Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend comparisons could be established due to inadequate receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.33/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −133.75 against this barn's trailing median of $383.08.

Average price

$249.33

6 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,369

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$23.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.70

vs TN average

−19.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	253.20	1,415	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	500	230.00	1,150	1thin

One grade step is worth $23.20/cwt here — about $265 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale6 hd

249.33

—

TN average14 barns · 603 hd

259.03

−9.70

National average153 barns · 8,958 hd

269.28

−19.95

This barn, trailing median21 sales

383.08

−133.75

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	1,617	157.33	2,544	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,425	136.66	1,947	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	132.02	1,661	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	819	105.56	864	5thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls	—	—	1,315	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,749	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	113.61/cwt	110.00–119.00	986	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	132.74/cwt	126.00–137.00	1,646	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	136.66/cwt	132.00–141.00	1,947	2
Bulls	—	—	1,790	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,864	1
Bulls	—	—	1,745	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	3,124	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	385	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	970	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	650–700	665	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,212	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	246.23/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	243.50/cwt	231.00–256.00	1,218	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,042	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	244.63/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	263.84/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,248	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	260.49/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,237	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,206	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,027	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	288	273.05/cwt	271.00–275.00	786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	263.71/cwt	252.00–276.00	1,108	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	879	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	285.51/cwt	272.00–300.00	1,228	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	258.51/cwt	256.00–261.00	1,481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	983	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,196	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	745	93.48/cwt	92.00–95.00	696	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,759	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	282.93/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,324	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	268.00/cwt	264.00–272.00	1,434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	248.00/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,416	4

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 Jun 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 56Last week 139Year ago 154

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 33Year ago 41

No trend comparisons could be established due to inadequate receipts.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	133.00	133.00
1	—	1,790	160.00	160.00
1	—	1,745	179.00	179.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	868	110.00–119.00	113.61
2	—	745	92.00–95.00	93.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,240	126.00–137.00	132.74
1	—	1,385	127.00	127.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,425	132.00–141.00	136.66

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	322.00	322.00
1	300–350	345	302.00	302.00
1	350–400	360	302.00	302.00
1	400–450	415	292.00	292.00
4	450–500	473	260.00–273.00	263.84
1	500–550	510	274.00	274.00
4	550–600	571	245.00–251.00	248.00
3	600–650	612	241.00–251.00	244.63
1	650–700	650	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	271.00–275.00	273.05
1	350–400	360	273.00	273.00
2	400–450	420	252.00–276.00	263.71
1	450–500	490	244.00	244.00
1	500–550	500	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	222.00	222.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	272.00–300.00	285.51
3	450–500	468	280.00–288.00	282.93
3	500–550	535	264.00–272.00	268.00
2	550–600	573	256.00–261.00	258.51
3	600–650	622	230.00–255.00	246.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	260.00	260.00
1	400–450	430	266.00	266.00
2	450–500	475	260.00–261.00	260.49
2	500–550	500	231.00–256.00	243.50
1	550–600	550	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	296.00	296.00
1	450–500	450	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	335.00	335.00

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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