Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-05-26

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, May 26
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
151 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 183▲ 43 vs year ago 108 · +39.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 47▲ 30 vs year ago 23 · +130.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 10▼ 2 vs year ago 5 · −40.0%
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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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $443.33/cwt on 10 head, down $55.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 15 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $443.33.
Average price
$443.33
▼ 55.77 vs prior sale
10 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,314
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$535
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$101.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.89
vs TN average
−17.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525481.862,5305thin
Medium and Large 1-2510442.002,2542thin
Medium and Large 2525380.001,9953thin
One grade step is worth $101.86/cwt here — about $535 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale10 hd
443.33
—
TN average12 barns · 343 hd
453.22
−9.89
National average128 barns · 4,767 hd
460.37
−17.04
This barn, trailing median15 sales
443.33
+0.00
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—Average1,514197.192,9855thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,356172.002,33310
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,128170.521,92326
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,074156.321,6795thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$3,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1272706.75/cwt700.00–710.001,9223
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320596.72/cwt590.00–600.001,9103
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340690.00/cwt690.00–690.002,3461
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1393516.69/cwt510.00–520.002,0313
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,2151
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470495.46/cwt472.00–510.002,32910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,1851
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added497472.00/cwt472.00–472.002,3469
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,2542
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525481.86/cwt450.00–492.002,5305
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9953
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added606425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,57614
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,5442
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added653407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,6583
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657374.95/cwt370.00–385.002,4633
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2676345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3324
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2751
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2210500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1243625.00/cwt625.00–625.001,5194
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1298570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,6994
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,7101
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,6831
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8481
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6171
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,9398
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,7931
Heifers450–500Small 1465400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8601
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483411.06/cwt407.00–415.001,9852
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514414.01/cwt400.00–420.002,12810
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565372.39/cwt365.00–385.002,1044
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9537
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620353.17/cwt340.00–367.002,1902
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9532
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8501
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3451
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0861
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,5941
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1890282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,5101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205730.00/cwt730.00–730.001,4971
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,9841
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1357580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,0712
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0281
Bulls350–400Small 1390420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6381
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,0451
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,1861
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526427.19/cwt420.00–442.002,2479
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,485198.49/cwt196.00–201.002,9484
Bulls——1,630192.00/cwt192.00–192.003,1301
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%935168.82/cwt166.00–172.001,5782
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,092177.06/cwt174.00–180.001,9335
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,115152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,6951
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,123169.63/cwt166.00–172.001,90519
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,193145.99/cwt145.00–147.001,7422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260162.58/cwt161.00–164.002,0492
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,338170.67/cwt170.00–176.002,2849
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,7971
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2503,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001

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.