Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-07-07

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 7
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
173 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 169▲ 32 vs year ago 141 · +22.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 24▼ 16 vs year ago 33 · −48.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 6 · −83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale last week and a lack of comparable data. Quality good, Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $434.28/cwt on 20 head, up $43.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 17 comparable sales and sits +52.09 against this barn's trailing median of $382.19.
Average price
$434.28
▲ 43.93 vs prior sale
20 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,281
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$297
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$67.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+28.66
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524437.662,29519thin
Medium and Large 2540370.001,9981thin
One grade step is worth $67.66/cwt here — about $297 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale20 hd
434.28
—
TN average8 barns · 184 hd
405.61
+28.66
This barn, trailing median17 sales
382.19
+52.09
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

17 sales
479422365308median 382.1903/3106/0207/2809/2210/27
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $465.34, low $321.62, median $382.19 across 17 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—High1,845220.004,0591thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,421177.812,5278thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,214160.631,9504thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,132139.421,5783thin

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
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,095$3,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7581
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1441480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,1174
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3093
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,3441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1592431.75/cwt430.00–432.002,55615
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620405.90/cwt402.00–410.002,5172
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,6731
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2692355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4572
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3731
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,6102
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325514.67/cwt500.00–522.001,6733
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7392
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371500.95/cwt490.00–515.001,8595
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6815
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9222
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485437.50/cwt435.00–440.002,1222
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495414.95/cwt410.00–425.002,0543
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520425.12/cwt410.00–440.002,21114
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545372.48/cwt370.00–385.002,0306
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562419.67/cwt410.00–440.002,35916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3112
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1911
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1781
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1746315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3503
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5901
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,6231
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,8531
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325503.49/cwt500.00–510.001,6363
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4951
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360535.00/cwt530.00–540.001,9262
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7291
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8331
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410513.66/cwt500.00–530.002,1065
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2439448.48/cwt440.00–475.001,96910
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465464.36/cwt460.00–470.002,1597
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7951
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1071
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521441.14/cwt427.00–465.002,29818
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9981
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1941
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9201
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605388.14/cwt365.00–395.002,3489
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3431
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1808290.10/cwt285.00–300.002,3443
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,845220.00/cwt220.00–220.004,0591
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,132139.42/cwt137.00–142.001,5783
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,167157.51/cwt152.00–160.001,8383
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,338175.06/cwt173.00–177.002,3422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,355170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3041
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,411184.58/cwt182.00–191.002,6044
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,525167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,5472
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0953,000.00/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.