Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-11

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 $255.92/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −127.15 against this barn's trailing median of $383.08.

Average price

$255.92

11 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,409

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$19.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.40

vs TN average

−41.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	261.25	1,434	8thin
Medium and Large 2	555	241.72	1,342	3thin

One grade step is worth $19.53/cwt here — about $91 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 sale11 hd

255.92

—

TN average17 barns · 967 hd

267.32

−11.40

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−41.08

This barn, trailing median21 sales

383.08

−127.15

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	—	Average	1,765	155.00	2,736	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,467	136.18	1,997	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,255	125.00	1,569	2thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,658	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,482	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	131.77/cwt	130.00–134.00	2,003	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,972	1
Bulls	—	—	1,765	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	600	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	237.58/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	220.04/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	996	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	255.07/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,467	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,807	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	243.36/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,484	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	262.48/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	271.20/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,410	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	236.21/cwt	230.00–242.50	916	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,710	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 Feb 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 45Last week 140Year ago 516

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 52Year ago 21

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,235	120.00	120.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,520	130.00–134.00	131.77
1	—	1,360	145.00	145.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,765	155.00	155.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	255.00	255.00
1	300–350	345	255.00	255.00
2	350–400	388	230.00–242.50	236.21
1	400–450	400	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	270.00	270.00
4	500–550	520	270.00–275.00	271.20
3	550–600	575	250.00–260.00	255.07
3	600–650	610	240.00–250.00	243.36
1	650–700	690	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	720	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	272.50	272.50
1	250–300	275	297.50	297.50
1	500–550	530	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	568	235.00–240.00	237.58
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	600	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	630	260.00–265.00	262.48
1	650–700	680	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	700	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	760	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	337.50	337.50
2	700–750	708	210.00–230.00	220.04
1	800–850	810	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	312.50	312.50
2	550–600	583	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	720	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	250.00	250.00

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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