Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to inadequate receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.55/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$148.55

23 head · 432 lb average

Value per head Derived

$641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$12.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.51

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	432	153.27	662	14thin
Medium and Large 2-3	432	141.22	610	9thin

One grade step is worth $12.05/cwt here — about $52 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 sale23 hd

148.55

—

TN average10 barns · 2,385 hd

151.06

−2.51

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	1,509	103.01	1,554	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,241	78.52	975	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,466	75.47	1,106	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,037	58.82	610	5thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1-2	—	455	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	774	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	480	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	172.96/cwt	171.00–175.00	723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	372	172.82/cwt	167.50–176.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	146.35/cwt	143.00–151.00	771	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	174.05/cwt	172.00–176.00	823	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	157.76/cwt	155.00–160.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	358	153.97/cwt	150.00–158.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	130.68/cwt	130.00–131.00	618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	158.25/cwt	152.00–163.00	676	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	162.15/cwt	160.00–167.00	838	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	821	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	150.50/cwt	147.00–154.00	722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	171.66/cwt	165.00–179.00	726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	588	1
Bulls	—	—	1,565	107.35/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,680	3
Bulls	—	—	1,340	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,206	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	77.80/cwt	65.00–84.00	955	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,165	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	75.47/cwt	72.00–82.00	1,106	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	64.60/cwt	64.00–65.00	690	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	50.16/cwt	46.00–54.00	497	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 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 76Last week 161Year ago 174

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 51Year ago 65

Trends could not be established due to inadequate receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	170.00	170.00
1	—	385	174.00	174.00
1	—	405	175.00	175.00
1	—	590	140.00	140.00
1	—	675	130.00	130.00
5	—	517	160.00–167.00	162.15
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	179.00	179.00
1	—	555	148.00	148.00
2	—	480	147.00–154.00	150.50
5	—	423	165.00–179.00	171.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	175.00	175.00
1	—	330	175.00	175.00
1	—	370	176.00	176.00
1	—	575	160.00	160.00
2	—	473	172.00–176.00	174.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	171.00–175.00	172.96
3	—	372	167.50–176.00	172.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	527	143.00–151.00	146.35
1	—	285	155.00	155.00
1	—	495	150.00	150.00
3	—	328	155.00–160.00	157.76
3	—	427	152.00–163.00	158.25
1	—	365	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	140.00	140.00
2	—	358	150.00–158.00	153.97
3	—	473	130.00–131.00	130.68
1	—	525	131.00	131.00
2	—	320	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,565	105.00–111.00	107.35
1	—	1,340	90.00	90.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,227	65.00–84.00	77.80
1	—	1,370	85.00	85.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,466	72.00–82.00	75.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,068	64.00–65.00	64.60
2	—	990	46.00–54.00	50.16

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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