Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-10-14

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Oct 14
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
45 vs last sale 62 25 vs year ago 82 · +30.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
0 vs last sale 17 10 vs year ago 27 · 37.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
5 vs last sale 4 0 vs year ago 9 · +0.0%
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. Quality fair, Demand good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $340.27/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits 73.51 against this barn's trailing median of $413.78.
Average price
$340.27
14 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,856
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$309
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$88.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.85
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530380.832,0203thin
Medium and Large 2546332.881,81710thin
Medium and Large 3585292.501,7111thin
One grade step is worth $88.33/cwt here — about $309 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 sale14 hd
340.27
TN average14 barns · 478 hd
346.12
−5.85
This barn, trailing median14 sales
413.78
−73.51
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
BullsHigh1,465190.002,7841thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,252160.002,0033thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,328159.122,1135thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low883142.501,2582thin

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)1,215$2,3001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,105$2,5001thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)817$1,8373thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)825$1,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,230$2,1001thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1200–250245500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2251
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2961
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550514340.81/cwt330.00–347.501,7527
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500472339.27/cwt325.00–352.501,6013
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2152,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300250400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250235400.00/cwt400.00–400.009402
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400363428.88/cwt425.00–432.501,5572
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650645310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850805300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4151
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850800337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,7001
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500471399.67/cwt390.00–410.001,8827
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800775270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0931
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650600340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0401
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700685300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0552
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300295505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,4901
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600570326.92/cwt307.50–335.001,8635
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700665277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8451
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650630298.77/cwt297.50–300.001,8822
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750718287.63/cwt275.00–300.002,0652
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8561
BullsMedium and Large 2Full650–700665250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6631
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450445362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,6131
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650610262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,6011
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550522338.83/cwt320.00–362.501,7695
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550503390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9622
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750715312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,2341
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2302,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6171
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400368336.33/cwt320.00–350.001,2384
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700665305.73/cwt292.50–312.502,0333
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500458356.15/cwt350.00–362.501,6312
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800765257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,9701
HeifersSmall 1400–450410300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2301
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600558304.98/cwt300.00–310.001,7022
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500470320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5042
CowsLean 85-90%915125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1441
CowsLean 85-90%850160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3601
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,310150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,9651
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,455167.81/cwt166.00–170.002,4422
CowsBoner 80-85%1,260150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,205170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0491
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600585292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,7111
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450445302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,3461
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750735280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0581
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,210155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,8762
CowsBoner 80-85%1,290160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,0641
Bulls1,465190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,7841
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350300450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1052,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 18251,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450440350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5401
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600560290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6241
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750700267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8731
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365389.86/cwt380.00–400.001,4232
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420409.68/cwt400.00–420.001,7213
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 18171,837.24/head1,650.00–1,950.001,8373
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450410465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,9071
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600585362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,1211
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9201
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400363425.18/cwt415.00–430.001,5433
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350–400350412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,4441

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.