Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale three weeks ago, Slaughter cows 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Steers 5.00 to 11.00 higher. Heifers 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Bulls steady to 5.00 higher. Quality fair to good. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.65/cwt on 120 head.

Average price

$153.65

120 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$8.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.11

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	417	160.66	670	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	611	152.42	931	98
Small 1-2	320	152.22	487	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.44/cwt here — about $183 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 sale120 hd

153.65

—

TN average12 barns · 2,907 hd

154.76

−1.11

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	1,626	86.32	1,404	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,417	66.88	948	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,174	65.52	769	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	930	55.71	518	10

Every lot, as filed

78 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	157.83/cwt	156.00–161.00	912	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	134.50/cwt	133.00–135.00	759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	172.20/cwt	167.00–177.00	709	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	160.67/cwt	158.00–163.00	844	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	173.65/cwt	170.00–175.00	670	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	181.91/cwt	175.00–190.00	595	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	727	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,036	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	490	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	130.60/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,012	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	580	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	142.53/cwt	140.00–146.00	965	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,022	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	824	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	729	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	897	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	153.96/cwt	150.00–158.00	785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	148.34/cwt	146.00–150.00	932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	148.92/cwt	148.50–149.00	1,007	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	483	151.02/cwt	148.00–154.00	729	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	900	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	7,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	970	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	972.17/cwt	800.00–1,150.00	11,326	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,735	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	11,280	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	340	155.43/cwt	151.00–160.00	528	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	450	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	707	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	210	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	273	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	360	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	522	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	280	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	470	1
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	1
Bulls	—	—	1,183	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	946	2
Bulls	—	—	1,940	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,746	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	55.71/cwt	50.00–58.50	518	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	66.88/cwt	65.00–68.00	948	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	64.74/cwt	60.50–67.50	745	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	58.62/cwt	57.50–60.50	676	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	5,157	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	8,715	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,091	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,150	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	72.79/cwt	70.50–75.00	930	5
Bulls	—	—	1,741	88.11/cwt	85.00–89.50	1,534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	326	169.27/cwt	152.00–183.00	552	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	362	143.36/cwt	140.00–145.00	519	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	158.23/cwt	150.00–168.00	672	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	165.15/cwt	156.00–170.00	618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	135.96/cwt	130.00–141.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	161.98/cwt	158.00–165.00	760	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	117.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	452	153.16/cwt	150.00–163.00	692	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	148.15/cwt	145.00–151.00	627	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	159.50/cwt	159.00–160.00	786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	170.72/cwt	170.00–172.00	715	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	143.17/cwt	135.00–150.00	823	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	143.33/cwt	140.00–145.00	699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	130.62/cwt	130.00–132.00	828	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	882	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	935	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,113	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	141.63/cwt	137.00–148.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	847	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 Apr 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 306Last week 214Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 40Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 26Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	150.00	150.00
4	—	564	133.00–135.00	134.50
17	—	423	145.00–151.00	148.15
3	—	488	140.00–145.00	143.33
8	—	634	130.00–132.00	130.62
2	—	735	120.00	120.00
1	—	815	106.00	106.00
3	—	520	137.00–148.00	141.63
1	—	770	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	610	135.00	135.00
9	—	729	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	130.00	130.00
1	—	360	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	125.00	125.00
3	—	362	140.00–145.00	143.36
2	—	720	120.00	120.00
3	—	482	130.00–141.00	135.96
1	—	585	132.00	132.00
2	—	685	115.00–120.00	117.48
1	—	765	109.00	109.00
1	—	330	135.00	135.00
1	—	430	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	578	156.00–161.00	157.83
5	—	412	167.00–177.00	172.20
1	—	455	171.00	171.00
6	—	525	158.00–163.00	160.67
11	—	386	170.00–175.00	173.65
5	—	327	175.00–190.00	181.91
10	—	775	130.00–136.00	130.60
8	—	677	140.00–146.00	142.53
1	—	705	145.00	145.00
3	—	628	146.00–150.00	148.34
2	—	808	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	727	142.50	142.50
26	—	676	148.50–149.00	148.92
2	—	935	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	175.00	175.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	151.00–160.00	155.43
1	—	280	168.00	168.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	326	152.00–183.00	169.27
4	—	425	150.00–168.00	158.23
4	—	374	156.00–170.00	165.15
1	—	555	140.00	140.00
1	—	645	143.00	143.00
2	—	493	159.00–160.00	159.50
1	—	500	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	160.00	160.00
2	—	510	150.00–158.00	153.96
4	—	469	158.00–165.00	161.98
2	—	830	98.00	98.00
4	—	419	170.00–172.00	170.72
3	—	575	135.00–150.00	143.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	148.00–154.00	151.02
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	142.00	142.00
8	—	452	150.00–163.00	153.16
1	—	345	158.00	158.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	840.00	840.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,165	800.00–1,150.00	972.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	830.00	830.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	540.00	540.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	850.00	850.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	1,175.00	1,175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,940	90.00	90.00
5	—	1,741	85.00–89.50	88.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	930	50.00–58.50	55.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,417	65.00–68.00	66.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,151	60.50–67.50	64.74
3	—	1,153	57.50–60.50	58.62
5	—	1,277	70.50–75.00	72.79

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Southwestern Sales Co. - Huntingdon, TN

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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