Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last scheduled date for this sale to be reported fell during the Thanksgiving Holiday lay off, therefor no trend comparisons could be established.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.59/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$136.59

51 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$12.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.16

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	500	141.08	706	33
Small 1-2	456	128.92	588	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	481	128.13	617	13thin

One grade step is worth $12.96/cwt here — about $89 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 sale51 hd

136.59

—

TN average9 barns · 2,044 hd

133.43

+3.16

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	1,594	78.79	1,255	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,356	55.70	755	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,230	52.67	648	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	43.49	466	7thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1-2Full	—	635	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	857	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	853	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	154.48/cwt	145.00–161.00	726	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	127.01/cwt	125.00–129.00	925	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	145.05/cwt	139.00–147.00	996	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	278	160.05/cwt	155.00–165.00	445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	145.04/cwt	140.00–150.00	950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	789	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	390	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	146.03/cwt	144.00–148.00	533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	154.87/cwt	150.00–160.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	176.60/cwt	175.00–178.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	143.14/cwt	139.00–150.00	880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	145.31/cwt	145.00–146.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	141.37/cwt	139.00–145.00	604	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	938	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	124.43/cwt	116.00–132.00	585	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	160.85/cwt	160.00–162.50	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	461	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,133	49.02/cwt	46.00–52.00	555	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	530	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	56.14/cwt	54.00–60.00	719	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	47.36/cwt	45.00–49.00	496	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	63.63/cwt	62.50–65.00	886	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	54.86/cwt	53.50–57.00	812	3
Bulls	—	—	1,245	73.64/cwt	70.00–75.00	917	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	40.58/cwt	34.00–45.00	443	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	435	1
Bulls	—	—	1,942	83.93/cwt	82.00–87.50	1,630	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	918	659.74/cwt	625.00–700.00	6,056	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,630	1,900.00/cwt	1,900.00–1,900.00	30,970	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	130.35/cwt	120.00–140.00	682	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	139.02/cwt	135.00–143.00	859	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	153.66/cwt	150.00–157.50	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	127.94/cwt	121.00–135.00	729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	156.94/cwt	155.00–164.00	695	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	508	129.49/cwt	125.00–131.00	658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	700	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	140.40/cwt	137.00–145.00	729	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	645	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	961	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	136.50/cwt	134.00–139.00	663	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	475	125.31/cwt	121.00–130.00	595	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	510	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	495	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	594	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 Dec 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 137Last week 172Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 59Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 16Year ago 0

The last scheduled date for this sale to be reported fell during the Thanksgiving Holiday lay off, therefor no trend comparisons could be established.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	158.00	158.00
6	—	470	145.00–161.00	154.48
2	—	728	125.00–129.00	127.01
4	—	687	139.00–147.00	145.05
2	—	618	135.00–143.00	139.02
7	—	443	155.00–164.00	156.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	120.00–140.00	130.35
2	—	410	150.00–157.50	153.66
1	—	485	144.00	144.00
2	—	570	121.00–135.00	127.94
1	—	645	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
2	—	278	155.00–165.00	160.05
1	—	300	160.00	160.00
2	—	483	150.00–160.00	154.87
1	—	805	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	140.00–150.00	145.04
2	—	323	175.00–178.00	176.60
3	—	615	139.00–150.00	143.14
1	—	395	165.00	165.00
3	—	480	160.00–162.50	160.85
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	136.00	136.00
2	—	365	144.00–148.00	146.03
2	—	623	140.00	140.00
3	—	330	145.00–146.00	145.31
7	—	427	139.00–145.00	141.37
8	—	519	137.00–145.00	140.40
4	—	486	134.00–139.00	136.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	139.00	139.00
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
2	—	475	121.00–130.00	125.31
1	—	510	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	137.00	137.00
1	—	750	125.00	125.00
4	—	470	116.00–132.00	124.43
1	—	375	123.00	123.00
4	—	508	125.00–131.00	129.49
1	—	340	135.00	135.00
1	—	585	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	145.00	145.00
2	—	645	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	46.00–52.00	49.02
2	—	1,393	62.50–65.00	63.63
3	—	1,480	53.50–57.00	54.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	50.00	50.00
5	—	1,281	54.00–60.00	56.14
1	—	1,145	38.00	38.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,048	45.00–49.00	47.36
4	—	1,091	34.00–45.00	40.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,245	70.00–75.00	73.64
3	—	1,942	82.00–87.50	83.93

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	918	625.00–700.00	659.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,630	1,900.00	1,900.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle