Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago Slaughter cows 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Steers 6.00 to 12.00 lower. Heifers 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Bulls 5.00 to 13.00 lower. Quality fair to good, with several thin fleshed calves. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.94/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$134.94

96 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$4.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.63

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	483	135.41	654	82
Medium and Large 2-3	417	132.26	552	13thin
Small 1-2	450	131.00	590	1thin

One grade step is worth $4.41/cwt here — about $64 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 sale96 hd

134.94

—

TN average11 barns · 1,917 hd

131.30

+3.63

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	1,386	80.70	1,118	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,583	63.62	1,007	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,236	59.87	740	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	828	48.62	403	3thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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	—	513	131.96/cwt	128.00–138.00	677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	134.27/cwt	130.00–138.00	628	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	485	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	140.00/cwt	135.00–145.00	742	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	555	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	119.99/cwt	110.00–125.00	808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	137.53/cwt	132.00–143.00	579	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	131.90/cwt	130.00–136.00	685	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	143.40/cwt	135.00–152.00	526	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	169.75/cwt	169.00–170.00	575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	440	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	135.35/cwt	135.00–136.00	762	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	136.67/cwt	130.00–140.00	847	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	888	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	580	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	766	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	679	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	480	128.95/cwt	125.00–132.00	619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	395	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	680	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	143.33/cwt	142.00–146.00	738	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	405	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	628	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	450	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	590	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	828	48.62/cwt	46.50–52.00	403	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,790	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	1,190	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	62.18/cwt	60.50–64.00	920	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,433	65.45/cwt	65.00–66.00	938	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	60.38/cwt	56.50–65.00	717	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	51.50/cwt	50.00–52.50	674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	134.48/cwt	131.00–138.00	663	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	9,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	560	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	480	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	366	155.76/cwt	152.00–159.00	570	4
Bulls	—	—	1,085	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	770	1
Bulls	—	—	1,461	83.12/cwt	80.00–87.50	1,214	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	156.30/cwt	150.00–163.00	516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	645	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	855	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	634	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	97.94/cwt	95.00–101.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	147.41/cwt	140.00–150.00	688	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	115.02/cwt	110.00–120.00	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	142.44/cwt	141.00–144.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	230	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	135.51/cwt	135.00–136.00	573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	133.08/cwt	130.00–140.00	511	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	124.01/cwt	122.00–126.00	775	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	93.47/cwt	92.00–95.00	765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	159.24/cwt	150.00–167.00	686	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	155.49/cwt	148.00–160.00	653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	128.07/cwt	126.00–133.00	726	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	710	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	143.70/cwt	136.00–145.00	674	7

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 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 221Last week 306Year ago 184

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 62Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 21Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	128.00–138.00	131.96
1	—	635	117.00	117.00
1	—	585	121.00	121.00
2	—	765	95.00–101.00	97.94
2	—	418	141.00–144.00	142.44
1	—	725	108.00	108.00
7	—	469	136.00–145.00	143.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	530	135.00–145.00	140.00
3	—	563	135.00–136.00	135.35
13	—	467	140.00–150.00	147.41
2	—	663	110.00–120.00	115.02
4	—	625	122.00–126.00	124.01
2	—	818	92.00–95.00	93.47
6	—	431	150.00–167.00	159.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
1	—	680	95.00	95.00
1	—	560	122.00	122.00
1	—	480	136.00	136.00
1	—	710	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	130.00–138.00	134.27
4	—	311	156.00	156.00
3	—	673	110.00–125.00	119.99
11	—	421	132.00–143.00	137.53
10	—	519	130.00–136.00	131.90
15	—	367	135.00–152.00	143.40
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
13	—	567	126.00–133.00	128.07
1	—	625	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	124.00	124.00
3	—	480	125.00–132.00	128.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	485	140.00	140.00
5	—	645	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	115.00	115.00
1	—	280	135.00	135.00
2	—	488	130.00	130.00
1	—	230	155.00	155.00
2	—	423	135.00–136.00	135.51
4	—	384	130.00–140.00	133.08
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
1	—	320	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	130.00	130.00
1	—	755	120.00	120.00
1	—	370	157.00	157.00
4	—	339	169.00–170.00	169.75
3	—	620	130.00–140.00	136.67
1	—	710	125.00	125.00
1	—	565	140.00	140.00
3	—	515	142.00–146.00	143.33
1	—	935	96.00	96.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	132.00	132.00
1	—	345	150.00	150.00
1	—	405	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	150.00	150.00
1	—	580	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	131.00–138.00	134.48
1	—	290	150.00	150.00
4	—	366	152.00–159.00	155.76
2	—	330	150.00–163.00	156.30
3	—	420	148.00–160.00	155.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	828	46.50–52.00	48.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,790	66.50	66.50
2	—	1,480	60.50–64.00	62.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,433	65.00–66.00	65.45
11	—	1,187	56.50–65.00	60.38
2	—	1,308	50.00–52.50	51.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	71.00	71.00
4	—	1,461	80.00–87.50	83.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,100.00	1,100.00

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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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle