Sale reports / Tennessee / Huntingdon Livestock Auction / 2026-09-29

Huntingdon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Huntingdon, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 29
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2065
Feeder Cattle receipts
191 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 101▲ 59 vs year ago 132 · +44.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 28▼ 6 vs year ago 35 · −17.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 0▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts last week. Quality fair 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 $331.42/cwt on 21 head, up $13.45 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 22 comparable sales and sits −45.34 against this barn's trailing median of $376.75.
Average price
$331.42
▲ 13.45 vs prior sale
21 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.22
vs TN average
−21.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540332.631,79519thin
Medium and Large 2505319.901,6152thin
One grade step is worth $12.73/cwt here — about $180 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 sale21 hd
331.42
—
TN average14 barns · 704 hd
340.63
−9.22
National average184 barns · 12,638 hd
352.66
−21.24
This barn, trailing median22 sales
376.75
−45.34
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—Low1,570175.352,7533thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,429142.552,0377thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,285138.041,7747thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,000125.451,2557thin

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
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)645$8803thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417399.80/cwt395.00–410.001,6673
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added435402.66/cwt400.00–410.001,7527
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added476401.63/cwt400.00–410.001,9126
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,9162
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added527355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8712
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0062
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added567360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0419
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0443
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed625320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0001
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3002
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added738330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4354
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4071
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1247465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,1492
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,1751
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1307431.63/cwt415.00–435.001,3256
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380405.52/cwt390.00–410.001,54111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3681
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420344.29/cwt330.00–360.001,4462
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422374.38/cwt365.00–385.001,5808
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456361.34/cwt355.00–370.001,6487
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added476370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,76111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505319.90/cwt310.00–330.001,6152
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522335.81/cwt335.00–340.001,7536
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added531343.57/cwt340.00–350.001,8247
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563323.02/cwt310.00–330.001,8195
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy590285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614316.06/cwt300.00–320.001,94110
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8421
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8811
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723269.83/cwt260.00–280.001,9512
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,2302
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2235485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,1401
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2751
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328433.71/cwt430.00–440.001,4238
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379418.32/cwt405.00–435.001,5855
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418398.13/cwt380.00–410.001,6646
Bulls400–450Small 1425325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6101
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470386.45/cwt375.00–405.001,8163
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477356.71/cwt350.00–360.001,7023
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8802
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7161
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1534342.31/cwt335.00–360.001,8284
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623317.10/cwt310.00–340.001,9766
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2632301.60/cwt300.00–305.001,9063
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0931
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1742290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1522
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1756256.98/cwt250.00–260.001,9435
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,380161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,2221
Bulls——1,665182.52/cwt180.00–185.003,0392
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%985116.71/cwt115.00–120.001,1503
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,012132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,3364
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233130.39/cwt130.00–132.001,6085
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,415157.17/cwt155.00–160.002,2242
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,416145.18/cwt140.00–150.002,0564
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,447139.04/cwt137.00–140.002,0123
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 2-3645880.00/head880.00–880.008803
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2958225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1564
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,128187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,1092

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.