Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-07-21

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 21
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 120▲ 75 vs year ago 62 · +121.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 23▲ 9 vs year ago 8 · +112.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 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 data. 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 $358.43/cwt on 6 head, down $54.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 23 comparable sales and sits −17.71 against this barn's trailing median of $376.14.
Average price
$358.43
▼ 54.50 vs prior sale
6 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−12.54
vs TN average
−17.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544358.431,9506thin
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 sale6 hd
358.43
—
TN average15 barns · 731 hd
370.97
−12.54
National average148 barns · 5,785 hd
375.81
−17.38
This barn, trailing median23 sales
376.14
−17.71
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—Average1,782233.714,1653thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,432178.652,5583thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,165176.292,0544thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,025150.001,5381thin

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)1,300$2,7501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,120$2,4552thin

Every lot

63 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 1Thin Fleshed200680.00/cwt680.00–680.001,3601
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1240598.00/cwt598.00–598.001,4352
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275564.82/cwt560.00–570.001,5532
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317586.32/cwt570.00–620.001,8593
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,7681
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1388500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9403
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430449.30/cwt440.00–470.001,9323
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,1614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524426.96/cwt422.00–430.002,2376
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570402.46/cwt400.00–410.002,2944
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1601
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2261
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1601
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2651
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2820300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4601
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283555.90/cwt550.00–570.001,5733
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315512.91/cwt500.00–520.001,6163
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331445.44/cwt435.00–460.001,4745
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed351500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7553
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6253
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6791
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415417.82/cwt410.00–435.001,7346
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added437410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7928
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed447285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2742
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8482
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483353.36/cwt350.00–355.001,7073
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536362.12/cwt350.00–365.001,9415
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9891
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0571
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8761
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2860270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3221
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed230590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,3571
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3751
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310575.00/cwt570.00–580.001,7832
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,6801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375492.27/cwt485.00–505.001,8464
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7331
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435441.24/cwt440.00–445.001,9194
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,1151
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,9351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6802
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515421.37/cwt400.00–430.002,1704
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0942
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9431
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7401
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635332.48/cwt330.00–335.002,1112
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy658367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,4156
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8091
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1681308.91/cwt307.00–315.002,1044
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2051
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,3032
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,718223.06/cwt220.00–226.003,8322
Bulls——1,910255.00/cwt255.00–255.004,8711
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5381
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,093185.58/cwt180.00–190.002,0282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,0861
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,0461
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,400182.47/cwt179.00–187.002,5552
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,5561
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1202,455.36/head2,300.00–2,600.002,4552
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3002,750.00/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.