Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-09-02

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 2
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
57 vs last sale 194 30 vs year ago 107 · +28.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
2 vs last sale 31 1 vs year ago 28 · +3.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
4 vs last sale 6 4 vs year ago 6 · 66.7%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to a lack of comparable receipts, trends could not be established. Quality good, Demand good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $366.15/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits 47.63 against this barn's trailing median of $413.78.
Average price
$366.15
22 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,997
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$828
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$157.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.00
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548377.822,07117thin
Medium and Large 2529353.101,8684thin
Small 1565220.001,2431thin
One grade step is worth $157.82/cwt here — about $828 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale22 hd
366.15
TN average11 barns · 339 hd
357.15
+9.00
This barn, trailing median14 sales
413.78
−47.63
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
BullsLow1,741189.713,3038thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,445164.412,3766thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,190159.381,8978thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average825140.001,1551thin

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 PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,150$1,8751thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed550–600565377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,1331
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950910340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,0942
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550534373.95/cwt365.00–385.001,9977
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850815335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,7301
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550509381.35/cwt370.00–400.001,9414
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423407.81/cwt400.00–420.001,7257
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6171
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450–500450418.75/cwt417.50–420.001,8842
BullsMedium and Large 2900–950910250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2751
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550517344.97/cwt330.00–355.001,7833
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500480402.53/cwt400.00–407.501,9323
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320423.59/cwt417.50–432.501,3553
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480381.25/cwt370.00–392.501,8302
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350–400390402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,5701
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550527354.07/cwt342.50–360.001,8663
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650615317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,9531
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed650–700665365.08/cwt360.00–370.002,4282
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300270430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1611
BullsSmall 1Full550–600565220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2431
HeifersSmall 1400–450438351.27/cwt350.00–352.501,5392
BullsSmall 1450–500460295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3571
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350–400382413.05/cwt410.00–420.001,5783
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650600320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9201
CowsLean 85-90%825140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1551
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,388152.45/cwt150.00–155.002,1162
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,395162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,2601
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,500173.18/cwt170.00–175.002,5983
CowsBoner 80-85%1,121160.84/cwt155.00–165.001,8036
Bulls1,333175.09/cwt172.00–179.002,3343
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500483366.55/cwt350.00–380.001,7703
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300270422.31/cwt420.00–425.001,1402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,325140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,8551
CowsBoner 80-85%1,470170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,4991
Bulls2,008203.58/cwt200.00–210.004,0883
Bulls1,953190.85/cwt188.00–193.003,7272
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,1701
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500462415.17/cwt402.50–435.001,9183
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450428384.22/cwt382.50–385.001,6443
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,1501,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450440300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3201
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350330411.25/cwt402.50–420.001,3572
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850820285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3371
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600580367.59/cwt362.50–372.502,1323
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650602330.00/cwt320.00–335.001,9875
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500463433.89/cwt425.00–442.502,0092
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750740315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3311
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650600365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1901
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550–600566383.12/cwt382.50–385.002,1684
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7211
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900850260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2101
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700685362.50/cwt360.00–365.002,4832
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400375444.06/cwt425.00–457.501,6653
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350337460.88/cwt445.00–475.001,5533
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600–650620372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,3102
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500–550525390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0483
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565351.01/cwt330.00–365.001,9834
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450418425.69/cwt420.00–440.001,7796
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800765340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6011
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373427.55/cwt420.00–435.001,5952

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.