Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-04-21

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Apr 21
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 222▼ 60 vs year ago 247 · −24.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 28▲ 21 vs year ago 7 · +300.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 26▲ 6 vs year ago 3 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to a lack of comparable receipts. 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 $425.25/cwt on 12 head, up $16.92 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 23 comparable sales and sits +49.11 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$425.25
▲ 16.92 vs prior sale
12 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,277
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.86
vs TN average
+3.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535425.252,27712thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
425.25
—
TN average18 barns · 859 hd
414.39
+10.86
National average167 barns · 11,519 hd
422.17
+3.08
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
+49.11
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—Low1,403183.072,5682thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,324175.802,32811
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,208167.532,0238thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average995155.001,5421thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)963$2,2522thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$2,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)855$1,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,240$2,5001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)940$2,0001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)838$1,7173thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1220730.00/cwt730.00–730.001,6061
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1267750.00/cwt750.00–750.002,0032
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350537.50/cwt535.00–545.001,8814
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432527.41/cwt520.00–540.002,2788
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438477.97/cwt450.00–505.002,0942
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,3521
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1493524.97/cwt520.00–530.002,5882
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,4783
Steers500–550Small 1540420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2681
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added550450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4752
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1381
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610424.79/cwt412.00–430.002,59110
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added650430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,7951
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,6251
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4961
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7361
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1853358.00/cwt358.00–358.003,0543
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218735.00/cwt735.00–735.001,6028
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,6251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,5961
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326542.00/cwt540.00–545.001,7675
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,80311
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370472.33/cwt460.00–485.001,7482
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added415505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,0961
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431467.22/cwt460.00–490.002,01415
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479447.56/cwt445.00–460.002,1446
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added523452.01/cwt450.00–455.002,3645
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536415.60/cwt405.00–440.002,2285
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy560355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9881
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,3371
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added645455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,9351
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3281
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3041
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765331.69/cwt322.00–335.002,5374
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200755.00/cwt755.00–755.001,51014
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275708.24/cwt705.00–710.001,9483
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320636.93/cwt600.00–655.002,0383
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382558.35/cwt520.00–565.002,13313
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,0833
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427518.06/cwt510.00–545.002,2126
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478505.03/cwt500.00–510.002,4142
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1601
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,4481
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585440.00/cwt435.00–450.002,5743
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628367.25/cwt355.00–380.002,3062
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4331
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718333.06/cwt310.00–350.002,3913
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,403183.07/cwt181.00–185.002,5682
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%995155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165179.48/cwt177.00–182.002,0914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198149.25/cwt140.00–156.001,7882
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,301174.80/cwt170.00–180.002,2746
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303161.90/cwt160.00–164.002,1102
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,335158.66/cwt157.00–160.002,1182
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363189.22/cwt186.00–195.002,5793
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-38381,716.65/head1,475.00–1,850.001,7173
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29402,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 38551,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39632,251.69/head2,200.00–2,300.002,2522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39752,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2402,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.