Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-10-14

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Oct 14
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 62▲ 25 vs year ago 82 · +30.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 17▼ 10 vs year ago 27 · −37.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 4▲ 0 vs year ago 9 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. Quality fair, 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 $340.27/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 4 of 17 comparable sales and sits −41.92 against this barn's trailing median of $382.19.
Average price
$340.27
14 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,856
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$309
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$88.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.85
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530380.832,0203thin
Medium and Large 2546332.881,81710thin
Medium and Large 3585292.501,7111thin
One grade step is worth $88.33/cwt here — about $309 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 sale14 hd
340.27
—
TN average14 barns · 478 hd
346.12
−5.85
This barn, trailing median17 sales
382.19
−41.92
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—High1,465190.002,7841thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,252160.002,0033thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,328159.122,1135thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low883142.501,2582thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,215$2,3001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,105$2,5001thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)817$1,8373thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)825$1,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,230$2,1001thin

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363428.88/cwt425.00–432.501,5572
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,9071
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,6131
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9201
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6241
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0401
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8731
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,7001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235400.00/cwt400.00–400.009402
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2961
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,4441
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365389.86/cwt380.00–400.001,4232
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368336.33/cwt320.00–350.001,2384
Heifers400–450Small 1410300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2301
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4881
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5042
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472339.27/cwt325.00–352.501,6013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514340.81/cwt330.00–347.501,7527
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558304.98/cwt300.00–310.001,7022
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8561
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,6011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0001
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8451
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0552
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718287.63/cwt275.00–300.002,0652
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0931
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2251
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,4901
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3501
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363425.18/cwt415.00–430.001,5433
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420409.68/cwt400.00–420.001,7213
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6171
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,3461
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2458356.15/cwt350.00–362.501,6312
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471399.67/cwt390.00–410.001,8827
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9622
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522338.83/cwt320.00–362.501,7695
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570326.92/cwt307.50–335.001,8635
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,1211
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,7111
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630298.77/cwt297.50–300.001,8822
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665305.73/cwt292.50–312.502,0333
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Full665250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6631
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,2341
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0581
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,9701
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4151
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,465190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,7841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%850160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3601
Cows—Lean 85-90%915125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1441
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0491
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,210155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,8762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8901
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,0641
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,310150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,9651
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455167.81/cwt166.00–170.002,4422
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2152,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2302,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18171,837.24/head1,650.00–1,950.001,8373
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18251,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1052,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.