Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-05-19

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, May 19
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 148▲ 63 vs year ago 120 · +52.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 26▲ 17 vs year ago 30 · +56.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 9 vs year ago 1 · +900.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established 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 $427.80/cwt on 18 head, up $20.41 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 22 of 22 comparable sales and sits +51.05 against this barn's trailing median of $376.75.
Average price
$427.80
▲ 20.41 vs prior sale
18 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,230
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$87.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.78
vs TN average
+9.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513437.532,24216thin
Medium and Large 2592350.002,0722thin
One grade step is worth $87.52/cwt here — about $170 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 sale18 hd
427.80
—
TN average14 barns · 600 hd
417.02
+10.78
National average175 barns · 12,602 hd
418.26
+9.54
This barn, trailing median22 sales
376.75
+51.05
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—High1,940218.004,2292thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,453174.512,5362thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,139171.911,95817
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,010162.221,63920

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 Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)750$1,8501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,036$2,9005
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)910$2,0501thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added376565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,1243
Steers400–450Small 1405450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8231
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0501
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full450460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0701
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added474514.43/cwt490.00–525.002,43811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,3673
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added514522.00/cwt522.00–522.002,68314
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4754
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added595437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,6002
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,5411
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added615433.07/cwt430.00–435.002,6638
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added875342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,9931
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1213715.00/cwt715.00–715.001,5236
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,6743
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4751
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328495.41/cwt475.00–515.001,6253
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added343570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,9554
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7502
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6201
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed410455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8661
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7631
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432466.27/cwt460.00–480.002,0144
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added433490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,1226
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added458468.57/cwt460.00–485.002,14610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,1393
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added506447.00/cwt447.00–447.002,2628
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519428.05/cwt412.50–440.002,2228
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2592350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0722
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added616421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,59330
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3332
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3081
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205755.00/cwt755.00–755.001,5481
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3210600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,2601
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260720.00/cwt720.00–720.001,8721
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275690.00/cwt690.00–690.001,8982
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,7671
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320625.00/cwt625.00–625.002,0001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8501
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379519.19/cwt515.00–530.001,9688
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,1791
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,1561
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475477.41/cwt475.00–480.002,2684
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,3251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4531
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3001
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed590395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3312
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675327.56/cwt325.00–330.002,2112
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,825222.00/cwt222.00–222.004,0521
Bulls——2,055214.00/cwt214.00–214.004,3981
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%932172.51/cwt172.00–173.001,6086
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,019155.07/cwt152.00–157.001,58010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,068180.09/cwt177.00–187.001,9233
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,106164.64/cwt162.00–170.001,8214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,148167.49/cwt166.00–169.001,9236
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,159172.15/cwt170.00–176.001,9958
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,453174.51/cwt173.00–176.002,5362
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29102,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0362,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9005
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-37501,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501

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.