Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to insufficient 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 $232.73/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −150.35 against this barn's trailing median of $383.08.

Average price

$232.73

13 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,277

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$49.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.95

vs TN average

−52.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	249.14	1,349	6thin
Medium and Large 2	552	221.78	1,223	6thin
Medium and Large 3	575	200.00	1,150	1thin

One grade step is worth $49.14/cwt here — about $199 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

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 sale13 hd

232.73

—

TN average9 barns · 448 hd

253.68

−20.95

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−52.22

This barn, trailing median21 sales

383.08

−150.35

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,380	120.00	1,656	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,246	117.26	1,461	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,202	94.71	1,138	4thin

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 Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,133	$1,935	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	975	$1,438	2thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	223.30/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,295	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,465	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	565	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,130	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	220.25/cwt	207.50–235.00	1,152	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	241.76/cwt	230.00–252.50	1,482	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,364	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	259.00/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,334	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	248.87/cwt	237.50–260.00	1,170	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	265.80/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,116	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	277.50/cwt	275.00–280.00	902	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	1,935.43/head	1,875.00–2,000.00	1,935	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	240.86/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,368	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	335.09/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,049	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	257.43/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,526	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	308.67/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,482	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	263.61/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	286.14/cwt	275.00–307.50	1,505	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,441	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	914	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	276.25/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,309	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,093	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	405	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,316	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,656	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	117.26/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,461	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	963	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,270	104.41/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,326	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 →

Dickson Regional Livestock West - Huntingdon, TN

Tue Dec 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 132Year ago 164

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 32Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 12Year ago 11

Trends could not be established due to insufficient receipts. Quality fair to good. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	202.50	202.50
1	600–650	610	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	445	305.00	305.00
1	450–500	495	260.00	260.00
1	500–550	540	252.50	252.50
3	600–650	613	230.00–252.50	241.76
1	650–700	675	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	325.00	325.00
2	450–500	480	305.00–312.50	308.67
4	500–550	526	275.00–307.50	286.14
2	600–650	610	257.00–270.00	263.61
1	650–700	665	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	726	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	275.00–280.00	277.50
1	350–400	360	270.00	270.00
4	400–450	420	250.00–277.50	265.80
2	450–500	470	237.50–260.00	248.87
3	500–550	523	207.50–235.00	220.25
3	550–600	580	220.00–230.00	223.30
1	600–650	610	235.00	235.00
1	850–900	860	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	360	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	430	282.50	282.50
4	450–500	474	272.50–280.00	276.25
3	500–550	515	250.00–262.50	257.43
3	550–600	568	235.00–245.00	240.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	210.00	210.00
1	450–500	475	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	575	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	210.00	210.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	415	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	455	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	515	250.00–267.50	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	332.50–337.50	335.09
3	400–450	449	321.00	321.00
2	450–500	483	316.00	316.00
1	600–650	630	270.00	270.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,133	1,875.00–2,000.00	1,935.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,950.00	1,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,450.00	1,450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,425.00	1,425.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	120.00	120.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,246	115.00–119.00	117.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	85.00	85.00
2	—	1,270	100.00–107.00	104.41

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 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle