Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. Quality & Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $470.14/cwt on 16 head, down $10.58 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 15 comparable sales and sits +24.09 against this barn's trailing median of $446.05.

Average price

$470.14

▼ 10.58 vs prior sale

16 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$42.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.84

vs TN average

−3.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	486.22	2,655	10thin
Medium and Large 2	563	443.33	2,494	6thin

One grade step is worth $42.88/cwt here — about $161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale16 hd

470.14

—

TN average16 barns · 865 hd

469.30

+0.84

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

−3.56

This barn, trailing median15 sales

446.05

+24.09

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	—	High	1,625	205.46	3,340	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,294	187.93	2,432	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,169	178.57	2,088	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	960	157.81	1,515	5thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	457.29/cwt	445.00–480.00	2,584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	466.69/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	386.02/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,305	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,228	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,399	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	233	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	1,678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	305	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	433.66/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,246	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	483.28/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,687	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,376	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,321	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	451.39/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,189	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	2,008	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	497.77/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,290	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	401.26/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,183	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,166	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,068	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	564.89/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,909	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	538.61/cwt	530.00–545.00	2,031	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	167.98/cwt	166.00–170.00	1,865	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,254	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	172.03/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,803	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,294	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	181.34/cwt	179.00–183.00	2,107	3
Bulls	—	—	1,728	217.20/cwt	214.00–220.00	3,753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	493.07/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	489.01/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,240	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,883	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	480.45/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,984	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,046	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	528.58/cwt	515.00–545.00	2,162	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	624.02/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	506.02/cwt	497.00–520.00	1,817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	465.03/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	612	453.96/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,778	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,033	4
Bulls	—	—	1,665	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,547	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	493	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,475	6
Bulls	—	—	1,503	200.45/cwt	196.00–205.00	3,013	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,372	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,210	214.01/cwt	213.00–215.00	2,590	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	167.31/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,267	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,197	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,576	1

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 May 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 148Last week 140Year ago 108

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 24Year ago 15

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. Quality & Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	233	720.00	720.00
3	250–300	291	690.00	690.00
2	300–350	318	600.00–650.00	624.02
4	350–400	380	535.00	535.00
7	400–450	409	515.00–545.00	528.58
5	450–500	460	470.00–505.00	497.77
5	500–550	520	450.00–485.00	466.69
3	550–600	565	445.00–480.00	457.29
2	600–650	620	425.00	425.00
1	850–900	885	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	550.00–580.00	564.89
1	350–400	370	530.00	530.00
1	400–450	440	470.00	470.00
2	450–500	497	467.00	467.00
3	500–550	540	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	570	430.00	430.00
1	600–650	620	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	655	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	700.00	700.00
1	250–300	275	620.00	620.00
3	300–350	332	580.00	580.00
4	350–400	359	497.00–520.00	506.02
7	400–450	413	470.00–495.00	480.45
5	450–500	458	480.00–495.00	489.01
5	500–550	518	420.00–455.00	433.66
5	550–600	597	370.00–390.00	386.02
1	600–650	620	387.00	387.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	388	460.00–470.00	465.03
1	400–450	440	465.00	465.00
3	450–500	485	445.00–465.00	451.39
4	500–550	544	395.00–410.00	401.26
1	600–650	610	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	269	700.00	700.00
1	300–350	305	670.00	670.00
1	350–400	372	550.00	550.00
3	400–450	431	517.00	517.00
1	450–500	450	535.00	535.00
3	500–550	523	470.00–505.00	493.07
7	550–600	556	455.00–495.00	483.28
1	600–650	610	420.00	420.00
1	700–750	710	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	600.00	600.00
6	450–500	493	502.00	502.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	565.00	565.00
3	350–400	377	530.00–545.00	538.61
1	500–550	545	410.00	410.00
5	550–600	566	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	612	450.00–460.00	453.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	166.00–170.00	167.98
2	—	1,240	185.00	185.00
3	—	1,162	179.00–183.00	181.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	145.00	145.00
2	—	1,048	170.00–174.00	172.03
1	—	855	140.00	140.00
1	—	985	160.00	160.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	177.00	177.00
2	—	1,210	213.00–215.00	214.01
2	—	1,355	165.00–170.00	167.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,728	214.00–220.00	217.20
1	—	1,665	192.00	192.00
2	—	1,503	196.00–205.00	200.45

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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