Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well established this week. Steers steady. Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Bulls steady to 4.00 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 $138.94/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$138.94

49 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$711

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$88

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

$7.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.78

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1-2	377	140.00	527	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	526	139.43	734	42
Medium and Large 2-3	463	133.00	615	4thin

One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about −$88 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 sale49 hd

138.94

—

TN average10 barns · 2,938 hd

134.17

+4.78

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	1,592	88.13	1,403	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,133	66.96	758	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,288	65.76	847	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	942	57.10	538	16

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	66.75/cwt	63.00–70.00	746	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	70.16/cwt	70.00–70.50	809	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	900	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,407	61.40/cwt	58.50–63.00	864	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,244	67.39/cwt	65.00–70.00	838	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	57.10/cwt	46.00–63.00	538	16
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	144.50/cwt	136.00–149.00	696	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	145.01/cwt	144.00–146.00	764	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	565	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	155.51/cwt	155.00–156.00	673	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	151.61/cwt	150.00–156.00	802	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	430	130.88/cwt	121.00–141.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	160.47/cwt	159.00–162.00	534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	129.00/cwt	125.00–134.00	862	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	156.91/cwt	155.00–160.00	581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	158.81/cwt	150.00–163.00	759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	152.26/cwt	145.00–155.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	139.93/cwt	134.00–145.00	802	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,715	1,875.00/cwt	1,875.00–1,875.00	32,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	149.25/cwt	147.00–153.00	701	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	128.49/cwt	127.00–130.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	805	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	508	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	686	2
Bulls	—	—	1,548	84.52/cwt	80.00–87.50	1,308	2
Bulls	—	—	1,635	91.73/cwt	91.50–92.00	1,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	153.00/cwt	151.00–155.00	413	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	135.02/cwt	130.00–138.00	822	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	147.55/cwt	146.00–149.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	353	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	153.14/cwt	150.00–156.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	146.06/cwt	142.00–152.00	612	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	132.50/cwt	131.00–134.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	141.49/cwt	135.00–148.00	734	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	126.69/cwt	120.00–136.00	903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	154.42/cwt	152.00–157.00	352	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 Aug 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 174Last week 110Year ago 125

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 47Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,118	63.00–70.00	66.75
3	—	1,153	70.00–70.50	70.16
1	—	1,440	62.50	62.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,407	58.50–63.00	61.40
8	—	1,244	65.00–70.00	67.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	942	46.00–63.00	57.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	80.00–87.50	84.52
2	—	1,635	91.50–92.00	91.73

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	140.00	140.00
1	—	365	140.00	140.00
1	—	335	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	482	136.00–149.00	144.50
1	—	250	148.00	148.00
3	—	668	125.00–134.00	129.00
1	—	210	150.00	150.00
4	—	573	134.00–145.00	139.93
1	—	775	120.00	120.00
5	—	609	130.00–138.00	135.02
2	—	373	146.00–149.00	147.55
8	—	419	142.00–152.00	146.06
6	—	519	135.00–148.00	141.49
4	—	713	120.00–136.00	126.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	135.00	135.00
2	—	508	135.00	135.00
1	—	395	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	144.00–146.00	145.01
4	—	433	145.00–155.00	152.26
3	—	470	147.00–153.00	149.25
2	—	640	127.00–130.00	128.49
1	—	555	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	109.00	109.00
2	—	430	121.00–141.00	130.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	149.00	149.00
1	—	665	121.00	121.00
1	—	490	140.00	140.00
2	—	525	131.00–134.00	132.50
1	—	560	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	155.00–156.00	155.51
5	—	529	150.00–156.00	151.61
2	—	333	159.00–162.00	160.47
3	—	370	155.00–160.00	156.91
6	—	478	150.00–163.00	158.81
2	—	228	152.00–157.00	154.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	123.00	123.00
1	—	355	150.00	150.00
1	—	435	150.00	150.00
1	—	510	141.00	141.00
2	—	270	151.00–155.00	153.00
1	—	235	150.00	150.00
2	—	320	150.00–156.00	153.14

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,715	1,875.00	1,875.00

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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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle