Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-07-14

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 14
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 173▼ 29 vs year ago 149 · −19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 17▼ 9 vs year ago 32 · −28.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable data. Quality good to fancy, 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 $412.30/cwt on 15 head, down $21.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 17 comparable sales and sits +30.11 against this barn's trailing median of $382.19.
Average price
$412.30
▼ 21.98 vs prior sale
15 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,271
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.98
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554413.042,28913thin
Medium and Large 2528407.512,1522thin
One grade step is worth $5.53/cwt here — about $138 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 sale15 hd
412.30
—
TN average15 barns · 371 hd
399.31
+12.98
This barn, trailing median17 sales
382.19
+30.11
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—High1,765225.073,9733thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,130176.731,9969thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,360168.932,2972thin
CowsLean 85-90%High982154.081,5136thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,7821
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,9671
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,9444
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,1211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,2903
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0231
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,3711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633406.93/cwt405.00–410.002,5765
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2861
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669366.64/cwt360.00–370.002,4539
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,6201
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326519.48/cwt505.00–550.001,6943
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365477.40/cwt470.00–485.001,7432
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6061
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439438.33/cwt420.00–450.001,9246
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463413.31/cwt400.00–425.001,9143
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1556373.67/cwt360.00–385.002,0787
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1603353.98/cwt350.00–360.002,1345
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0621
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678317.53/cwt315.00–320.002,1532
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1952249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,3705
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1257700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,7994
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1303625.04/cwt620.00–630.001,8942
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,8631
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9641
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8242
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429490.29/cwt470.00–515.002,1035
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy430530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,2793
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8922
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed455485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,2071
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467456.09/cwt440.00–470.002,1307
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0211
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510424.90/cwt415.00–440.002,1675
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528407.51/cwt405.00–410.002,1522
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1582405.62/cwt405.00–410.002,3618
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624383.06/cwt380.00–385.002,3905
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663347.53/cwt340.00–355.002,3042
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3361
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2131
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy780320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4961
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,340220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,9481
Bulls——1,978227.60/cwt225.00–230.004,5022
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%957152.90/cwt150.00–155.001,4635
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,051187.27/cwt186.00–191.001,9684
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,7681
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182172.89/cwt170.00–175.002,0443
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208161.42/cwt158.00–164.001,9502
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,360168.93/cwt163.00–175.002,2972

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.