Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 4.00 higher. Bulls and feeders not well established this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.04/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$127.04

32 head · 436 lb average

Value per head Derived

$554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$8.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.29

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	442	129.73	573	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	420	124.65	523	12thin
Small 1-2	465	121.33	564	3thin

One grade step is worth $8.40/cwt here — about $9 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 sale32 hd

127.04

—

TN average10 barns · 2,191 hd

127.33

−0.29

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	1,345	73.00	982	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	51.04	636	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,089	37.47	408	3thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	702	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	640	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	151.21/cwt	144.00–158.00	640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	147.98/cwt	146.00–150.00	703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	146.98/cwt	146.00–148.00	757	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	115.02/cwt	114.00–116.00	759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	644	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	6,765	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	11,011	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	152.16/cwt	142.00–160.00	487	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	134.90/cwt	132.00–138.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	131.31/cwt	130.00–134.00	569	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	139.48/cwt	136.00–143.00	653	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	400	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	169.47/cwt	168.00–171.00	615	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	129.84/cwt	127.00–133.00	419	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	360	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	135.48/cwt	135.00–136.00	440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	129.69/cwt	128.00–133.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	123.59/cwt	120.00–125.00	662	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	126.72/cwt	121.00–134.00	478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	126.00/cwt	120.00–132.00	546	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	490	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	559	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	773	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	44.97/cwt	41.00–50.50	532	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	52.51/cwt	50.00–55.50	663	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	344	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	40.70/cwt	39.50–42.00	439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	375	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	408	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	108.93/cwt	106.00–115.00	675	3
Bulls	—	—	1,345	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	982	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 Jan 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 117Last week 141Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 22Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 2Year ago 0

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 4.00 higher. Bulls and feeders not well established this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	119.00	119.00
2	—	423	144.00–158.00	151.21
2	—	475	146.00–150.00	147.98
2	—	515	146.00–148.00	146.98
2	—	660	114.00–116.00	115.02
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	106.00	106.00
1	—	555	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	140.00	140.00
1	—	530	137.00	137.00
2	—	408	140.00	140.00
3	—	620	106.00–115.00	108.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	106.00	106.00
3	—	320	142.00–160.00	152.16
2	—	468	136.00–143.00	139.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	128.00	128.00
1	—	410	159.00	159.00
1	—	450	150.00	150.00
1	—	260	175.00	175.00
2	—	363	168.00–171.00	169.47
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	130.00	130.00
1	—	400	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	132.00–138.00	134.90
3	—	433	130.00–134.00	131.31
2	—	325	135.00–136.00	135.48
4	—	470	128.00–133.00	129.69
5	—	536	120.00–125.00	123.59
1	—	280	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	120.00	120.00
1	—	360	130.00	130.00
1	—	490	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	116.00	116.00
1	—	660	106.00	106.00
2	—	323	127.00–133.00	129.84
1	—	250	130.00	130.00
3	—	377	121.00–134.00	126.72
4	—	433	120.00–132.00	126.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	660.00	660.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,430	770.00	770.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	59.00	59.00
3	—	1,182	41.00–50.50	44.97
7	—	1,263	50.00–55.50	52.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	31.00	31.00
2	—	1,078	39.50–42.00	40.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	73.00	73.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

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