Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $309.20/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −136.85 against this barn's trailing median of $446.05.

Average price

$309.20

9 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$24.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−44.36

vs TN average

−66.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	311.92	1,733	8thin
Medium and Large 2	590	287.50	1,696	1thin

One grade step is worth $24.42/cwt here — about $37 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

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 sale9 hd

309.20

—

TN average14 barns · 461 hd

353.56

−44.36

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

−66.54

This barn, trailing median15 sales

446.05

−136.85

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	1,195	165.50	1,978	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,567	176.64	2,768	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	168.95	2,056	3thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	—	1,350	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,376	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,567	176.64/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,768	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,651	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	175.92/cwt	175.00–177.00	2,275	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,040	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	650	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,641	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	460	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	385.57/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	324.92/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,872	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	432.73/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,441	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	445.24/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,371	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	322.45/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	268.68/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	328.72/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	369.29/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,555	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	325.04/cwt	315.00–332.50	1,856	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	645	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	555	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	518	305.07/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	332	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,162	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	336.16/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	338.79/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,433	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 Jul 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 62Last week 149Year ago 306

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 32Year ago 20

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	155.00	155.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,567	175.00–180.00	176.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,293	175.00–177.00	175.92

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	147.50	147.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	370.00–400.00	385.57
2	400–450	410	332.50–340.00	336.16
1	500–550	515	267.50	267.50
1	550–600	585	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	410.00–445.00	432.73
1	350–400	380	400.00	400.00
4	400–450	421	360.00–385.00	369.29
2	450–500	473	327.50–330.00	328.72
2	600–650	628	265.00–272.50	268.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	287.50	287.50
1	650–700	685	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	435.00–455.00	445.24
3	350–400	378	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	400	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	465	402.50	402.50
5	550–600	571	315.00–332.50	325.04
1	600–650	635	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	680	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	518	300.00–310.00	305.07
1	550–600	555	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	645	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	350	372.50	372.50
2	400–450	423	337.50–340.00	338.79
2	450–500	468	320.00–330.00	324.92
2	500–550	510	320.00–325.00	322.45
1	600–650	625	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	350.00	350.00

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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