Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-07-28

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 28
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 137▼ 30 vs year ago 99 · −30.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 17▲ 1 vs year ago 13 · +7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 4▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $360.27/cwt on 12 head, down $52.03 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 17 comparable sales and sits −21.92 against this barn's trailing median of $382.19.
Average price
$360.27
▼ 52.03 vs prior sale
12 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,997
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.34
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554360.271,99712thin
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
360.27
—
TN average15 barns · 277 hd
355.92
+4.34
This barn, trailing median17 sales
382.19
−21.92
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

17 sales
479422365308median 382.1903/3106/0207/2809/2210/27
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $465.34, low $321.62, median $382.19 across 17 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—Average1,798222.794,0065thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,370191.002,6172thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,015182.331,8513thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low800122.009761thin

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)1,170$3,1501thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7001
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1361
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1722
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9891
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0571
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added663342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,2673
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1881
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3322
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2061
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364376.91/cwt335.00–390.001,3726
Heifers350–400Small 1365300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0951
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7641
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467358.39/cwt355.00–360.001,6743
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515366.05/cwt350.00–380.001,8855
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9881
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618312.31/cwt310.00–315.001,9303
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,3381
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360427.50/cwt420.00–435.001,5392
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4441
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5361
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466436.44/cwt430.00–450.002,0349
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511380.98/cwt360.00–395.001,9474
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576349.91/cwt335.00–360.002,0158
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625341.68/cwt340.00–345.002,1363
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,255200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,5101
Bulls——1,760227.99/cwt227.00–230.004,0133
Bulls——Heavy Weight2,455230.00/cwt230.00–230.005,6471
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800122.00/cwt122.00–122.009761
Cows—Boner 80-85%920187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,7201
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,063180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,9132
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,285180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,3131
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,9391
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1703,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501

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.