Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-06-17

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jun 17
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
275 head
134 vs last sale 141 136 vs year ago 139 · +97.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
9 vs last sale 35 7 vs year ago 33 · 21.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
8 vs last sale 10 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts last week. Quality fair to fancy, Demand good,

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $372.26/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits 73.79 against this barn's trailing median of $446.05.
Average price
$372.26
80 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,013
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.64
vs TN average
+0.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541373.142,02078
Medium and Large 2520337.981,7572thin
One grade step is worth $35.16/cwt here — about $262 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales
513457401345median 446.0501/0602/2404/1405/2607/21
Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.10, low $359.18, median $446.05 across 15 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 sale80 hd
372.26
TN average14 barns · 538 hd
364.62
+7.64
National average146 barns · 8,317 hd
371.92
+0.34
This barn, trailing median15 sales
446.05
−73.79
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
BullsLow1,803175.483,1643thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,265150.001,8986thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,575149.782,3592thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,037139.791,4505thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,335$2,7001thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1Value Added450–500486335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,62825
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473326.83/cwt320.00–335.001,5467
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420352.38/cwt350.00–355.001,4802
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550502392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,97039
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400370395.20/cwt387.50–402.501,4622
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300280404.82/cwt400.00–415.001,1333
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850835217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,8121
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600580330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9142
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750723250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8082
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450426365.73/cwt340.00–385.001,5584
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1722
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500485350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6981
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550513305.15/cwt280.00–315.001,5654
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250200500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450431370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,59525
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400385349.87/cwt340.00–360.001,3472
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500490275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3481
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700673220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4812
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450405377.65/cwt365.00–390.001,5292
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6471
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450428330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4123
SteersSmall 1250–300250350.00/cwt350.00–350.008751
HeifersSmall 1550–600570250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4251
HeifersSmall 1450–500480262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,2601
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650610321.23/cwt320.00–322.501,9602
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350345380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3111
CowsLean 85-90%1,020120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2241
CowsLean 85-90%1,093150.51/cwt150.00–151.001,6452
CowsLean 85-90%990138.97/cwt138.00–140.001,3762
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,575149.78/cwt145.00–155.002,3592
CowsBoner 80-85%1,237150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8563
Bulls1,803175.48/cwt172.00–177.003,1643
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800775230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7831
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250240490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,1761
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600568349.29/cwt340.00–357.501,9844
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600564311.02/cwt300.00–325.001,7545
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350340411.25/cwt402.50–420.001,3982
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365377.44/cwt375.00–382.501,3785
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500490369.95/cwt367.50–375.001,8133
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550517320.22/cwt307.50–325.001,6567
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420401.71/cwt395.00–410.001,6877
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600594350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,07929
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700660345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2771
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300265435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,1531
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400390407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,5891
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350326392.43/cwt387.50–402.501,2795
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520350.24/cwt340.00–370.001,8216
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450440320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4081
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350321408.78/cwt400.00–412.501,3124
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450417406.78/cwt400.00–417.501,6963
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500462378.45/cwt372.50–385.001,7483
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250210510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,0711
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650620347.52/cwt345.00–350.002,1552
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400370302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,1191
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600550285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5681
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550524375.02/cwt370.00–385.001,9656
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650610336.00/cwt330.00–340.002,0505
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600585275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6091
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy850–900855190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,195160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,343145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,9472
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550520337.98/cwt325.00–350.001,7572
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650618306.20/cwt302.50–310.001,8922
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,3352,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450440325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4301

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.