Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends were established due to inadequate receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $223.28/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$223.28

30 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,087

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$11.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.05

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	496	224.71	1,115	26
Medium and Large 2-3	348	215.00	747	2thin
Small 1-2	505	213.00	1,076	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.71/cwt here — about $39 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 sale30 hd

223.28

—

TN average3 barns · 296 hd

227.34

−4.05

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	1,610	85.00	1,369	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	100.97	1,241	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,373	99.98	1,373	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,255	81.00	1,017	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1-2	—	618	231.73/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	295.05/cwt	290.00–300.00	805	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	535	173.50/cwt	157.00–190.00	928	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	279.60/cwt	265.00–294.00	987	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	470	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,062	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	233.10/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,084	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,131	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	991	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	245.53/cwt	244.00–247.00	1,142	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	224.95/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,203	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	660	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	219.97/cwt	218.00–222.00	1,496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,135	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	252.00/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,247	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	425	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,133	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	213.04/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,317	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,206	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	182.48/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,392	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	236.36/cwt	231.00–241.00	995	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	480	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	222.66/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,256	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	948	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	241.31/cwt	240.00–244.00	760	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,180	1
Bulls	—	—	1,610	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,369	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	99.98/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,373	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,255	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,017	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	95.55/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,159	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	109.11/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,367	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 Jan 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 72Last week 211Year ago 193

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 19Year ago 30

No trends were established due to inadequate receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	618	230.00–237.00	231.73
2	—	273	290.00–300.00	295.05
2	—	353	265.00–294.00	279.60
1	—	525	240.00	240.00
3	—	680	218.00–222.00	219.97
1	—	315	285.00	285.00
1	—	445	255.00	255.00
2	—	495	250.00–254.00	252.00
1	—	575	235.00	235.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	157.00–190.00	173.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	275.00	275.00
1	—	455	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	226.00	226.00
1	—	540	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	230.00–236.00	233.10
4	—	618	210.00–216.00	213.04
1	—	670	180.00	180.00
2	—	763	180.00–185.00	182.48
9	—	421	231.00–241.00	236.36
3	—	564	220.00–224.00	222.66
1	—	395	240.00	240.00
3	—	315	240.00–244.00	241.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	220.00	220.00
1	—	415	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	257.00	257.00
2	—	465	244.00–247.00	245.53
2	—	535	220.00–230.00	224.95
1	—	670	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	251.00	251.00
1	—	495	245.00	245.00
1	—	540	210.00	210.00
1	—	590	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	85.00	85.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	96.00–105.00	99.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	81.00	81.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,213	93.00–97.00	95.55
2	—	1,253	108.00–110.00	109.11

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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