Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-07-14

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 14
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
53 vs last sale 173 29 vs year ago 149 · 19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
6 vs last sale 17 9 vs year ago 32 · 28.1%
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 data. Quality good to fancy, Demand good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $412.30/cwt on 15 head, down $21.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 14 comparable sales and sits 1.48 against this barn's trailing median of $413.78.
Average price
$412.30
21.98 vs prior sale
15 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,271
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.98
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554413.042,28913thin
Medium and Large 2528407.512,1522thin
One grade step is worth $5.53/cwt here — about $138 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

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 sale15 hd
412.30
TN average15 barns · 371 hd
399.31
+12.98
This barn, trailing median14 sales
413.78
−1.48
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
BullsHigh1,765225.073,9733thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,130176.731,9969thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,360168.932,2972thin
CowsLean 85-90%High982154.081,5136thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 2350–400388470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8242
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650633406.93/cwt405.00–410.002,5765
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000952249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,3705
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300270600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,6201
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600556373.67/cwt360.00–385.002,0787
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700678317.53/cwt315.00–320.002,1532
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650603353.98/cwt350.00–360.002,1345
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400360540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,9444
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,1211
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650635360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2861
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350330540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,7821
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350326519.48/cwt505.00–550.001,6943
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365477.40/cwt470.00–485.001,7432
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500458500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,2903
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350345570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,9671
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700669366.64/cwt360.00–370.002,4539
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850825320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6401
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550545435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,3711
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800750295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2131
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500455485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,2071
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550528407.51/cwt405.00–410.002,1522
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450440430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8922
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy750–800780320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4961
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450430530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,2793
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700663347.53/cwt340.00–355.002,3042
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500463413.31/cwt400.00–425.001,9143
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700665310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0621
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400365440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6061
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500465435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0231
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600582405.62/cwt405.00–410.002,3618
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350303625.04/cwt620.00–630.001,8942
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450429490.29/cwt470.00–515.002,1035
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550510424.90/cwt415.00–440.002,1675
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450439438.33/cwt420.00–450.001,9246
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300257700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,7994
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500467456.09/cwt440.00–470.002,1307
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650624383.06/cwt380.00–385.002,3905
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350345540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,8631
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500470430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0211
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750730320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3361
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400385510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9641
Bulls1,978227.60/cwt225.00–230.004,5022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,208161.42/cwt158.00–164.001,9502
Bulls1,340220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,9481
CowsBoner 80-85%1,182172.89/cwt170.00–175.002,0443
CowsBoner 80-85%1,051187.27/cwt186.00–191.001,9684
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,360168.93/cwt163.00–175.002,2972
CowsLean 85-90%1,105160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,7681
CowsLean 85-90%957152.90/cwt150.00–155.001,4635

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.