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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jul 11

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← Jun 27Jul 11Jul 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

463 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 443▼ 28 vs year ago 491 · −5.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

84 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 120▼ 20 vs year ago 104 · −19.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale last week in observance of Independence Day holiday.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $393.85/cwt on 50 head, up $31.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 32 comparable sales and sits +32.70 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$393.85

▲ 31.80 vs prior sale

50 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,169

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$383

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$61.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.16

vs TN average

−22.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	407.41	2,254	39
Medium and Large 2-3	541	345.79	1,871	11thin

One grade step is worth $61.62/cwt here — about $383 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale50 hd

393.85

—

TN average15 barns · 756 hd

394.01

−0.16

National average149 barns · 8,242 hd

416.11

−22.26

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

+32.70

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

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.39, low $305.42, median $361.15 across 32 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,669	208.24	3,475	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,199	179.36	2,151	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,476	179.18	2,645	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	998	146.69	1,464	15

Every lot

65 lots · USDA AMS · Smith County Commission Co. - Carthage, 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	263	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,578	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	308	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,540	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	318	402.44/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,280	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	370	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,462	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	477.50/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,216	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	480	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,352	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	504	400.51/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,019	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	453.96/cwt	450.00–457.50	2,415	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	426.21/cwt	420.00–432.50	2,408	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	575	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,501	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	576	386.94/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,229	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	619	324.14/cwt	300.00–370.00	2,006	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	640	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,688	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	654	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,681	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	385.10/cwt	360.00–397.50	2,546	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	716	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,882	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,800	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,656	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	260	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,313	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,552	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	353	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,483	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,636	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	400	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,620	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	420.29/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,912	35
Heifers	450–500	Small 1-2	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	479	392.05/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,878	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	519	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,195	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	534	342.60/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,829	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,210	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	573	360.13/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,064	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	397.76/cwt	397.00–398.00	2,295	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	627	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,195	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,176	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	650	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,080	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	327.48/cwt	325.00–332.50	2,201	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,310	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	805	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,496	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,444	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	375	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,725	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	1,953	20
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	426	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,704	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	451	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,007	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	521	389.22/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,028	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,297	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	567	371.84/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,108	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,328	27
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	642	308.72/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,982	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,321	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	307.39/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,090	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	331.11/cwt	330.00–332.00	2,450	9
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,445	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,520	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,888	2
Bulls	—	—	1,718	227.72/cwt	225.00–230.00	3,912	2
Bulls	—	—	1,719	207.61/cwt	205.00–210.00	3,569	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	133.26/cwt	125.00–141.00	1,253	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,023	168.85/cwt	167.00–171.00	1,727	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	149.55/cwt	144.00–160.00	1,537	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,136	167.50/cwt	162.00–172.00	1,903	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	180.06/cwt	175.00–187.00	2,161	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,323	199.72/cwt	190.00–207.00	2,642	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	179.92/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,605	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	193.40/cwt	189.00–197.00	2,858	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,509	169.76/cwt	166.00–172.00	2,562	5

This sale against other markets

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Smith County Commission Co. - Carthage, TN

Sat Jul 11, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 463Last week 443Year ago 491

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 120Year ago 104

No trends could be established due to no sale last week in observance of Independence Day holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	260	505.00	505.00
7	300–350	325	477.50	477.50
17	350–400	385	425.00	425.00
35	450–500	455	420.00–425.00	420.29
6	500–550	539	410.00	410.00
21	550–600	577	397.00–398.00	397.76
4	600–650	640	340.00	340.00
9	650–700	672	325.00–332.50	327.48
5	700–750	745	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	850	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	420.00	420.00
7	400–450	400	405.00	405.00
7	450–500	479	390.00–395.00	392.05
9	500–550	534	327.50–350.00	342.60
2	550–600	573	350.00–370.00	360.13
1	650–700	650	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	519	423.00	423.00
10	600–650	627	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	805	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	263	600.00	600.00
2	300–350	308	500.00	500.00
1	400–450	420	470.00	470.00
21	450–500	464	470.00–480.00	477.50
17	500–550	532	450.00–457.50	453.96
16	550–600	565	420.00–432.50	426.21
12	650–700	661	360.00–397.50	385.10
2	800–850	830	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	400.00–405.00	402.44
1	350–400	370	395.00	395.00
10	500–550	504	400.00–405.00	400.51
5	550–600	576	375.00–395.00	386.94
3	600–650	619	300.00–370.00	324.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	490.00	490.00
5	550–600	575	435.00	435.00
5	600–650	640	420.00	420.00
14	650–700	654	410.00	410.00
5	700–750	716	402.50	402.50
3	800–850	800	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	460.00	460.00
5	400–450	426	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	460	400.00	400.00
12	500–550	521	385.00–395.00	389.22
6	550–600	567	355.00–380.00	371.84
4	600–650	642	300.00–335.00	308.72
2	650–700	680	300.00–315.00	307.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	377	518.00	518.00
16	450–500	451	445.00	445.00
14	500–550	528	435.00	435.00
27	550–600	582	400.00	400.00
7	650–700	663	350.00	350.00
9	700–750	740	330.00–332.00	331.11
1	800–850	815	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	940	125.00–141.00	133.26
2	—	1,023	167.00–171.00	168.85
8	—	1,028	144.00–160.00	149.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,478	189.00–197.00	193.40
6	—	1,448	175.00–185.00	179.92
5	—	1,509	166.00–172.00	169.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,136	162.00–172.00	167.50
4	—	1,323	190.00–207.00	199.72
19	—	1,200	175.00–187.00	180.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,719	205.00–210.00	207.61
2	—	1,520	190.00	190.00
2	—	1,718	225.00–230.00	227.72

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.