Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-05-12

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, May 12
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 140▲ 40 vs year ago 108 · +37.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 24▲ 11 vs year ago 15 · +73.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. Quality & Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $470.14/cwt on 16 head, down $10.58 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 15 comparable sales and sits +26.81 against this barn's trailing median of $443.33.
Average price
$470.14
▼ 10.58 vs prior sale
16 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.84
vs TN average
−3.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546486.222,65510thin
Medium and Large 2563443.332,4946thin
One grade step is worth $42.88/cwt here — about $161 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 sale16 hd
470.14
—
TN average16 barns · 865 hd
469.30
+0.84
National average167 barns · 12,191 hd
473.70
−3.56
This barn, trailing median15 sales
443.33
+26.81
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

15 sales
513457401344median 443.3303/0304/1405/2609/2910/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.10, low $358.46, median $443.33 across 15 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—High1,625205.463,3405thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,294187.932,4325thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,169178.572,0887thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low960157.811,5155thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1269700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,8838
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305670.00/cwt670.00–670.002,0441
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed305600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,8301
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,8651
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0461
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2377538.61/cwt530.00–545.002,0313
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431517.00/cwt517.00–517.002,2283
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,4081
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed493502.00/cwt502.00–502.002,4756
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523493.07/cwt470.00–505.002,5793
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2351
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556483.28/cwt455.00–495.002,6877
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2566450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,5475
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,5621
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added612453.96/cwt450.00–460.002,7785
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,6101
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,7051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,9263
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7001
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1359506.02/cwt497.00–520.001,8174
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388465.03/cwt460.00–470.001,8042
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413480.45/cwt470.00–495.001,9847
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0461
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458489.01/cwt480.00–495.002,2405
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485451.39/cwt445.00–465.002,1893
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518433.66/cwt420.00–455.002,2465
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544401.26/cwt395.00–410.002,1834
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1597386.02/cwt370.00–390.002,3055
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1661
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,3991
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1233720.00/cwt720.00–720.001,6783
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1291690.00/cwt690.00–690.002,0083
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318624.02/cwt600.00–650.001,9842
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338564.89/cwt550.00–580.001,9092
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,9611
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,0334
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1409528.58/cwt515.00–545.002,1627
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,0681
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460497.77/cwt470.00–505.002,2905
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2497467.00/cwt467.00–467.002,3212
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520466.69/cwt450.00–485.002,4275
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,3763
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565457.29/cwt445.00–480.002,5843
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,4511
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,6352
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3251
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4241
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1885285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,5221
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,503200.45/cwt196.00–205.003,0132
Bulls——1,665192.00/cwt192.00–192.003,1971
Bulls——1,728217.20/cwt214.00–220.003,7532
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%855140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1971
Cows—Lean 85-90%865145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2541
Cows—Lean 85-90%985160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5761
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,048172.03/cwt170.00–174.001,8032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110167.98/cwt166.00–170.001,8652
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,162181.34/cwt179.00–183.002,1073
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,210214.01/cwt213.00–215.002,5902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,2942
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,340177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,3721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355167.31/cwt165.00–170.002,2672

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.