Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale three weeks ago, Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls and feeder steers not well established three weeks ago. Heifers mostly steady. Bulls steady to 3.00 lower. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.;

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.69/cwt on 80 head.

Average price

$119.69

80 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$27.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.21

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	523	121.16	634	61
Medium and Large 2-3	438	116.48	510	17thin
Small 1-2	470	110.00	517	1thin
Medium and Large 3	550	94.00	517	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.16/cwt here — about $117 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 sale80 hd

119.69

—

TN average12 barns · 2,611 hd

118.48

+1.21

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	1,783	77.10	1,374	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,489	48.87	727	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	47.66	563	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,012	41.77	423	5thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	122.15/cwt	119.00–125.00	508	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	128.61/cwt	126.00–130.00	482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	371	138.39/cwt	130.00–144.00	513	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	792	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	118.96/cwt	117.00–121.00	636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	118.19/cwt	117.00–120.00	733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	113.51/cwt	110.00–117.00	826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	118.07/cwt	113.00–121.00	677	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	115.85/cwt	115.00–118.00	790	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	149.08/cwt	145.00–156.00	565	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	137.99/cwt	132.00–146.00	584	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	124.65/cwt	117.00–130.00	656	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	154.77/cwt	150.00–160.00	500	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	643	98.51/cwt	97.00–100.00	633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	127.62/cwt	127.00–130.00	842	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	132.22/cwt	130.00–135.00	434	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	119.98/cwt	118.00–123.00	560	11
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	555	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	162.32/cwt	157.00–167.00	451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	410	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	134.60/cwt	130.00–140.00	704	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	130.91/cwt	124.00–138.00	617	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	121.24/cwt	115.00–123.50	680	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,790	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	976	1
Bulls	—	—	1,867	79.32/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,481	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	48.52/cwt	47.50–50.00	720	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	48.21/cwt	46.00–51.50	566	16
Bulls	—	—	1,360	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	898	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	44.73/cwt	42.00–47.50	530	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	544	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,215	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	547	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	112.50/cwt	110.00–115.00	647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	650	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	112.99/cwt	112.00–114.00	876	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	41.77/cwt	40.00–44.50	423	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	114.83/cwt	109.00–123.00	605	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	129.42/cwt	121.00–134.00	554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	120.07/cwt	110.00–126.00	459	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	116.55/cwt	111.00–121.00	542	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	115.46/cwt	110.00–120.00	558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	339	142.02/cwt	138.00–148.00	481	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	133.62/cwt	130.00–136.00	383	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	608	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	742	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	333	120.01/cwt	118.00–121.00	400	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	97.07/cwt	95.00–104.00	551	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	90.97/cwt	87.00–95.00	655	2

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 Oct 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 268Last week 141Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 19Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	94.00	94.00
2	—	643	97.00–100.00	98.51
3	—	527	109.00–123.00	114.83
5	—	428	121.00–134.00	129.42
6	—	465	111.00–121.00	116.55
5	—	568	95.00–104.00	97.07
2	—	720	87.00–95.00	90.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	423	132.00–146.00	137.99
11	—	526	117.00–130.00	124.65
9	—	471	124.00–138.00	130.91
7	—	561	115.00–123.50	121.24
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	130.00	130.00
1	—	555	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
1	—	650	80.00	80.00
1	—	570	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	416	119.00–125.00	122.15
5	—	375	126.00–130.00	128.61
2	—	535	117.00–121.00	118.96
5	—	620	117.00–120.00	118.19
2	—	728	110.00–117.00	113.51
11	—	573	113.00–121.00	118.07
7	—	682	115.00–118.00	115.85
3	—	328	130.00–135.00	132.22
11	—	467	118.00–123.00	119.98
3	—	287	130.00–136.00	133.62
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	96.00	96.00
2	—	575	110.00–115.00	112.50
1	—	540	112.00	112.00
5	—	382	110.00–126.00	120.07
4	—	483	110.00–120.00	115.46
1	—	295	125.00	125.00
3	—	333	118.00–121.00	120.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	608	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	371	130.00–144.00	138.39
1	—	605	118.00	118.00
1	—	425	128.00	128.00
2	—	775	112.00–114.00	112.99
4	—	339	138.00–148.00	142.02
1	—	720	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	566	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	379	145.00–156.00	149.08
3	—	323	150.00–160.00	154.77
5	—	660	127.00–130.00	127.62
1	—	780	112.00	112.00
1	—	560	140.00	140.00
2	—	278	157.00–167.00	162.32
1	—	485	140.00	140.00
8	—	523	130.00–140.00	134.60
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,790	54.50	54.50
5	—	1,483	47.50–50.00	48.52
1	—	1,215	45.00	45.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,175	46.00–51.50	48.21
6	—	1,185	42.00–47.50	44.73
2	—	1,228	52.00	52.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,012	40.00–44.50	41.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,867	75.00–82.00	79.32
1	—	1,360	66.00	66.00

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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