Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-09-01

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 1
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 76▼ 39 vs year ago 137 · −28.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 22▼ 9 vs year ago 29 · −31.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to a lack of comparable data. Quality fair, Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.97/cwt on 15 head, down $17.77 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −58.79 against this barn's trailing median of $376.75.
Average price
$317.97
▼ 17.77 vs prior sale
15 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.49
vs TN average
−13.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529326.241,72412thin
Medium and Large 2544284.891,5493thin
One grade step is worth $41.35/cwt here — about $175 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
317.97
—
TN average14 barns · 505 hd
322.45
−4.49
National average157 barns · 5,611 hd
331.52
−13.55
This barn, trailing median22 sales
376.75
−58.79
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—Average1,745180.003,1412thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,364162.512,2164thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,296143.851,8654thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,005138.301,3904thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1370395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4621
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2377365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3762
Steers400–450Small 1410305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4531
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6591
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465360.72/cwt357.00–367.501,6776
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518328.33/cwt325.00–330.001,7013
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0521
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8601
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785308.46/cwt305.00–312.002,4212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,0131
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2771
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1352365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2852
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1681
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3941
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464342.71/cwt335.00–345.001,5909
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2487301.26/cwt300.00–305.001,4674
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6671
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512338.34/cwt330.00–340.001,7329
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563262.33/cwt255.00–270.001,4772
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578289.93/cwt285.00–300.001,6763
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0484
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3022
Bulls350–400Small 1360330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1881
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5084
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5842
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4851
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6631
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521345.63/cwt320.00–352.001,80110
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576314.64/cwt300.00–335.001,8129
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5731
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628304.08/cwt285.00–315.001,9104
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8671
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8021
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2880235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,320175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,3101
Bulls——2,170185.00/cwt185.00–185.004,0151
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%965150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4481
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018134.40/cwt132.00–137.001,3683
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,9181
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295143.70/cwt142.00–145.001,8612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,8151
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,360145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,9721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365168.35/cwt160.00–175.002,2983

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.