Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-14

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 $124.18/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$124.18

26 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$40.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.83

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	360	126.24	455	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	483	125.61	607	21
Small 1-2	405	86.00	348	1thin

One grade step is worth $40.24/cwt here — about $106 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

124.18

—

TN average9 barns · 2,686 hd

121.35

+2.83

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	1,844	88.26	1,627	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,455	56.00	815	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,141	54.62	623	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,036	48.46	502	5thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	400	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	130.68/cwt	130.00–131.00	625	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	495	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	121.00/cwt	120.00–122.00	629	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	123.16/cwt	121.00–125.00	693	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	128.88/cwt	120.00–131.00	555	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	313	127.48/cwt	125.00–130.00	399	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	405	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	143.51/cwt	143.00–144.00	481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	145.60/cwt	144.00–148.00	534	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	137.00/cwt	135.00–138.00	669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	393	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	290	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	447	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	490	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	637	1
Bulls	—	—	1,340	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,032	1
Bulls	—	—	2,130	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	2,098	1
Bulls	—	—	1,953	88.76/cwt	85.00–92.50	1,733	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	561	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	56.03/cwt	52.00–59.50	667	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	815	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	43.48/cwt	42.00–45.00	465	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	51.78/cwt	50.00–55.00	525	3

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 Jul 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 73Last week 116Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 33Year ago 0

Due to inadequate receipts, no trends could be established.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	144.00	144.00
1	—	560	125.00	125.00
1	—	745	87.00	87.00
2	—	523	130.00	130.00
3	—	478	130.00–131.00	130.68
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	136.00	136.00
1	—	480	122.00	122.00
4	—	520	120.00–122.00	121.00
5	—	563	121.00–125.00	123.16
9	—	431	120.00–131.00	128.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	135.00	135.00
1	—	550	115.00	115.00
2	—	313	125.00–130.00	127.48
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	139.00	139.00
1	—	570	125.00	125.00
2	—	335	143.00–144.00	143.51
3	—	367	144.00–148.00	145.60
3	—	488	135.00–138.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	144.00	144.00
1	—	395	140.00	140.00
1	—	445	135.00	135.00
2	—	260	151.00	151.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	154.00	154.00
1	—	390	135.00	135.00
1	—	490	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	77.00	77.00
1	—	2,130	98.50	98.50
2	—	1,953	85.00–92.50	88.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	52.50	52.50
3	—	1,190	52.00–59.50	56.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	56.00	56.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	42.00–45.00	43.48
3	—	1,013	50.00–55.00	51.78

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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