Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-08-04

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Aug 4
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 69▼ 40 vs year ago 147 · −27.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 14▼ 9 vs year ago 25 · −36.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable data, but Feeder Cattle tended to trade with a firmer undertone. 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 $352.76/cwt on 18 head, down $60.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 22 comparable sales and sits −23.99 against this barn's trailing median of $376.75.
Average price
$352.76
▼ 60.17 vs prior sale
18 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.35
vs TN average
−21.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540363.981,96610thin
Medium and Large 2547338.741,8538thin
One grade step is worth $25.24/cwt here — about $113 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 sale18 hd
352.76
—
TN average15 barns · 544 hd
366.12
−13.35
National average160 barns · 6,700 hd
374.03
−21.27
This barn, trailing median22 sales
376.75
−23.99
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—Average1,813219.863,9863thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,480180.002,6642thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,193176.822,1092thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low954143.941,3734thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8901
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483449.96/cwt445.00–452.002,1737
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1561
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615359.71/cwt347.00–367.002,2128
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688324.98/cwt320.00–330.002,2362
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3101
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763314.97/cwt305.00–325.002,4032
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2831
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338431.65/cwt425.00–435.001,4593
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1357436.47/cwt432.00–450.001,5584
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385416.41/cwt410.00–430.001,6033
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4941
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5393
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432384.94/cwt380.00–390.001,6635
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478377.38/cwt370.00–385.001,8042
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,7543
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2504352.48/cwt350.00–360.001,7764
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0724
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555339.97/cwt335.00–350.001,8876
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9184
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9202
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2881
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,2221
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1276532.31/cwt530.00–540.001,4694
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315503.17/cwt500.00–510.001,5853
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4701
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6282
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425455.85/cwt450.00–460.001,9379
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,1303
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8721
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558374.96/cwt365.00–385.002,0922
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3201
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2611
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2805200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6101
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1885300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,813219.86/cwt215.00–224.003,9863
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%954143.94/cwt140.00–145.001,3734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193176.82/cwt174.00–180.002,1092
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,6642

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.