Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-11-18

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Nov 18
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
177 head
▲ 118 vs last sale 59▲ 22 vs year ago 155 · +14.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 25▲ 12 vs year ago 26 · +46.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 3▼ 4 vs year ago 10 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*NO SALE TUESDAY 11/25/25 DUE TO THANKSGIVING*

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. Quality fair to fancy, 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 $323.71/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −52.43 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$323.71
17 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,772
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$422
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$54.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.42
vs TN average
−33.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550326.911,79916thin
Medium and Large 2505272.501,3761thin
One grade step is worth $54.41/cwt here — about $422 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 sale17 hd
323.71
—
TN average16 barns · 909 hd
325.13
−1.42
National average188 barns · 19,415 hd
356.89
−33.18
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−52.43
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—Average1,669177.182,9578thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,494148.332,2178thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,263145.671,8406thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,084116.641,2658thin

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)860$2,0752thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,095$1,7501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)1,025$1,9001thin

Every lot

62 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5471
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3321
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375429.50/cwt417.50–442.501,6112
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427406.88/cwt400.00–420.001,7373
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466407.43/cwt402.50–412.501,8994
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518406.18/cwt390.00–415.002,1045
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521359.38/cwt340.00–375.001,8724
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629345.55/cwt330.00–360.002,1746
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7461
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added665327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,1782
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685307.52/cwt305.00–310.002,1072
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added730327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,3911
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,3441
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added817304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,48420
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added911275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5053
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1258402.52/cwt400.00–405.001,0392
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2317369.87/cwt352.50–380.001,1723
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,0971
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331404.99/cwt395.00–415.001,3414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385375.14/cwt352.50–387.501,4443
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2393328.68/cwt317.50–340.001,2922
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413361.29/cwt350.00–367.501,4923
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469348.24/cwt340.00–355.001,6337
Heifers450–500Small 1495275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3611
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3761
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524336.11/cwt325.00–350.001,7617
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy540313.32/cwt310.00–315.001,6923
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7251
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588327.57/cwt327.00–330.001,9265
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6641
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617307.47/cwt300.00–317.501,8975
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added691290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,00412
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added773260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0108
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,2741
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3601
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,6031
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1442410.50/cwt387.50–425.001,8146
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465319.60/cwt307.50–332.501,4862
Bulls450–500Small 1465280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3021
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485367.65/cwt360.00–375.001,7832
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522346.53/cwt322.00–360.001,8095
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4581
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570342.98/cwt320.00–360.001,9553
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1637314.85/cwt300.00–321.002,0066
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6961
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,1091
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Medium 3-4300287.50/cwt287.50–287.508632
Dairy Steers450–500Medium 3-4460255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,568168.03/cwt167.00–170.002,6353
Bulls——1,695188.70/cwt187.00–190.003,1982
Bulls——1,753178.64/cwt175.00–181.003,1323
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02593.94/cwt93.00–95.009632
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5811
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,107120.04/cwt117.50–122.501,3295
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253151.34/cwt150.00–152.001,8963
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,7823
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415148.92/cwt145.00–152.002,1073
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,490141.60/cwt135.00–145.002,1103
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,620157.54/cwt155.00–160.002,5522
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28602,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0951,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0251,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001

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.