Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-02-24

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Feb 24
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 146▼ 11 vs year ago 198 · −5.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 37▼ 21 vs year ago 48 · −43.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 4▼ 7 vs year ago 13 · −53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to a lack of comparable receipts, trends could not be established. Quality & 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 $388.75/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 17 of 23 comparable sales and sits +12.61 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$388.75
10 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,112
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.81
vs TN average
−41.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525402.962,1146thin
Medium and Large 2571367.442,0994thin
One grade step is worth $35.53/cwt here — about $15 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 sale10 hd
388.75
—
TN average16 barns · 816 hd
406.56
−17.81
National average177 barns · 14,680 hd
430.41
−41.66
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
+12.61
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—Low1,515174.002,6361thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,473167.672,4707thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,203164.141,97514
CowsLean 85-90%Average888134.501,1942thin

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 Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)870$1,9001thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1210720.00/cwt720.00–720.001,5121
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,4031
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9751
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added411560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,3027
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413462.27/cwt455.00–470.001,9094
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434513.06/cwt495.00–527.002,2278
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476489.80/cwt475.00–505.002,3314
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added487513.08/cwt500.00–527.002,4999
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515447.12/cwt440.00–470.002,3035
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2537431.66/cwt420.00–440.002,3183
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added573440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,5217
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630422.41/cwt420.00–426.002,6615
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4611
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added670385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,5802
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712353.82/cwt350.00–365.002,5194
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added729375.95/cwt370.00–382.002,7414
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed235655.00/cwt655.00–655.001,5392
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318542.86/cwt540.00–545.001,7265
Heifers350–400Small 1355470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,6691
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370519.71/cwt500.00–555.001,9236
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6721
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added420460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9321
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,9451
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471429.94/cwt427.00–445.002,02515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479413.82/cwt400.00–420.001,98211
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added500422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,1101
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523406.44/cwt385.00–417.002,1264
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0171
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0541
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580366.58/cwt365.00–370.002,1263
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2201
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added640365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,33611
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2681
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,4222
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,6101
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270690.00/cwt690.00–690.001,8631
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368502.62/cwt500.00–505.001,8502
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418486.39/cwt475.00–495.002,0333
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419511.39/cwt505.00–525.002,1435
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0481
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472498.72/cwt485.00–517.002,3543
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518444.18/cwt430.00–447.002,3016
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578411.14/cwt400.00–422.002,3762
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2592373.93/cwt355.00–380.002,2144
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,6464
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3361
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,515174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,6361
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1761
Cows—Lean 85-90%975122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1901
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,154162.24/cwt160.00–165.001,8727
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212155.05/cwt150.00–159.001,8793
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283174.28/cwt170.00–176.002,2364
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420155.40/cwt154.00–157.002,2073
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,457180.84/cwt179.00–182.002,6353
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,680165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,7721
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28701,900.00/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.