heifers450–500Small 1465250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478335.89/cwt320.00–350.001,6066
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532323.17/cwt310.00–330.001,7193
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571314.99/cwt310.00–320.001,7994
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605317.52/cwt315.00–320.001,9212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,1111
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5251
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,4901
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,4511
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515351.21/cwt350.00–352.501,8092
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,7341
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2830230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9091
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%965144.52/cwt140.00–148.001,3952
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,010165.42/cwt160.00–170.001,6712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183142.26/cwt140.00–146.001,6834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185153.48/cwt148.00–159.001,8194
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,413152.57/cwt150.00–155.002,1562
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0402,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0452,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0902,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751

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.