Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to the Holiday lay off two weeks ago, no trends could be established.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.93/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$112.93

45 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$196

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.90

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	235	125.00	294	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	526	114.39	602	21
Medium and Large 2-3	452	111.18	503	21
Small 1-2	445	110.00	490	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about −$196 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 sale45 hd

112.93

—

TN average11 barns · 3,211 hd

115.84

−2.90

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	—	Low	1,692	68.66	1,161	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	46.28	593	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,429	46.10	659	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,048	35.85	376	6thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Full	—	685	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	795	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	127.01/cwt	118.00–140.00	589	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	119.73/cwt	117.00–124.00	614	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	110.02/cwt	106.00–116.00	687	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	739	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	578	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	6,765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	123.98/cwt	123.00–125.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	455	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	496	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	505	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	561	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	580	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	126.00/cwt	125.00–127.00	798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	112.82/cwt	109.00–116.00	517	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	235	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	669	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	115.29/cwt	111.00–120.00	600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	670	1
Bulls	—	—	1,654	61.30/cwt	60.00–63.00	1,014	4
Bulls	—	—	1,702	74.87/cwt	74.00–75.50	1,274	3
Bulls	—	—	1,810	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	1,439	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	470	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	116.03/cwt	114.00–118.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	735	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	430	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	105.91/cwt	102.00–110.00	609	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	32.35/cwt	30.00–34.50	349	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,382	47.38/cwt	46.00–50.00	655	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	42.25/cwt	42.00–42.50	663	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	127.17/cwt	119.00–135.00	554	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	112.31/cwt	107.00–121.00	637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	113.16/cwt	112.00–114.00	585	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	46.65/cwt	42.00–51.50	600	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	40.75/cwt	40.00–41.50	482	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	767	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	37.60/cwt	36.00–40.50	388	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	300	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	117.51/cwt	117.00–118.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	115.13/cwt	107.00–118.00	495	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	114.46/cwt	110.00–118.00	436	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	121.07/cwt	117.00–125.00	516	4

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 Dec 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 172Last week 107Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 28Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 11Year ago 0

Due to the Holiday lay off two weeks ago, no trends could be established.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	132.00	132.00
2	—	530	134.00	134.00
1	—	340	170.00	170.00
2	—	633	125.00–127.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	150.00	150.00
1	—	465	124.00	124.00
1	—	600	121.00	121.00
1	—	695	110.00	110.00
1	—	845	110.00	110.00
2	—	585	123.00–125.00	123.98
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	126.00	126.00
1	—	400	123.00	123.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	109.00	109.00
1	—	505	111.00	111.00
1	—	580	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	120.00	120.00
1	—	650	109.00	109.00
1	—	820	90.00	90.00
4	—	464	118.00–140.00	127.01
4	—	513	117.00–124.00	119.73
4	—	624	106.00–116.00	110.02
5	—	436	119.00–135.00	127.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	111.00–120.00	115.29
1	—	660	106.00	106.00
1	—	620	108.00	108.00
2	—	488	114.00–118.00	116.03
1	—	700	105.00	105.00
3	—	575	102.00–110.00	105.91
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	109.00	109.00
1	—	430	100.00	100.00
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	120.00	120.00
1	—	630	100.00	100.00
1	—	705	90.00	90.00
2	—	515	100.00	100.00
6	—	458	109.00–116.00	112.82
5	—	430	107.00–118.00	115.13
5	—	381	110.00–118.00	114.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	110.00	110.00
6	—	567	107.00–121.00	112.31
6	—	517	112.00–114.00	113.16
2	—	485	117.00–118.00	117.51
1	—	650	110.00	110.00
4	—	426	117.00–125.00	121.07
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
1	—	300	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	660.00	660.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,654	60.00–63.00	61.30
3	—	1,702	74.00–75.50	74.87
1	—	1,810	79.50	79.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	30.00–34.50	32.35
4	—	1,033	36.00–40.50	37.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,382	46.00–50.00	47.38
2	—	1,570	42.00–42.50	42.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,287	42.00–51.50	46.65
2	—	1,183	40.00–41.50	40.75
1	—	1,420	54.00	54.00

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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Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Southwestern Sales Co. - Huntingdon, TN

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle