Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2019-06-01

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jun 1
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
← earliestJun 1Jun 8 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
813 head
▲ 813 vs last sale 0▲ 813 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
▲ 133 vs last sale 0▲ 133 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 0▲ 92 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were no trends this week, reporter was absent last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.02/cwt on 330 head.
Average price
$121.02
330 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$41
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$2.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.84
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523121.47635267
Medium and Large 2-3499119.1159463
One grade step is worth $2.36/cwt here — about $41 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale330 hd
121.02
—
TN average7 barns · 940 hd
122.86
−1.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Low1,65283.091,37218
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20462.9375846
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41462.8388810
CowsLean 85-90%Average99546.9246752

Every lot

70 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2267156.24/cwt148.00–160.004177
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3295135.00/cwt120.00–142.503983
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2306156.00/cwt156.00–156.004775
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3365140.00/cwt140.00–140.005112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380150.55/cwt142.00–152.0057221
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430133.00/cwt133.00–133.0057215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482146.47/cwt144.00–150.0070612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485141.23/cwt138.00–143.5068522
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3495125.00/cwt125.00–125.006196
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520133.14/cwt131.00–135.0069215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524141.00/cwt141.00–141.007398
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3570119.95/cwt118.00–126.006844
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581134.59/cwt125.00–143.5078225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added589134.51/cwt128.00–141.0079210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623129.32/cwt123.00–133.0080625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627134.00/cwt134.00–134.008403
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3640120.00/cwt120.00–120.007681
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661123.03/cwt110.00–124.0081315
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3665124.00/cwt124.00–124.008253
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added681122.75/cwt122.75–122.758364
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3710108.00/cwt108.00–108.007671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731123.30/cwt120.00–125.009019
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2834121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0097
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2258150.00/cwt150.00–150.003876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330139.70/cwt137.00–141.004619
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3355127.00/cwt127.00–127.0045111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388128.34/cwt120.00–129.0049814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3438118.00/cwt118.00–118.005179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2447125.00/cwt125.00–125.005599
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467122.29/cwt118.00–124.0057185
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3469123.50/cwt123.50–123.5057911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537118.97/cwt118.00–120.0063952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3540120.50/cwt120.50–120.5065118
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3553116.00/cwt116.00–116.006416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585119.75/cwt119.00–120.0070140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added592120.00/cwt120.00–120.007105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633118.84/cwt118.50–119.0075216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2656117.27/cwt108.00–119.5076921
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3665104.46/cwt103.00–108.006957
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-372590.00/cwt90.00–90.006531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2743100.00/cwt100.00–100.007432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2771104.70/cwt100.00–106.008076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-285895.00/cwt95.00–95.008152
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005595
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2461137.22/cwt133.00–138.0063334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3490111.00/cwt111.00–111.005443
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3506119.09/cwt119.00–120.0060311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528131.39/cwt129.00–132.0069435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580124.00/cwt124.00–124.0071916
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3583110.00/cwt110.00–110.006412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3618112.00/cwt112.00–112.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630111.13/cwt103.00–119.007002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2654125.00/cwt125.00–125.0081832
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373097.00/cwt97.00–97.007081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2740106.50/cwt106.50–106.5078813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-285095.00/cwt95.00–95.008081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56982.14/cwt77.00–87.001,2899
Bulls——1,72089.68/cwt89.00–91.001,5426
Bulls——1,76272.75/cwt65.00–76.001,2823
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96837.51/cwt35.00–40.003638
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00048.63/cwt41.00–59.0048644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03655.71/cwt55.00–57.005775
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,09554.00/cwt54.00–54.005911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22062.09/cwt58.00–65.0075728
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23467.51/cwt66.00–71.0083313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38067.00/cwt67.00–67.009251
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45863.41/cwt61.00–66.009258
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,017848.36/cwt825.00–900.008,6283
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2131,074.74/cwt1,050.00–1,100.0013,0372

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.