Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Inadequate receipts to established a market trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $196.90/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$196.90

47 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,038

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$365

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

$53.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.29

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	553	203.11	1,122	31
Medium and Large 2-3	471	192.92	909	13thin
Medium and Large 3	505	150.00	758	3thin

One grade step is worth $53.11/cwt here — about $365 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 sale47 hd

196.90

—

TN average9 barns · 1,566 hd

203.19

−6.29

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	—	High	1,908	123.50	2,356	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	97.68	1,418	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,201	93.20	1,120	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	940	75.52	710	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,100	$850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	230.60/cwt	223.00–238.00	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	235.50/cwt	234.00–237.00	1,248	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,099	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	183.00/cwt	182.00–184.00	1,149	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,166	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,058	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	760	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,049	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	220.49/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,014	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	174.05/cwt	168.00–180.00	1,097	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	189.44/cwt	185.00–197.00	1,260	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	204.49/cwt	194.00–210.00	1,159	8
Steers	Small 1-2	—	365	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	490	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,181	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	161.51/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,276	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	243.04/cwt	241.00–245.00	919	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,099	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	225.59/cwt	222.00–229.00	925	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	685	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,028	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	196.74/cwt	180.00–212.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	927	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	208.24/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,089	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,119	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	228.52/cwt	227.00–230.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	191.96/cwt	190.00–194.00	1,081	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	225.50/cwt	225.00–226.00	891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	196.60/cwt	183.00–203.00	932	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	237.52/cwt	235.00–240.00	969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	198.55/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,132	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	164.48/cwt	162.00–167.00	1,299	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,233	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	453	219.01/cwt	217.00–220.00	992	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,369	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bulls	—	—	2,040	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,652	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	91.46/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,118	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	101.03/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,119	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	95.24/cwt	93.00–97.50	1,414	3
Bulls	—	—	1,775	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	2,077	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	75.52/cwt	75.00–76.00	710	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,418	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 May 23, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 110Last week 97Year ago 225

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 53Year ago 79

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 12Year ago 23

Inadequate receipts to established a market trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	223.00–238.00	230.60
1	—	460	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	232.00	232.00
1	—	705	188.00	188.00
2	—	530	234.00–237.00	235.50
1	—	460	239.00	239.00
1	—	860	174.00	174.00
1	—	805	170.00	170.00
3	—	378	241.00–245.00	243.04
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	182.00–184.00	183.00
1	—	530	220.00	220.00
1	—	460	230.00	230.00
1	—	805	160.00	160.00
2	—	408	235.00–240.00	237.52
1	—	370	236.00	236.00
2	—	570	197.00–200.00	198.55
2	—	790	162.00–167.00	164.48
1	—	725	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	217.00–220.00	219.01
1	—	845	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	220.00–221.00	220.49
4	—	665	185.00–197.00	189.44
1	—	805	160.00	160.00
8	—	567	194.00–210.00	204.49
2	—	790	160.00–163.00	161.51
2	—	410	222.00–229.00	225.59
6	—	523	200.00–215.00	208.24
2	—	605	185.00	185.00
2	—	335	227.00–230.00	228.52
2	—	395	225.00–226.00	225.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	168.00–180.00	174.05
2	—	378	180.00–212.00	196.74
1	—	315	215.00	215.00
1	—	515	180.00	180.00
1	—	260	201.00	201.00
2	—	563	190.00–194.00	191.96
4	—	474	183.00–203.00	196.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	160.00	160.00
1	—	540	170.00	170.00
1	—	605	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	850.00	850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,040	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,775	117.00	117.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,222	90.00–96.00	91.46
2	—	1,108	100.00–102.00	101.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,485	93.00–97.50	95.24
1	—	1,350	105.00	105.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	940	75.00–76.00	75.52

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Southwestern Sales Co. - Huntingdon, TN

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle