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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Sep 19

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

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Feeder Cattle receipts

320 head

▼ 79 vs last sale 399▼ 296 vs year ago 616 · −48.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

67 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 68▼ 22 vs year ago 89 · −24.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 6.00 to 9.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 5.00 to 12.00 higher with strong demand on Heifers over 400#; Feeder Bulls under 500# not well established, over 500# 4.00 to 12.00 higher; Good quality on all classes of feeders cattle; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady

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 $334.61/cwt on 52 head, up $18.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 32 comparable sales and sits −26.55 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$334.61

▲ 18.89 vs prior sale

52 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$58.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.95

vs TN average

−19.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	531	341.31	1,812	46
Medium and Large 2-3	588	283.23	1,665	6thin

One grade step is worth $58.08/cwt here — about $147 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 sale52 hd

334.61

—

TN average15 barns · 751 hd

336.56

−1.95

National average171 barns · 9,246 hd

354.31

−19.70

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−26.55

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	—	High	1,750	191.70	3,355	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,441	153.54	2,213	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	151.02	1,895	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,125	135.21	1,521	9thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	208	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	915	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,373	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	325	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,316	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,898	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	495	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,609	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	549	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,018	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	347.78/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,996	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	599	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,174	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	326.60/cwt	325.00–328.00	2,201	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	686	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,298	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,277	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,675	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	228	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	969	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,204	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	311	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,252	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,277	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	349.17/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,334	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,517	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	454	314.57/cwt	275.00–322.50	1,428	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,601	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	509	349.33/cwt	349.00–350.00	1,778	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	328.62/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,765	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,935	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	588	283.23/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,665	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	628	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,711	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	657	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,148	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	296.69/cwt	292.50–297.50	1,997	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,013	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,023	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	795	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,246	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,009	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,564	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1-2	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,661	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	455	309.89/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,410	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,743	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	512	293.20/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,501	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,680	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	562	288.14/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,619	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	333.02/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,938	18
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	310.99/cwt	300.00–312.00	2,071	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	679	266.83/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,812	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,031	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,630	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,853	1
Bulls	—	—	1,746	188.84/cwt	182.00–195.00	3,297	5
Bulls	—	—	1,820	207.19/cwt	205.00–210.00	3,771	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,092	135.36/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,478	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,108	139.54/cwt	136.00–143.00	1,546	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,130	120.27/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,359	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,152	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,728	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,235	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,680	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,257	162.84/cwt	157.00–170.00	2,047	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,287	150.29/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,934	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	160.14/cwt	156.00–166.00	2,322	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,464	151.34/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,216	7

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 Sep 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 320Last week 399Year ago 616

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 68Year ago 89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	425.00	425.00
1	250–300	290	415.00	415.00
6	300–350	311	402.50	402.50
9	350–400	382	345.00–360.00	349.17
10	400–450	410	370.00	370.00
10	450–500	464	345.00	345.00
8	500–550	537	310.00–335.00	328.62
10	550–600	588	329.00	329.00
12	650–700	673	292.50–297.50	296.69
2	700–750	733	276.00	276.00
1	850–900	855	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	509	349.00–350.00	349.33
9	650–700	657	327.00	327.00
4	700–750	700	287.50	287.50
3	750–800	795	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	430	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	454	275.00–322.50	314.57
6	550–600	588	280.00–300.00	283.23
2	600–650	628	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	208	440.00	440.00
1	300–350	305	450.00	450.00
3	450–500	463	410.00	410.00
9	550–600	574	325.00–355.00	347.78
17	650–700	674	325.00–328.00	326.60
5	700–750	723	315.00	315.00
2	850–900	870	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	549	367.50	367.50
4	550–600	599	363.00	363.00
4	650–700	686	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	495	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	400.00	400.00
6	400–450	443	375.00	375.00
18	450–500	498	350.00	350.00
9	500–550	517	325.00	325.00
18	550–600	582	330.00–335.00	333.02
12	650–700	666	300.00–312.00	310.99
8	700–750	719	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	455	300.00–320.00	309.89
6	500–550	512	275.00–315.00	293.20
4	550–600	562	275.00–292.50	288.14
8	650–700	679	260.00–280.00	266.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,820	205.00–210.00	207.19
5	—	1,746	182.00–195.00	188.84
1	—	1,630	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,287	145.00–154.00	150.29
5	—	1,257	157.00–170.00	162.84
4	—	1,108	136.00–143.00	139.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	136.00	136.00
7	—	1,464	147.00–155.00	151.34
5	—	1,450	156.00–166.00	160.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,092	134.00–137.00	135.36
3	—	1,152	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,130	116.00–125.00	120.27

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.