Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2019-06-08

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jun 8
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
598 head
▼ 215 vs last sale 813▲ 598 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 133▲ 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 92▲ 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 3.00 lower. Bulls 3.00 higher. Steers under 500 lbs 6.00 to 12.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.74/cwt on 720 head.
Average price
$123.74
720 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.96
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546124.03677681
Medium and Large 2-3476118.7856539
One grade step is worth $5.25/cwt here — about $112 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 sale720 hd
123.74
—
TN average11 barns · 3,236 hd
120.78
+2.96
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—High1,65183.421,37725
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38460.8084116
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18958.5769772
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03845.5647343

Every lot

58 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2235145.00/cwt145.00–145.003413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2314144.48/cwt143.00–145.0045411
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3320130.73/cwt126.00–132.004185
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382142.32/cwt140.00–144.0054419
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3408121.00/cwt121.00–121.004942
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468146.50/cwt146.50–146.506866
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3486121.35/cwt120.00–124.005906
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2507138.42/cwt135.25–139.7570230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532144.00/cwt144.00–144.007666
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560141.50/cwt141.50–141.507923
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3565129.58/cwt120.00–134.507323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574135.41/cwt118.00–139.5077713
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638133.52/cwt130.50–134.0085221
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3660119.00/cwt119.00–119.007852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669125.35/cwt125.00–127.508397
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700127.50/cwt127.50–127.508934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795105.00/cwt105.00–105.008351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added858108.00/cwt108.00–108.009272
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2321129.14/cwt125.00–130.0041512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380132.32/cwt128.00–134.5050312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added393140.00/cwt140.00–140.005508
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3429122.66/cwt120.00–125.0052622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2447126.28/cwt126.00–131.0056450
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466129.83/cwt128.00–132.0060517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526117.28/cwt116.00–120.0061738
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3526114.24/cwt114.00–116.006018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564124.50/cwt124.50–124.50702510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3576111.00/cwt111.00–111.006394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577116.61/cwt112.00–120.0067312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655109.60/cwt105.00–113.0071810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723100.76/cwt100.00–102.007288
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-376096.00/cwt96.00–96.007301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added796108.00/cwt108.00–108.008604
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3425120.00/cwt120.00–120.005101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440140.00/cwt140.00–140.0061612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462132.56/cwt130.00–133.5061237
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3524119.09/cwt116.00–122.006246
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525133.36/cwt129.00–135.5070021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575133.92/cwt128.00–135.0077013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3575110.51/cwt110.00–112.006354
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3625115.97/cwt112.00–120.007252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2659122.00/cwt122.00–122.008049
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2727102.50/cwt101.00–104.007454
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282395.00/cwt95.00–95.007822
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47172.35/cwt68.00–78.001,0645
Bulls——1,62785.21/cwt78.00–89.001,38617
Bulls——2,08891.71/cwt90.00–93.001,9153
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00036.87/cwt31.00–42.003698
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04747.55/cwt42.00–54.0049835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16652.92/cwt50.00–55.0061715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17759.40/cwt54.00–64.0069952
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38064.73/cwt63.00–66.008932
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38460.24/cwt55.00–64.0083414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38966.83/cwt65.00–70.009285
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,135781.32/cwt650.00–1,000.008,8685

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.