Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-09-22

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 22
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 98▼ 61 vs year ago 162 · −37.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 20▼ 5 vs year ago 33 · −15.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale (9/8) & no reporter being available (9/15). Quality good to fancy, 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 $342.54/cwt on 6 head, up $24.57 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 22 comparable sales and sits −34.21 against this barn's trailing median of $376.75.
Average price
$342.54
▲ 24.57 vs prior sale
6 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.47
vs TN average
−13.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529342.541,8126thin
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 sale6 hd
342.54
—
TN average16 barns · 768 hd
337.07
+5.47
National average179 barns · 11,869 hd
356.10
−13.56
This barn, trailing median22 sales
376.75
−34.21
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—Average1,813191.373,4696thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,286147.271,8938thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,410144.502,0371thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,115128.321,43011

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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5041
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365432.40/cwt430.00–435.001,5782
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8231
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458432.54/cwt425.00–440.001,9812
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575368.36/cwt365.00–370.002,1183
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1781
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2941
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2961
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4424
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1351445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,56210
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2392400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5682
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5962
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed430355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5271
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4141
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481359.19/cwt352.50–370.001,7285
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529342.54/cwt335.00–345.001,8126
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0642
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9126
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9951
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1930255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,3721
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,3201
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4001
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3646
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377420.73/cwt420.00–425.001,5867
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469422.90/cwt417.00–430.001,9834
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535387.62/cwt380.00–405.002,07410
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553355.02/cwt350.00–360.001,9632
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1666325.65/cwt322.00–335.002,1696
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2401
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,615200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,2302
Bulls——1,757188.07/cwt181.00–191.003,3043
Bulls——Heavy Weight2,375184.00/cwt184.00–184.004,3701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098133.38/cwt130.00–143.001,4656
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,120116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2991
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,138123.82/cwt121.00–128.001,4094
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198139.16/cwt135.00–141.001,6673
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,338152.14/cwt149.00–155.502,0365
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,410144.50/cwt144.50–144.502,0371

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.