Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2020-02-25

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Feb 25
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
440 vs last sale 472 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
15 vs last sale 29 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)
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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 $124.02/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$124.02
12 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$4.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.23
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533125.646698thin
Small 1-2438120.785294thin
One grade step is worth $4.86/cwt here — about $140 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 sale12 hd
124.02
TN average10 barns · 2,092 hd
130.25
−6.23
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,54881.241,2587thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14847.255422thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90040.003601thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445154.00/cwt154.00–154.006851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550140.00/cwt140.00–140.007701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620132.00/cwt132.00–132.008181
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400152.00/cwt152.00–152.006081
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3488135.50/cwt135.00–136.006612
SteersMedium and Large 2-3345160.00/cwt160.00–160.005521
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2290170.00/cwt170.00–170.004931
SteersMedium and Large 1-2310170.00/cwt170.00–170.005271
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,120700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,8401
HeifersSmall 1-2460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005521
HeifersSmall 1-2518117.56/cwt115.00–120.006092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510128.00/cwt128.00–128.006531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2355162.00/cwt162.00–162.005751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650136.00/cwt136.00–136.008841
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15555.50/cwt55.50–55.506411
CowsLean 85-90%90040.00/cwt40.00–40.003601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620121.69/cwt120.00–124.007543
HeifersSmall 1-2255128.00/cwt128.00–128.003261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375131.03/cwt130.00–132.004912
BullsSmall 1-2435135.00/cwt135.00–135.005871
BullsSmall 1-2485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Bulls1,09368.38/cwt65.00–70.007472
Bulls1,85388.24/cwt88.00–88.501,6352
Bulls1,64885.15/cwt85.00–85.501,4033
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14039.00/cwt39.00–39.004451

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.