Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-01-06

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jan 6
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
222 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 78▲ 106 vs year ago 116 · +91.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 6▲ 30 vs year ago 18 · +166.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 5 · +40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Under new ownership, Dickson Regional Livestock-West new start time is 1:00pm.

Trends could not be established due to market closures due to Christmas. Quality good, Demand strong.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $352.83/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 10 of 23 comparable sales and sits −23.32 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$352.83
34 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,894
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$429
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$88.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.43
vs TN average
−57.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537363.861,95525
Medium and Large 2533328.091,7498thin
Medium and Large 3555275.001,5261thin
One grade step is worth $88.86/cwt here — about $429 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 sale34 hd
352.83
—
TN average10 barns · 621 hd
359.26
−6.43
National average199 barns · 28,725 hd
410.10
−57.27
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−23.32
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—Low1,891174.663,3027thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,200159.211,91115
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,372157.702,16310
CowsLean 85-90%Average894140.031,2524thin

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)1,010$2,0501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,168$1,9072thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)995$1,8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,425$3,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,450$2,7501thin

Every lot

71 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230600.87/cwt580.00–620.001,3822
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3501
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2351
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431354.74/cwt345.00–375.001,5295
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8683
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465370.00/cwt365.00–375.001,7212
Steers500–550Small 1500370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,8591
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525392.34/cwt380.00–400.002,0603
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4961
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575373.90/cwt352.50–387.502,1504
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,8222
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633353.78/cwt345.00–362.502,2392
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670345.43/cwt340.00–352.502,3146
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,4611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,3821
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3231
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2401
Heifers350–400Small 1355350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2431
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3314
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385403.95/cwt400.00–420.001,5555
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3410315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2921
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417390.82/cwt380.00–400.001,6306
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426358.90/cwt340.00–370.001,5295
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473342.03/cwt335.00–350.001,6185
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484376.44/cwt370.00–385.001,82210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523334.11/cwt330.00–350.001,7476
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525367.37/cwt350.00–387.501,92918
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3555275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5261
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563310.04/cwt300.00–320.001,7462
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569354.82/cwt340.00–365.002,0197
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610307.48/cwt302.50–310.001,8763
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618343.88/cwt342.50–345.002,12511
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1682338.37/cwt330.00–340.002,3086
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,5103
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0661
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200680.00/cwt680.00–680.001,3601
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5981
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1364441.49/cwt420.00–460.001,6076
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426429.59/cwt420.00–460.001,8306
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460398.56/cwt390.00–420.001,83312
Bulls450–500Small 1475335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7151
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510341.04/cwt330.00–350.001,7394
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523385.07/cwt370.00–400.002,0142
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Full540355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9171
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566349.64/cwt342.50–362.501,9796
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629348.55/cwt340.00–352.502,1927
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1667343.41/cwt332.50–352.502,2916
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2667316.60/cwt310.00–320.002,1123
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4091
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1790277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,1921
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1802250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0052
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2840175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4701
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,495164.62/cwt161.00–168.002,4612
Bulls——2,049178.68/cwt175.00–180.003,6615
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%795149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1851
Cows—Lean 85-90%835133.56/cwt132.00–135.001,1152
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,110144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,5981
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,122172.44/cwt168.00–175.001,9355
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,218179.08/cwt170.00–190.002,1812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238158.27/cwt152.00–163.001,9597
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242139.34/cwt138.00–140.001,7313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,356148.16/cwt140.00–155.002,0095
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500159.36/cwt156.00–163.002,3903
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29951,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0102,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1681,907.17/head1,850.00–1,950.001,9072
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4253,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4502,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501

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.