Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-04-21

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Apr 21
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 222▼ 60 vs year ago 247 · −24.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 28▲ 21 vs year ago 7 · +300.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 26▲ 6 vs year ago 3 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to a lack of comparable receipts. Quality & 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 $425.25/cwt on 12 head, up $16.92 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 22 comparable sales and sits +48.50 against this barn's trailing median of $376.75.
Average price
$425.25
▲ 16.92 vs prior sale
12 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,277
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.86
vs TN average
+3.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535425.252,27712thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
425.25
—
TN average18 barns · 859 hd
414.39
+10.86
National average167 barns · 11,519 hd
422.17
+3.08
This barn, trailing median22 sales
376.75
+48.50
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—Low1,403183.072,5682thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,324175.802,32811
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,208167.532,0238thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average995155.001,5421thin

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)963$2,2522thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$2,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)855$1,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,240$2,5001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)940$2,0001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)838$1,7173thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1220730.00/cwt730.00–730.001,6061
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1267750.00/cwt750.00–750.002,0032
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350537.50/cwt535.00–545.001,8814
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432527.41/cwt520.00–540.002,2788
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438477.97/cwt450.00–505.002,0942
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,3521
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1493524.97/cwt520.00–530.002,5882
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,4783
Steers500–550Small 1540420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2681
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added550450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4752
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1381
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610424.79/cwt412.00–430.002,59110
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added650430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,7951
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,6251
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4961
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7361
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1853358.00/cwt358.00–358.003,0543
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218735.00/cwt735.00–735.001,6028
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,6251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,5961
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326542.00/cwt540.00–545.001,7675
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,80311
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370472.33/cwt460.00–485.001,7482
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added415505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,0961
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431467.22/cwt460.00–490.002,01415
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479447.56/cwt445.00–460.002,1446
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added523452.01/cwt450.00–455.002,3645
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536415.60/cwt405.00–440.002,2285
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy560355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9881
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,3371
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added645455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,9351
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3281
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3041
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765331.69/cwt322.00–335.002,5374
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200755.00/cwt755.00–755.001,51014
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275708.24/cwt705.00–710.001,9483
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320636.93/cwt600.00–655.002,0383
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382558.35/cwt520.00–565.002,13313
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,0833
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427518.06/cwt510.00–545.002,2126
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478505.03/cwt500.00–510.002,4142
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1601
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,4481
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585440.00/cwt435.00–450.002,5743
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628367.25/cwt355.00–380.002,3062
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4331
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718333.06/cwt310.00–350.002,3913
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,403183.07/cwt181.00–185.002,5682
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%995155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165179.48/cwt177.00–182.002,0914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198149.25/cwt140.00–156.001,7882
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,301174.80/cwt170.00–180.002,2746
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303161.90/cwt160.00–164.002,1102
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,335158.66/cwt157.00–160.002,1182
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363189.22/cwt186.00–195.002,5793
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-38381,716.65/head1,475.00–1,850.001,7173
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29402,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 38551,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39632,251.69/head2,200.00–2,300.002,2522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39752,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2402,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.