Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable data, but Feeder Cattle tended to trade with a firmer undertone. Quality & Demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $352.76/cwt on 18 head, down $60.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −30.32 against this barn's trailing median of $383.08.

Average price

$352.76

▼ 60.17 vs prior sale

18 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$25.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.35

vs TN average

−21.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	363.98	1,966	10thin
Medium and Large 2	547	338.74	1,853	8thin

One grade step is worth $25.24/cwt here — about $113 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

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 sale18 hd

352.76

—

TN average15 barns · 544 hd

366.12

−13.35

National average160 barns · 6,700 hd

374.03

−21.27

This barn, trailing median21 sales

383.08

−30.32

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	—	Average	1,813	219.86	3,986	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	180.00	2,664	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,193	176.82	2,109	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	954	143.94	1,373	4thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,222	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	359.71/cwt	347.00–367.00	2,212	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	324.98/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,236	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	449.96/cwt	445.00–452.00	2,173	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,072	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	314.97/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,403	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	339.97/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,887	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	431.65/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	416.41/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,918	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	436.47/cwt	432.00–450.00	1,558	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	377.38/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	384.94/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,663	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	455.85/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,937	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	503.17/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,585	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	374.96/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,092	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	532.31/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,469	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	504	352.48/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,776	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,130	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	176.82/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,109	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,664	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	143.94/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,373	4
Bulls	—	—	1,813	219.86/cwt	215.00–224.00	3,986	3

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 Aug 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 107Last week 69Year ago 147

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 14Year ago 25

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable data, but Feeder Cattle tended to trade with a firmer undertone. 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
4	250–300	276	530.00–540.00	532.31
3	300–350	315	500.00–510.00	503.17
2	350–400	370	440.00	440.00
9	400–450	425	450.00–460.00	455.85
3	450–500	466	457.00	457.00
2	550–600	558	365.00–385.00	374.96
1	650–700	665	340.00	340.00
1	850–900	885	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	470.00	470.00
1	350–400	350	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	480	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	600	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	805	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	450.00	450.00
7	450–500	483	445.00–452.00	449.96
1	550–600	575	375.00	375.00
8	600–650	615	347.00–367.00	359.71
2	650–700	688	320.00–330.00	324.98
1	700–750	745	310.00	310.00
2	750–800	763	305.00–325.00	314.97
1	800–850	835	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	450.00	450.00
3	300–350	338	425.00–435.00	431.65
4	350–400	357	432.00–450.00	436.47
5	400–450	432	380.00–390.00	384.94
2	450–500	478	370.00–385.00	377.38
4	500–550	518	400.00	400.00
6	550–600	555	335.00–350.00	339.97
2	600–650	600	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	715	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	410.00–430.00	416.41
1	400–450	415	360.00	360.00
4	500–550	504	350.00–360.00	352.48
4	550–600	590	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	416	370.00	370.00
3	450–500	478	367.00	367.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,193	174.00–180.00	176.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	180.00	180.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	954	140.00–145.00	143.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,813	215.00–224.00	219.86

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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