Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-10-06

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Oct 6
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
161 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 191▲ 99 vs year ago 62 · +159.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 29▲ 16 vs year ago 17 · +94.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 9▲ 2 vs year ago 4 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle tended to trade unevenly steady, Slaughter Cattle $5.00-$10.00 lower. Quality good, Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.28/cwt on 16 head, down $0.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 23 comparable sales and sits −46.08 against this barn's trailing median of $377.36.
Average price
$331.28
▼ 0.14 vs prior sale
16 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,773
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.55
vs TN average
−36.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533333.701,77915thin
Medium and Large 2565295.001,6671thin
One grade step is worth $38.70/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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale16 hd
331.28
—
TN average16 barns · 614 hd
335.83
−4.55
National average187 barns · 16,614 hd
367.91
−36.63
This barn, trailing median23 sales
377.36
−46.08
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales
442396350304median 377.3602/2404/1406/0909/0110/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $427.80, low $317.97, median $377.36 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—Average1,831180.763,3105thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,438131.971,8989thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,292130.581,68713
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,062120.001,2756thin

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$2,5505
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,125$2,9001thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4751
Steers350–400Small 1350355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2431
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5541
Steers400–450Small 1400325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415356.67/cwt340.00–375.001,4803
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1447415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8552
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full470362.26/cwt355.00–370.001,7032
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7331
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added505370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8698
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523342.56/cwt340.00–345.001,7922
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full585310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8141
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1609317.84/cwt315.00–320.001,9366
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1359
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0952
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added715312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,2311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,0541
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1801
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333419.03/cwt415.00–435.001,3958
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3482
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364412.49/cwt410.00–415.001,5014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429357.55/cwt345.00–375.001,5346
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430327.41/cwt325.00–330.001,4082
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6431
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4181
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added508347.05/cwt345.00–350.001,7635
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533338.36/cwt320.00–345.001,8036
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Full560300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6801
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6671
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567313.35/cwt310.00–320.001,7773
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full605260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5733
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added620315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9534
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635309.00/cwt300.00–315.001,9626
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Full660250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6503
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement670315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1111
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement725310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2481
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1231523.05/cwt500.00–580.001,2083
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340454.93/cwt450.00–460.001,5472
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440420.07/cwt407.50–435.001,84810
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2487342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,6682
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1489385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8834
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531336.51/cwt331.00–340.001,7874
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6102
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577323.57/cwt320.00–332.501,8677
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9061
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670292.43/cwt280.00–300.001,9594
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1714277.97/cwt265.00–282.501,9856
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0141
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6941
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy805285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2941
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2945220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,770188.81/cwt186.00–191.003,3422
Bulls——1,845177.10/cwt176.00–178.003,2672
Bulls——1,925172.00/cwt172.00–172.003,3111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98592.00/cwt92.00–92.009061
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,073120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2883
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085134.01/cwt132.00–136.001,4542
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283131.38/cwt128.00–138.001,68612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,379132.49/cwt131.00–135.001,8275
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,400121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,6941
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,497128.44/cwt127.00–129.001,9233
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,1771
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5505

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.