Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to inadequate receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.80/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$124.80

26 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$12.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.30

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	514	126.26	650	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	445	123.05	547	8thin
Medium and Large 3	440	114.00	502	1thin

One grade step is worth $12.26/cwt here — about $148 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale26 hd

124.80

—

TN average5 barns · 310 hd

123.50

+1.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,360	72.50	986	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,013	52.11	528	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	43.00	452	1thin

Every lot, as filed

31 lots · USDA AMS · Southwestern Sales Co. - Huntingdon, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	761	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	452	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,013	52.11/cwt	49.00–55.00	528	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	676	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	132.77/cwt	132.00–135.00	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	131.95/cwt	131.00–134.00	567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	137.50/cwt	136.00–139.00	474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	129.36/cwt	127.00–132.00	483	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	160.43/cwt	158.00–164.00	671	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	140.48/cwt	138.00–143.00	801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	118.64/cwt	112.00–123.00	561	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	115.61/cwt	113.00–124.00	736	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	817	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	395	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	156.16/cwt	151.00–160.00	654	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	1
Bulls	—	—	1,360	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	986	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	590	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	690	1

How this sale compares

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Southwestern Sales Co. - Huntingdon, TN

Tue May 28, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 51Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends could be established due to inadequate receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	123.00	123.00
1	—	590	129.00	129.00
4	—	462	132.00–135.00	132.77
3	—	430	131.00–134.00	131.95
2	—	345	136.00–139.00	137.50
1	—	650	113.00	113.00
4	—	637	113.00–124.00	115.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	111.00	111.00
4	—	373	127.00–132.00	129.36
3	—	473	112.00–123.00	118.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	92.00	92.00
1	—	585	131.00	131.00
1	—	485	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	151.00–160.00	156.16
1	—	545	131.00	131.00
1	—	470	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	418	158.00–164.00	160.43
2	—	570	138.00–143.00	140.48
1	—	870	112.00	112.00
1	—	525	149.00	149.00
1	—	605	135.00	135.00
1	—	380	166.00	166.00
1	—	340	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	124.00	124.00
1	—	355	154.00	154.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	157.00	157.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	43.00	43.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,013	49.00–55.00	52.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	72.50	72.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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