Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2019-06-15

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jun 15
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
693 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 598▲ 693 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 130▲ 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
118 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 145▲ 118 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 mostly steady, 2.00 to higher on breaker cows. Bulls steady. Steers mostly steady. Bulls steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers 2.00 to 9.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.29/cwt on 253 head.
Average price
$116.29
253 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.66
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2516117.01604203
Medium and Large 2535116.5062320
Medium and Large 2-3445111.2749530
One grade step is worth $5.75/cwt here — about $109 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 sale253 hd
116.29
—
TN average10 barns · 1,933 hd
120.95
−4.66
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—Low1,67085.211,42321
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46962.9292423
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16259.4269163
CowsLean 85-90%Average96245.1243425

Every lot

63 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3280142.50/cwt142.50–142.503991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2312152.00/cwt152.00–152.004748
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3332135.46/cwt131.00–142.004506
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2379148.51/cwt140.00–150.0056320
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3422121.50/cwt119.00–123.005138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468143.78/cwt134.00–147.5067338
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added506145.00/cwt145.00–145.007348
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3528134.00/cwt134.00–134.007082
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539137.30/cwt136.00–140.0074024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572138.02/cwt127.00–142.2578954
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3583124.00/cwt124.00–124.007232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2609131.20/cwt130.00–133.007995
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3620107.50/cwt105.00–110.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added642130.00/cwt130.00–130.008352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663126.78/cwt123.00–129.5084112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765121.38/cwt120.00–123.009298
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2955105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2263125.00/cwt125.00–125.003292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323122.58/cwt120.00–123.003967
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3357117.41/cwt105.00–124.0041915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381121.19/cwt118.00–122.0046220
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3442108.61/cwt105.00–120.004808
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443123.00/cwt123.00–123.005453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467120.06/cwt117.00–121.0056155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added504122.00/cwt122.00–122.006154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530116.37/cwt113.50–118.0061759
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535116.50/cwt116.50–116.5062320
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3567113.64/cwt105.00–118.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2594114.84/cwt110.00–117.0068227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619112.08/cwt110.00–112.506946
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-363095.00/cwt95.00–95.005993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671108.83/cwt107.00–109.0073012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765100.00/cwt100.00–100.007654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2813104.01/cwt102.00–106.008464
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-387582.00/cwt82.00–82.007181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3445120.00/cwt120.00–120.005342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474133.37/cwt131.00–135.0063220
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3496112.00/cwt112.00–112.0055610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3511110.00/cwt110.00–110.005628
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527127.80/cwt124.00–130.5067417
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3580113.00/cwt113.00–113.006555
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2593125.00/cwt125.00–125.0074123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2603116.00/cwt116.00–116.006992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3635105.00/cwt105.00–105.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2652119.00/cwt119.00–119.0077625
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3680101.00/cwt101.00–101.006871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2733103.50/cwt103.50–103.5075911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-281495.00/cwt95.00–95.007734
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30775.31/cwt75.00–76.009843
Bulls——1,70885.29/cwt79.00–90.001,45714
Bulls——1,80992.36/cwt91.00–94.001,6714
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86435.96/cwt30.00–40.003115
Cows—Lean 85-90%98747.41/cwt43.00–50.0046820
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10153.18/cwt50.00–56.0058610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16159.62/cwt55.00–64.0069246
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20054.00/cwt54.00–54.006481
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26067.05/cwt64.00–71.008457
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46266.06/cwt65.00–67.009666
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48862.30/cwt58.00–64.0092716
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,038768.98/cwt675.00–875.007,9822
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,050995.00/cwt995.00–995.0010,4481
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125985.00/cwt985.00–985.0011,0811

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.