Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to inadequate receipts, no trends could be established.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.30/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$120.30

41 head · 433 lb average

Value per head Derived

$521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$3.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.61

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	488	121.11	591	23
Medium and Large 2-3	393	120.79	475	9thin
Small 1-2	333	117.74	392	9thin

One grade step is worth $3.37/cwt here — about $199 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 sale41 hd

120.30

—

TN average11 barns · 1,834 hd

122.92

−2.61

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	2,100	78.00	1,638	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	53.32	680	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,313	50.50	663	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	953	39.98	381	3thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 1-2	—	615	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	122.55/cwt	120.00–126.00	512	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	409	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	139.00/cwt	137.00–140.00	710	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	139.01/cwt	138.00–140.00	776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	937	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	790	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	5,056	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	372	141.96/cwt	140.00–144.00	528	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	145.07/cwt	140.00–150.00	486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	662	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	660	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	495	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	54.61/cwt	50.50–58.50	707	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	870	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	424	1
Bulls	—	—	2,100	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	142.00/cwt	140.00–142.50	616	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	134.66/cwt	130.00–140.00	714	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	283	114.94/cwt	110.00–120.00	325	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	40.47/cwt	38.00–42.50	378	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	386	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	813	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	501	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,230	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	369	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	121.23/cwt	117.00–125.00	683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	122.28/cwt	120.00–124.00	591	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	318	123.72/cwt	120.00–126.00	393	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	438	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	119.36/cwt	118.00–120.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	121.98/cwt	121.00–123.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	127.60/cwt	125.00–130.00	472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	680	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 Feb 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 121Last week 117Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 18Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 5Year ago 0

Due to inadequate receipts, no trends could be established.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	125.00	125.00
1	—	345	150.00	150.00
6	—	511	137.00–140.00	139.00
2	—	558	138.00–140.00	139.01
1	—	815	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	141.00	141.00
1	—	435	135.00	135.00
1	—	265	154.50	154.50
3	—	372	140.00–144.00	141.96
2	—	335	140.00–150.00	145.07
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	122.00	122.00
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
1	—	285	125.00	125.00
2	—	305	120.00–122.00	121.02
1	—	545	120.00	120.00
3	—	417	118.00–120.00	119.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	418	120.00–126.00	122.55
1	—	320	125.00	125.00
4	—	563	117.00–125.00	121.23
4	—	483	120.00–124.00	122.28
2	—	610	120.00–122.00	121.02
2	—	535	121.00–123.00	121.98
2	—	370	125.00–130.00	127.60
1	—	680	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	283	110.00–120.00	114.94
4	—	318	120.00–126.00	123.72
2	—	438	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	108.00	108.00
1	—	460	144.00	144.00
7	—	434	140.00–142.50	142.00
4	—	530	130.00–140.00	134.66
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	100.00	100.00
1	—	495	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	107.00	107.00
1	—	585	101.00	101.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	790	640.00	640.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,294	50.50–58.50	54.61
1	—	1,415	61.50	61.50
1	—	1,060	40.00	40.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	935	38.00–42.50	40.47
1	—	990	39.00	39.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,355	37.00	37.00
1	—	1,230	54.50	54.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,100	78.00	78.00

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