Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-28

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.79/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −131.28 against this barn's trailing median of $383.08.

Average price

$251.79

18 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,424

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$18.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.70

vs TN average

−15.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	254.86	1,436	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	577	236.47	1,364	3thin

One grade step is worth $18.39/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $427.80, low $352.76, median $383.08 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

251.79

—

TN average7 barns · 272 hd

257.49

−5.70

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−15.83

This barn, trailing median21 sales

383.08

−131.28

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	2,048	156.46	3,204	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,348	135.80	1,831	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	131.59	1,548	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,190	117.00	1,392	1thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	980	$1,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 lots · USDA AMS · Dickson Regional Livestock West - 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 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	255.07/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,309	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	715	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	275.94/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	349.44/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,181	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	220	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	410	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	236.47/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,364	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,165	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,401	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	303.68/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,285	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	255.23/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,462	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	287.45/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	327.04/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,063	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,392	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	129.40/cwt	122.00–135.00	1,504	11
Bulls	—	—	2,048	156.46/cwt	155.00–157.50	3,204	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	137.60/cwt	133.00–144.00	1,672	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	128.37/cwt	120.00–134.00	1,804	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	139.51/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	282.99/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	238.98/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	490	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	269.92/cwt	267.50–272.50	1,674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,600	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 →

Dickson Regional Livestock West - Huntingdon, TN

Tue May 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 77Last week 103Year ago 110

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 38Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 17Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	340.00–352.50	349.44
1	350–400	395	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	505	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	555	282.50–292.50	287.45
2	600–650	620	267.50–272.50	269.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	342.50	342.50
1	400–450	430	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	320.00–335.00	327.04
2	400–450	433	281.00–285.00	282.99
3	450–500	473	267.50–290.00	275.94
2	500–550	513	250.00–260.00	255.07
1	550–600	550	250.00	250.00
4	600–650	618	230.00–246.00	238.98
2	650–700	688	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	735	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	800	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	337.50	337.50
1	250–300	275	327.50	327.50
1	350–400	385	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	475	260.00	260.00
3	550–600	577	230.00–250.00	236.47
1	750–800	785	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	290.00	290.00
12	550–600	573	252.00–260.00	255.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	665	199.00	199.00
1	750–800	785	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	300.00–307.50	303.68
1	500–550	505	277.50	277.50
1	600–650	605	257.50	257.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	1,450.00	1,450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	117.00	117.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,162	122.00–135.00	129.40
4	—	1,215	133.00–144.00	137.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	120.00–134.00	128.37
4	—	1,320	138.00–142.00	139.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,048	155.00–157.50	156.46

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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Dickson Regional Livestock West - Huntingdon, TN

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Slaughter Cattle