Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-07-29

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 29
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
99 head
37 vs last sale 62 99 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
5 vs last sale 8 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 1 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 insufficient receipts. Quality good, Demand good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $333.50/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 80.28 against this barn's trailing median of $413.78.
Average price
$333.50
5 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,811
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.84
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548336.871,8444thin
Medium and Large 2525320.001,6801thin
One grade step is worth $16.87/cwt here — about $164 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

14 sales
479428376325median 413.7801/0602/2405/1207/0708/11
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $465.34, low $338.65, median $413.78 across 14 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 sale5 hd
333.50
TN average13 barns · 213 hd
327.66
+5.84
This barn, trailing median14 sales
413.78
−80.28
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
BullsHigh1,845192.003,5421thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,280165.002,1124thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,164153.801,7906thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average925132.111,2222thin

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,280$2,3251thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bulls1,845192.00/cwt192.00–192.003,5421
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,470172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,5281
CowsLean 85-90%925132.11/cwt130.00–135.001,2222
CowsBoner 80-85%1,250162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,0251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,170158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,8491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,240165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,0462
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550525320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6801
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450435332.44/cwt330.00–335.001,4462
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650623261.47/cwt250.00–270.001,6293
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500462366.49/cwt350.00–392.501,6936
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450417400.84/cwt390.00–417.501,6728
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400368391.54/cwt385.00–400.001,4413
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350335344.78/cwt330.00–360.001,1552
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250220450.00/cwt450.00–450.009901
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700685237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,6271
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650600272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,6351
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275391.42/cwt380.00–400.001,0763
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515321.23/cwt300.00–335.001,6543
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500469322.47/cwt300.00–340.001,5125
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350300390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1701
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500490310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5191
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250220500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1001
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600570235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3401
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450405262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,0631
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450438314.74/cwt300.00–330.001,3792
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300285357.24/cwt350.00–365.001,0182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,042154.69/cwt150.00–160.001,6123
CowsBoner 80-85%1,303148.36/cwt146.00–150.001,9332
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600555312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7341
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250220400.00/cwt400.00–400.008801
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500477338.37/cwt335.00–340.001,6143
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300284436.10/cwt420.00–450.001,2394
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300260410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,0661
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400358347.34/cwt340.00–355.001,2432
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350319384.15/cwt370.00–400.001,2259
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650623317.99/cwt300.00–335.001,9812
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7421
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600560335.83/cwt327.50–340.001,8813
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350317410.11/cwt400.00–415.001,3003
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400371419.10/cwt400.00–427.501,5554
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4441
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2802,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450407385.70/cwt375.00–402.501,5703
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400360430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5481
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550510340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7341

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.