Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-10-20

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Oct 20
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
195 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 142▲ 56 vs year ago 139 · +40.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 40▼ 2 vs year ago 30 · −6.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 13▼ 4 vs year ago 11 · −36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to a lack of comparable data, trends could not be established. Quality good, Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.17/cwt on 24 head, up $11.05 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 23 comparable sales and sits −40.19 against this barn's trailing median of $377.36.
Average price
$337.17
▲ 11.05 vs prior sale
24 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,839
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.01
vs TN average
−39.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550344.511,89417thin
Medium and Large 2535319.351,7107thin
One grade step is worth $25.16/cwt here — about $184 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale24 hd
337.17
—
TN average16 barns · 742 hd
339.18
−2.01
National average186 barns · 22,034 hd
377.02
−39.85
This barn, trailing median23 sales
377.36
−40.19
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—Average1,574163.872,5793thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,248135.051,6866thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,466134.001,9656thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,030111.441,1487thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,330$2,7001thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,4821
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5541
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9041
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6981
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7931
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added540377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,0391
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545360.00/cwt350.00–370.001,9622
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added570368.36/cwt365.00–370.002,1006
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590349.62/cwt347.00–355.002,0633
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610363.50/cwt360.00–365.002,21710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628345.93/cwt340.00–352.002,1722
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added655336.66/cwt335.00–340.002,2059
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660327.39/cwt320.00–335.002,1612
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7961
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added712318.80/cwt305.00–325.002,2704
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4321
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added807312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,5182
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,1731
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1131
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335429.93/cwt425.00–435.001,4402
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355408.33/cwt395.00–415.001,4503
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2951
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425358.37/cwt350.00–380.001,5234
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4672
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added465385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,79011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465360.53/cwt350.00–375.001,6764
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6491
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510339.95/cwt330.00–350.001,7344
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533320.91/cwt310.00–327.501,7106
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added544347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,8885
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7051
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573345.24/cwt330.00–355.001,9788
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615306.53/cwt290.00–320.001,8853
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2616283.70/cwt280.00–285.001,7484
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662309.46/cwt300.00–315.002,0496
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828250.05/cwt235.00–265.002,0702
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1895230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0591
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Replacement900255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,2956
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Replacement1,017230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,3394
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1501
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3280380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0641
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5751
Bulls300–350Small 1340360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2241
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383416.35/cwt410.00–430.001,5953
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423367.19/cwt350.00–385.001,5532
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2751
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431409.87/cwt395.00–420.001,7676
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468367.34/cwt360.00–395.001,7195
Bulls450–500Small 1485320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5521
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490351.67/cwt350.00–355.001,7233
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy510405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0662
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518373.95/cwt365.00–385.001,9376
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577370.84/cwt355.00–380.002,1408
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583345.06/cwt340.00–350.002,0122
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655329.99/cwt325.00–335.002,1616
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2678305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0683
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Full713255.05/cwt250.00–260.001,8192
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725278.76/cwt270.00–305.002,0215
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Full757261.65/cwt260.00–265.001,9813
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780272.48/cwt270.00–275.002,1252
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1741
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,518170.80/cwt170.00–172.002,5932
Bulls——1,685150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,5281
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88075.00/cwt75.00–75.006601
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3261
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028124.35/cwt117.00–129.001,2783
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113101.00/cwt100.00–102.001,1242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6452
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285132.57/cwt131.00–136.001,7044
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,375146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,0081
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,463133.75/cwt130.00–138.001,9574
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,570123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,9311
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3302,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,083196.01/cwt190.00–202.002,1232

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.