Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-01-20

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jan 20
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
171 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 166▲ 59 vs year ago 112 · +52.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 29▲ 1 vs year ago 13 · +7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 12▲ 2 vs year ago 2 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to a lack of comparable receipts, Trends could not be established. Quality good, 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 $377.45/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 14 of 23 comparable sales and sits +1.31 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$377.45
30 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,026
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$43.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.37
vs TN average
−33.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537378.912,03529
Medium and Large 2535335.001,7921thin
One grade step is worth $43.91/cwt here — about $242 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale30 hd
377.45
—
TN average15 barns · 808 hd
373.08
+4.37
National average175 barns · 20,266 hd
410.87
−33.42
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
+1.31
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—Low1,610171.002,7531thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,450165.002,3931thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,309147.821,9357thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,068131.571,4063thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,285$2,3501thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)950$2,0501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)935$2,0001thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313577.40/cwt575.00–580.001,8072
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,7761
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6881
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9551
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466445.02/cwt430.00–460.002,0749
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9801
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512412.59/cwt400.00–425.002,1126
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added521431.95/cwt430.00–435.002,2505
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,9981
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added557390.99/cwt390.00–392.002,1784
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565385.38/cwt377.00–390.002,1774
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full585350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0481
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added627398.25/cwt380.00–407.002,4976
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1646370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3902
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added652382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,4915
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added733350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,5662
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2915270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4711
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920310.99/cwt310.00–312.002,8612
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210595.24/cwt590.00–600.001,2502
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1272488.28/cwt480.00–505.001,3283
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335466.98/cwt450.00–485.001,5642
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378423.48/cwt420.00–430.001,6013
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5581
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added413437.27/cwt425.00–450.001,8062
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432385.08/cwt375.00–390.001,6643
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added451431.26/cwt420.00–435.001,9454
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470374.89/cwt365.00–385.001,7622
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479410.05/cwt390.00–420.001,9644
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full505355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7931
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519374.39/cwt365.00–395.001,9437
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added523409.11/cwt405.00–420.002,14012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7921
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573344.83/cwt335.00–365.001,9769
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613352.35/cwt330.00–360.002,1604
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added630362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,2812
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,2231
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9321
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1788295.02/cwt290.00–300.002,3252
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2870255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,2191
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3901
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1945270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,5521
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1965270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,6061
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270534.54/cwt510.00–560.001,4432
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368487.45/cwt480.00–495.001,7942
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3370395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4621
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390457.66/cwt445.00–470.001,7852
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433457.37/cwt455.00–462.001,9803
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8691
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455453.65/cwt445.00–460.002,0644
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0401
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2514363.49/cwt350.00–380.001,8684
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Full560325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8201
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569364.55/cwt350.00–380.002,0748
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2541
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3362
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,2032
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0271
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2840270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2681
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2905230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,610171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,7531
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055132.36/cwt130.00–135.001,3962
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4241
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208155.42/cwt154.00–157.001,8772
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325140.72/cwt140.00–142.001,8654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,445161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,3261
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,3931
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29352,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29502,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2852,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501

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.