Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-12-09

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Dec 9
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 73▲ 12 vs year ago 132 · +9.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 22▲ 28 vs year ago 32 · +87.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 2▼ 1 vs year ago 12 · −8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to a lack of comparable receipts last week. Quality fair to good, 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 $355.84/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 5 of 17 comparable sales and sits −26.34 against this barn's trailing median of $382.19.
Average price
$355.84
18 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,945
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.85
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552361.781,99514thin
Medium and Large 2530335.061,7754thin
One grade step is worth $26.72/cwt here — about $220 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale18 hd
355.84
—
TN average14 barns · 330 hd
346.99
+8.85
This barn, trailing median17 sales
382.19
−26.34
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—Average1,914178.523,4174thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,366150.262,05316
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,215140.361,70518
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,165118.221,37810

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$1,5001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)895$1,9001thin

Every lot

69 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 2320400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375422.40/cwt420.00–425.001,5842
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1403406.29/cwt400.00–412.501,6372
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0001
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,6741
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0001
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0951
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,7991
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628349.95/cwt347.50–352.502,1982
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,1411
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2881
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1795325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5841
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2820300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4601
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,8141
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,8331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368360.05/cwt352.50–367.501,3252
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380391.94/cwt382.50–400.001,4895
Heifers400–450Small 1405252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0231
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427348.41/cwt342.50–352.501,4883
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438371.65/cwt370.00–372.501,6283
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470369.75/cwt360.00–380.001,7383
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477328.37/cwt310.00–355.001,5663
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523322.39/cwt315.00–330.001,6862
Heifers500–550Small 1523255.91/cwt232.50–280.001,3382
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528352.50/cwt340.00–365.001,8614
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560316.61/cwt310.00–320.001,7733
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565337.88/cwt325.00–347.501,9097
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7701
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615319.76/cwt310.00–340.001,9674
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672303.45/cwt300.00–310.002,0393
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy690275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8981
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0381
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8501
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813244.98/cwt240.00–250.001,9922
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2820200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6401
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2875165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4441
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,8631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230432.50/cwt432.50–432.509951
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,1571
Bulls300–350Small 1345300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0351
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375415.72/cwt400.00–425.001,5594
Bulls350–400Small 1395302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,1951
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419412.26/cwt400.00–422.501,7276
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438345.34/cwt325.00–365.001,5132
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466386.47/cwt375.00–400.001,8017
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467362.26/cwt337.50–372.501,6926
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513336.75/cwt325.00–350.001,7283
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522373.58/cwt360.00–382.501,9507
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9141
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1581349.98/cwt340.00–367.502,0337
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624335.87/cwt320.00–350.002,0965
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2638310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9782
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655288.66/cwt277.50–300.001,8912
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1281
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4961
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2810267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,1671
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,650175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,8881
Bulls——2,002179.70/cwt179.00–180.003,5983
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,144119.66/cwt117.00–120.001,3697
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,168160.12/cwt155.00–165.001,8702
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185142.24/cwt140.00–145.001,68610
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,210135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6341
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,218104.78/cwt100.00–110.001,2762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,221133.14/cwt130.00–138.001,6266
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,339143.77/cwt140.00–145.001,9254
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,345152.58/cwt150.00–155.002,0522
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,417150.88/cwt145.00–155.002,13810
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18951,900.00/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.