Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2024-11-19

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Nov 19
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
155 head
139 vs last sale 294 120 vs year ago 275 · 43.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
0 vs last sale 26 52 vs year ago 78 · 66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
9 vs last sale 19 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends can not be established due to inadequate receipts. Quality fair to good. Demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.88/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 151.20 against this barn's trailing median of $383.08.
Average price
$231.88
22 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,264
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.30
vs TN average
35.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546236.081,28917thin
Medium and Large 2541217.561,1775thin
One grade step is worth $18.52/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales
442407373339median 383.0801/0602/2404/1406/0208/11
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 sale22 hd
231.88
TN average14 barns · 1,098 hd
239.18
−7.30
National average196 barns · 21,141 hd
267.05
−35.18
This barn, trailing median21 sales
383.08
−151.20
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,784138.202,4656thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,430112.501,6092thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,231109.421,3476thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14088.311,0075thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,075$1,7001thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300277305.00/cwt305.00–305.008453
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450425297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,2641
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600555265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4711
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565220.09/cwt215.00–225.001,2442
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500458291.23/cwt287.50–295.001,3342
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850810182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4741
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800785200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5701
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550500252.50/cwt250.00–255.001,2632
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500475242.26/cwt235.00–250.001,1512
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450421226.47/cwt220.00–235.009534
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600558233.09/cwt226.00–240.001,3012
HeifersMedium and Large 2Full600–650600205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2301
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,0751,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300290265.00/cwt265.00–265.007691
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450420272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1451
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600570212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2111
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550533212.51/cwt210.00–215.001,1332
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650630225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4181
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650620217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3491
Dairy SteersSmall 3400–450430105.00/cwt105.00–105.004521
Dairy SteersSmall 3700–750740110.00/cwt110.00–110.008141
Dairy SteersSmall 3550–600580110.00/cwt110.00–110.006383
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300250290.00/cwt290.00–290.007251
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350310315.00/cwt315.00–315.009771
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650605216.25/cwt212.50–220.001,3082
BullsSmall 1600–650640154.00/cwt154.00–154.009861
BullsSmall 1550–600560175.00/cwt175.00–175.009801
BullsSmall 1650–700655166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0871
HeifersSmall 1450–500460152.50/cwt152.50–152.507021
CowsLean 85-90%1,130100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1301
CowsLean 85-90%1,14385.39/cwt81.00–88.009764
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,550110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,7051
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,310115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,250104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,3001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,227110.50/cwt107.00–112.001,3565
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4561
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350325273.92/cwt270.00–277.508902
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450413263.86/cwt260.00–267.501,0902
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513241.46/cwt235.00–251.001,2396
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450428247.43/cwt242.50–257.501,0594
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600564237.75/cwt225.00–250.001,3419
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650628221.67/cwt220.00–225.001,3923
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750715200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4301
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700683222.11/cwt214.00–230.001,5173
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600578258.77/cwt255.00–262.501,4962
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700678211.24/cwt210.00–212.501,4322
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650600247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4851
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365297.60/cwt295.00–300.001,0862
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450430327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,4061
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550500260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3002
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700665235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5632
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400357272.73/cwt260.00–277.509747
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300273323.49/cwt322.50–327.508835
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500460288.76/cwt287.50–290.001,3282
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600565212.46/cwt210.00–215.001,2002
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650617232.39/cwt230.00–237.501,4345
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470242.26/cwt232.50–252.501,1394
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350320317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,0161
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850800170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3601
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330270.00/cwt270.00–270.008911
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400370224.86/cwt220.00–230.008322
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500460310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4261
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400375310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1631
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450433288.14/cwt287.50–290.001,2484
Bulls2,008148.00/cwt147.00–150.002,9723
Bulls1,360116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,5781
Bulls1,660134.59/cwt130.00–138.002,2342
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400370160.00/cwt160.00–160.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500483214.26/cwt200.00–227.501,0354
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550525215.88/cwt205.00–225.001,1333

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.