Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2025-11-11

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Nov 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
138 vs last sale 197 235 vs year ago 294 · 79.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
4 vs last sale 21 1 vs year ago 26 · 3.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 6 16 vs year ago 19 · 84.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. Quality good, Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $311.40/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 71.68 against this barn's trailing median of $383.08.
Average price
$311.40
7 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
13.29
vs TN average
52.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540311.401,6827thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales
442407373339median 383.0801/0602/2404/1406/0208/11
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $427.80, low $352.76, median $383.08 across 21 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 sale7 hd
311.40
TN average15 barns · 665 hd
324.69
−13.29
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−52.56
This barn, trailing median21 sales
383.08
−71.68
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
BullsLow1,840150.002,7601thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,444150.322,17110
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,173145.001,7004thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low995105.001,0452thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$2,3501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$2,3501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$2,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls1,840150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,7601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6242
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,530143.73/cwt140.00–145.002,1994
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,228160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9652
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,466152.08/cwt150.00–155.002,2294
CowsLean 85-90%920110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0121
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470339.69/cwt330.00–355.001,5974
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5201
HeifersSmall 1450–500480202.50/cwt202.50–202.509721
HeifersSmall 1650–700650205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19702,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19602,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450430300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2901
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550535327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7521
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700665300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9951
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800770230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7711
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300275475.82/cwt452.50–500.001,3092
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350340403.75/cwt400.00–407.501,3732
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3481
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600561312.43/cwt300.00–320.001,7534
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700675287.22/cwt275.00–300.001,9392
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,6861
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750710272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9351
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950935225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1041
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800763270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0602
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9681
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500490375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8381
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600553355.05/cwt340.00–375.001,9635
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550538355.80/cwt350.00–365.001,9143
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427336.15/cwt320.00–360.001,4355
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550512310.02/cwt300.00–315.001,5873
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0502,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450430400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7201
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500485375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8191
CowsLean 85-90%1,070100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,185150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,7782
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600570322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,8381
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500485330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6011
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700665255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6961
HeifersMedium and Large 2800–850815255.00/cwt245.00–265.002,0782

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.