Name: Huntingdon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to a lack of comparable data. Quality & Demand good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $349.00/cwt on 5 head, up $10.35 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −64.78 against this barn's trailing median of $413.78.

Average price

$349.00

▲ 10.35 vs prior sale

5 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$11.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.12

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	351.25	1,905	4thin
Medium and Large 2	540	340.00	1,836	1thin

One grade step is worth $11.25/cwt here — about $69 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

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 sale5 hd

349.00

—

TN average15 barns · 229 hd

343.88

+5.12

This barn, trailing median14 sales

413.78

−64.78

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	1,823	205.00	3,736	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	167.28	2,443	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,201	164.65	1,977	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	923	123.50	1,139	2thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$3,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	300–350	327	436.26/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,427	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,892	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	371.05/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,755	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,244	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,383	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	314.40/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,930	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,067	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	360.98/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,263	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,694	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	419.93/cwt	415.00–422.00	1,915	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,615	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	172.43/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,054	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	156.86/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,900	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	166.73/cwt	164.00–170.00	2,368	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,357	177.66/cwt	174.00–185.00	2,411	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	160.31/cwt	156.00–164.00	2,562	4
Bulls	—	—	2,100	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	4,620	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	991	1
Bulls	—	—	1,545	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,936	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	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 Aug 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 64Last week 64Year ago 76

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 11Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 3Year ago 3

No trends could be established due to a lack of comparable data. 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
5	300–350	327	420.00–440.00	436.26
10	350–400	385	440.00	440.00
3	400–450	413	410.00	410.00
7	450–500	456	415.00–422.00	419.93
3	500–550	533	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	570	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	720	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	460	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	540	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	400.00	400.00
5	350–400	350	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	430	415.00	415.00
4	450–500	473	370.00–372.00	371.05
1	500–550	500	357.50	357.50
5	600–650	614	310.00–317.00	314.40
1	700–750	730	310.00	310.00
2	900–950	935	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	435	360.00–362.00	360.98
1	450–500	455	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	530	390.00	390.00
1	950–1000	970	255.00	255.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	3,400.00	3,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,191	170.00–174.00	172.43
4	—	1,211	150.00–164.00	156.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,420	164.00–170.00	166.73
3	—	1,357	174.00–185.00	177.66
4	—	1,598	156.00–164.00	160.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	112.00	112.00
1	—	960	135.00	135.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,100	220.00	220.00
1	—	1,545	190.00	190.00

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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Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Dickson Regional Livestock West - Huntingdon, TN

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle