Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-03-31

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 31
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
205 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 187▲ 205 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 30▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 10▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Heifers $5.00-$10.00 higher, Slaughter Cows $2.00-$5.00 higher, Feeder Steers, Feeder Bulls, & Slaughter Bulls not well 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 $404.22/cwt on 13 head, up $28.07 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 17 of 22 comparable sales and sits +27.46 against this barn's trailing median of $376.75.
Average price
$404.22
▲ 28.07 vs prior sale
13 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,139
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$46.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.32
vs TN average
−18.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527411.362,16911thin
Medium and Large 2540364.951,9712thin
One grade step is worth $46.41/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale13 hd
404.22
—
TN average14 barns · 622 hd
405.53
−1.32
National average175 barns · 10,886 hd
423.19
−18.97
This barn, trailing median22 sales
376.75
+27.46
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

22 sales
442396350304median 376.7503/0304/2106/1609/0110/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $427.80, low $317.97, median $376.75 across 22 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—High1,863198.453,6983thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,300171.412,22810
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,161165.271,91811
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,114152.201,6958thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)900$2,9001thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295655.00/cwt655.00–655.001,9321
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,7671
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7391
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,2252
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,3981
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474517.51/cwt505.00–535.002,4534
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added475540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,5654
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,4721
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,7561
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4571
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2225550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,2381
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed253650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,64515
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1274537.12/cwt520.00–550.001,4724
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310505.16/cwt500.00–510.001,5662
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4401
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed325600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,9501
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373465.01/cwt450.00–470.001,7348
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added421505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,12610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430460.99/cwt455.00–475.001,98210
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,9012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470442.00/cwt435.00–460.002,0779
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added511423.56/cwt420.00–425.002,1647
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0402
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540364.95/cwt360.00–370.001,9712
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2932
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611354.90/cwt340.00–375.002,1684
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8911
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3403
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added652362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,3605
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1990247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,4452
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,5191
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1272635.00/cwt635.00–635.001,7272
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,5961
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed284700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,9885
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,8481
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,8361
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2363470.07/cwt460.00–480.001,7062
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365521.13/cwt500.00–540.001,9024
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed391570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,2293
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426538.26/cwt530.00–550.002,2939
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,1142
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481506.86/cwt500.00–520.002,4385
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1509486.59/cwt480.00–500.002,4776
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed520460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3921
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525433.12/cwt420.00–445.002,2745
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2562390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1922
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569412.40/cwt400.00–434.002,34713
Bulls550–600Small 1590355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0951
Bulls600–650Small 1600355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1301
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1636394.99/cwt390.00–400.002,5124
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4154
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,5561
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7361
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,815192.67/cwt190.00–195.003,4972
Bulls——1,960210.00/cwt210.00–210.004,1161
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055163.80/cwt160.00–167.001,7282
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,074175.98/cwt171.00–180.001,8904
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,085170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8452
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,148151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,7335
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,157164.30/cwt163.00–165.001,9013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250155.28/cwt150.00–160.001,9414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,352161.61/cwt155.00–166.002,1853
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355177.85/cwt174.00–180.002,4105
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001

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.