Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to the Holiday lay off two weeks ago.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.44/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$115.44

104 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$12.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.50

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	476	116.75	555	20
Medium and Large 1-2	610	115.95	707	78
Small 1-2	436	104.43	455	6thin

One grade step is worth $12.32/cwt here — about $100 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 sale104 hd

115.44

—

TN average9 barns · 2,552 hd

118.94

−3.50

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	1,622	74.36	1,206	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,382	47.64	658	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,196	45.59	545	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	945	38.05	360	10

Every lot, as filed

76 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	—	—	1,655	76.14/cwt	72.50–80.00	1,260	7
Bulls	—	—	1,508	68.11/cwt	66.00–70.50	1,027	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	43.90/cwt	42.50–45.00	633	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	48.68/cwt	47.00–50.00	672	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	38.67/cwt	33.00–45.00	369	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	278	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	435	93.30/cwt	80.00–106.00	406	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	99.00/cwt	98.00–100.00	726	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	353	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	494	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	375	115.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	763	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	839	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	505	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	151.31/cwt	148.00–157.00	625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	150.35/cwt	140.00–156.00	550	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	299	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	960	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,109	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	138.97/cwt	135.00–142.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	94.98/cwt	90.00–100.00	777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	930	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	117.62/cwt	113.00–122.00	794	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	123.14/cwt	119.00–125.00	562	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	144.89/cwt	140.00–150.00	666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	117.87/cwt	110.00–123.00	740	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	121.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	645	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	139.60/cwt	134.00–145.00	592	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	846	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	842	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	131.49/cwt	130.00–133.00	431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	114.05/cwt	110.00–119.00	756	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	119.71/cwt	117.00–122.00	747	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	949	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,096	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	520	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	603	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	658	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,099	40.42/cwt	37.50–44.50	444	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	120.33/cwt	117.00–123.00	511	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,790	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	1,020	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	48.08/cwt	42.50–52.00	582	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	130.51/cwt	130.00–131.00	470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	488	117.51/cwt	115.00–120.00	573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	148.25/cwt	145.00–150.00	479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	263	142.90/cwt	141.00–145.00	376	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	7,761	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	10,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	128.51/cwt	128.00–129.00	492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	329	121.02/cwt	119.00–125.00	398	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	113.68/cwt	113.00–115.00	663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	132.60/cwt	130.00–135.00	568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	138.55/cwt	130.00–145.00	586	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	131.89/cwt	125.00–136.00	488	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	130.33/cwt	129.00–134.00	678	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	724	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	516	122.91/cwt	114.00–129.00	634	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	109.28/cwt	107.00–112.00	735	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	131.01/cwt	125.00–132.50	765	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	538	116.96/cwt	114.00–120.00	629	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	131.23/cwt	130.00–135.00	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	120.72/cwt	117.00–125.00	689	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	154.90/cwt	150.00–160.00	507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	131.47/cwt	129.00–134.00	865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	124.22/cwt	118.00–129.00	517	8

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 Dec 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 329Last week 155Year ago 172

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 25Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 12Year ago 3

No trends could be established due to the Holiday lay off two weeks ago.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,655	72.50–80.00	76.14
2	—	1,508	66.00–70.50	68.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	42.50–45.00	43.90
3	—	1,380	47.00–50.00	48.68
1	—	1,265	52.00	52.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	955	33.00–45.00	38.67
1	—	855	32.50	32.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,099	37.50–44.50	40.42
1	—	1,790	57.00	57.00
12	—	1,211	42.50–52.00	48.08

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	80.00–106.00	93.30
2	—	375	110.00–120.00	115.00
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
1	—	505	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	763	110.00	110.00
1	—	930	98.00	98.00
11	—	846	99.50	99.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	130.00	130.00
1	—	720	100.00	100.00
2	—	818	90.00–100.00	94.98
5	—	675	113.00–122.00	117.62
7	—	456	119.00–125.00	123.14
8	—	628	110.00–123.00	117.87
9	—	531	120.00–125.00	121.46
2	—	328	130.00–133.00	131.49
4	—	370	125.00–136.00	131.89
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
7	—	571	117.00–125.00	120.72
8	—	416	118.00–129.00	124.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	90.00	90.00
6	—	425	117.00–123.00	120.33
2	—	383	128.00–129.00	128.51
1	—	705	90.00	90.00
4	—	329	119.00–125.00	121.02
3	—	583	113.00–115.00	113.68
3	—	538	114.00–120.00	116.96
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	100.00	100.00
2	—	733	98.00–100.00	99.00
3	—	467	135.00–142.00	138.97
4	—	424	134.00–145.00	139.60
4	—	663	110.00–119.00	114.05
7	—	624	117.00–122.00	119.71
1	—	385	135.00	135.00
6	—	520	129.00–134.00	130.33
14	—	584	125.00–132.50	131.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	115.00–120.00	117.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	130.00–135.00	132.60
5	—	516	114.00–129.00	122.91
4	—	673	107.00–112.00	109.28
4	—	469	130.00–135.00	131.23
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	353	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	125.00	125.00
3	—	413	148.00–157.00	151.31
8	—	366	140.00–156.00	150.35
1	—	885	109.00	109.00
2	—	460	140.00–150.00	144.89
2	—	605	130.00	130.00
1	—	520	135.00	135.00
1	—	590	134.00	134.00
3	—	327	150.00–160.00	154.90
2	—	658	129.00–134.00	131.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	115.50	115.50
21	—	949	115.50	115.50
7	—	775	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	130.00–131.00	130.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	145.00–150.00	148.25
2	—	263	141.00–145.00	142.90
1	—	565	125.00	125.00
1	—	385	135.00	135.00
5	—	423	130.00–145.00	138.55
1	—	670	108.00	108.00
1	—	600	123.00	123.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	830.00	830.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,350	750.00	750.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle