Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-07-07

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 7
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
173 head
4 vs last sale 169 32 vs year ago 141 · +22.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
7 vs last sale 24 16 vs year ago 33 · 48.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 6 · 83.3%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale last week and a lack of comparable data. Quality good, Demand good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $434.28/cwt on 20 head, up $43.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 14 comparable sales and sits +20.50 against this barn's trailing median of $413.78.
Average price
$434.28
43.93 vs prior sale
20 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,281
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$297
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$67.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+28.66
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524437.662,29519thin
Medium and Large 2540370.001,9981thin
One grade step is worth $67.66/cwt here — about $297 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 sale20 hd
434.28
TN average8 barns · 184 hd
405.61
+28.66
This barn, trailing median14 sales
413.78
+20.50
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
BullsHigh1,845220.004,0591thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,421177.812,5278thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,214160.631,9504thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,132139.421,5783thin

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
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,095$3,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450405415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6815
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520425.12/cwt410.00–440.002,21114
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9222
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300290555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,6102
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550545372.48/cwt370.00–385.002,0306
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400371500.95/cwt490.00–515.001,8595
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350325514.67/cwt500.00–522.001,6733
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700650335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1781
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750746315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3503
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485437.50/cwt435.00–440.002,1222
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600562419.67/cwt410.00–440.002,35916
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450441480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,1174
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550513450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3093
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620405.90/cwt402.00–410.002,5172
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850805320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5761
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700660405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,6731
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750730325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3731
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700692355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4572
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550545430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,3441
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400395445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7581
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600592431.75/cwt430.00–432.002,55615
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350325503.49/cwt500.00–510.001,6363
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650600320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9201
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500485370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7951
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400380455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7291
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350325460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4951
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450439448.48/cwt440.00–475.001,96910
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650635345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1911
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550521441.14/cwt427.00–465.002,29818
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300275590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,6231
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350345480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6561
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500495414.95/cwt410.00–425.002,0543
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400370470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7392
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600585395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3112
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300265600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5901
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350325570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,8531
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400390470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8331
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550540370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9981
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400360535.00/cwt530.00–540.001,9262
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500490430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1071
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450410513.66/cwt500.00–530.002,1065
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465464.36/cwt460.00–470.002,1597
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600585375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1941
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700660355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3431
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850808290.10/cwt285.00–300.002,3443
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650605388.14/cwt365.00–395.002,3489
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,0953,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bulls1,845220.00/cwt220.00–220.004,0591
CowsBoner 80-85%1,355170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3041
CowsBoner 80-85%1,167157.51/cwt152.00–160.001,8383
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,338175.06/cwt173.00–177.002,3422
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,411184.58/cwt182.00–191.002,6044
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,525167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,5472
CowsLean 85-90%1,132139.42/cwt137.00–142.001,5783

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.