Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-02-17

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Feb 17
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
146 head
▼ 309 vs last sale 455▲ 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 37▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 4▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $388.60/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 17 of 23 comparable sales and sits +12.45 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$388.60
19 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,146
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.59
vs TN average
−40.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551397.222,18815thin
Medium and Large 2558356.241,9864thin
One grade step is worth $40.98/cwt here — about $202 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 sale19 hd
388.60
—
TN average15 barns · 658 hd
401.19
−12.59
National average184 barns · 15,729 hd
429.17
−40.57
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
+12.45
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—Average1,800185.783,3446thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,480168.462,4949thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,225156.731,9209thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,034136.471,4118thin

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
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,205$3,4001thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Small 1350510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7851
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,1601
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,0871
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1442522.21/cwt515.00–545.002,3084
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466495.42/cwt470.00–520.002,3094
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503511.05/cwt500.00–522.002,5712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540450.06/cwt430.00–465.002,4305
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628409.72/cwt400.00–420.002,5732
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,6372
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added776370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,87112
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added838350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,9333
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,3561
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,5081
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,5191
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,7391
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372511.17/cwt495.00–530.001,9023
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388482.52/cwt480.00–485.001,8722
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414491.51/cwt480.00–500.002,0357
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added425510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,1687
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425466.03/cwt450.00–475.001,9814
Heifers450–500Small 1460415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9091
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462464.18/cwt450.00–475.002,1456
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480429.19/cwt420.00–435.002,0606
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516416.01/cwt410.00–420.002,1476
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545345.00/cwt320.00–370.001,8802
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570367.48/cwt365.00–370.002,0952
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574384.70/cwt377.00–395.002,2089
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642362.29/cwt347.00–370.002,3263
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2241
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5951
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,8851
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2363517.07/cwt505.00–530.001,8772
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376577.90/cwt570.00–580.002,1735
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422545.00/cwt540.00–550.002,3003
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468513.44/cwt512.00–515.002,4032
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475476.19/cwt470.00–482.002,2622
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508484.98/cwt480.00–490.002,4642
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2536440.65/cwt440.00–442.002,3623
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565434.82/cwt425.00–445.002,4572
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4941
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1769326.89/cwt315.00–337.002,5145
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,4531
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,6121
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1975265.00/cwt255.00–270.002,5843
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,738182.54/cwt180.00–185.003,1735
Bulls——2,110202.00/cwt202.00–202.004,2621
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%930133.03/cwt132.00–134.001,2372
Cows—Lean 85-90%960122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4952
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150172.27/cwt170.00–175.001,9812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,178150.84/cwt150.00–152.001,7772
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,221156.82/cwt150.00–161.001,9155
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310140.98/cwt140.00–142.001,8472
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,385159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,2023
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,453178.82/cwt175.00–183.002,5983
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,603167.55/cwt165.00–171.002,6863
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,2053,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001

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.