Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-07-28

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 28
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 137▼ 30 vs year ago 99 · −30.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 17▲ 1 vs year ago 13 · +7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 4▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $360.27/cwt on 12 head, down $52.03 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 17 comparable sales and sits −21.92 against this barn's trailing median of $382.19.
Average price
$360.27
▼ 52.03 vs prior sale
12 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,997
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.34
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554360.271,99712thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
360.27
—
TN average15 barns · 277 hd
355.92
+4.34
This barn, trailing median17 sales
382.19
−21.92
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—Average1,798222.794,0065thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,370191.002,6172thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,015182.331,8513thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low800122.009761thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,170$3,1501thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7001
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1361
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1722
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9891
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0571
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added663342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,2673
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1881
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3322
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2061
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364376.91/cwt335.00–390.001,3726
Heifers350–400Small 1365300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0951
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7641
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467358.39/cwt355.00–360.001,6743
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515366.05/cwt350.00–380.001,8855
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9881
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618312.31/cwt310.00–315.001,9303
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,3381
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360427.50/cwt420.00–435.001,5392
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4441
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5361
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466436.44/cwt430.00–450.002,0349
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511380.98/cwt360.00–395.001,9474
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576349.91/cwt335.00–360.002,0158
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625341.68/cwt340.00–345.002,1363
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,255200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,5101
Bulls——1,760227.99/cwt227.00–230.004,0133
Bulls——Heavy Weight2,455230.00/cwt230.00–230.005,6471
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800122.00/cwt122.00–122.009761
Cows—Boner 80-85%920187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,7201
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,063180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,9132
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,285180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,3131
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,9391
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1703,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501

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.