Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-12-16

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Dec 16
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 66 vs last sale 144▼ 1 vs year ago 79 · −1.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 60▼ 6 vs year ago 12 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*NO SALES 12/23/25 OR 12/30/25 due to the Holidays. Next Sale 1/6/25. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!*

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 $334.59/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 6 of 23 comparable sales and sits −41.55 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$334.59
6 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,868
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$630
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$103.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.11
vs TN average
−55.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556358.771,9954thin
Medium and Large 2590317.501,8731thin
Small 1535255.001,3641thin
One grade step is worth $103.77/cwt here — about $630 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale6 hd
334.59
—
TN average15 barns · 409 hd
344.70
−10.11
National average175 barns · 15,310 hd
389.91
−55.32
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−41.55
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,155163.001,8831thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average978133.001,3002thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5001
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4151
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,1722
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573374.90/cwt372.50–377.502,1482
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0481
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,3521
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full650335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1781
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,4831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2761
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed290430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2471
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338419.93/cwt410.00–430.001,4192
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6591
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416412.39/cwt400.00–427.501,7167
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,6071
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465351.59/cwt340.00–367.501,6353
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485380.83/cwt380.00–382.501,8473
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8981
Heifers500–550Small 1535255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3641
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568356.69/cwt350.00–360.002,0263
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,8731
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9002
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623340.95/cwt332.50–345.002,1245
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2372
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280497.50/cwt497.50–497.501,3931
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373422.25/cwt415.00–430.001,5752
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3500287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,4381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,1121
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570272.46/cwt267.50–277.501,5532
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577374.10/cwt365.00–382.502,1593
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618268.86/cwt265.00–272.501,6622
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625325.12/cwt320.00–330.002,0322
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3640243.75/cwt237.50–250.001,5602
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695331.25/cwt325.00–337.502,3022
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9531
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1717322.17/cwt302.50–332.502,3103
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1845270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2821
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%885137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2121
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,3801
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,8831

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.