Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2019-08-10

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Aug 10
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
666 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 643▲ 666 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 62▲ 115 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
111 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 48▲ 111 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. Bulls 2.00 lower. Steers 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Bulls 2.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.48/cwt on 269 head.
Average price
$119.48
269 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$1.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.47
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559119.71669235
Medium and Large 2-3508117.8859934
One grade step is worth $1.83/cwt here — about $70 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 sale269 hd
119.48
—
TN average9 barns · 2,109 hd
122.95
−3.47
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—Average1,66682.771,37921
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40860.7885621
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16459.1668940
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01246.4947135

Every lot

64 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2292149.51/cwt149.00–150.004376
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3355117.50/cwt117.50–117.504171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380137.09/cwt135.00–138.0052113
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3415121.00/cwt121.00–121.005022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465141.00/cwt137.50–144.5065619
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3495120.00/cwt120.00–120.005941
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3510123.77/cwt120.00–125.006314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529138.29/cwt132.00–141.5073226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589134.76/cwt132.00–138.0079431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added603143.50/cwt143.50–143.508658
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007563
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3658120.00/cwt120.00–120.007902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660135.31/cwt129.00–136.5089340
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2781121.00/cwt121.00–121.009454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2806120.00/cwt120.00–120.009674
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2908116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0532
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2267139.00/cwt139.00–139.003717
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340130.50/cwt130.50–130.504442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3365115.00/cwt115.00–115.004202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391125.91/cwt121.00–127.0049216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2402137.00/cwt137.00–137.005515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3439119.77/cwt116.00–122.005268
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3460116.34/cwt116.00–117.005353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466122.86/cwt121.00–123.0057345
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3523118.22/cwt115.00–119.0061815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527120.08/cwt120.00–122.0063324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580119.42/cwt114.50–120.7569368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added603121.00/cwt121.00–121.007303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630118.00/cwt118.00–118.007432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675114.53/cwt111.00–114.7577335
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3695111.50/cwt111.50–111.507755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2717109.86/cwt108.00–112.0078811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added743112.00/cwt112.00–112.008326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2762107.50/cwt107.50–107.5081910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2800105.00/cwt105.00–105.008401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3420123.00/cwt123.00–123.005174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463130.97/cwt127.00–132.5060618
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3490122.00/cwt122.00–122.005985
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3515116.00/cwt116.00–116.005971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2533123.75/cwt123.00–124.5066014
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3586118.66/cwt117.50–119.006959
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2591124.27/cwt118.00–125.0073428
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640115.50/cwt115.50–115.507395
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2657121.50/cwt121.50–121.5079817
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3665117.50/cwt117.50–117.507814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2772110.54/cwt109.00–111.0085317
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-290590.00/cwt90.00–90.008152
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64171.87/cwt60.00–90.001,1795
Bulls——1,65284.29/cwt77.00–90.001,39213
Bulls——1,76794.32/cwt91.00–100.001,6673
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01048.29/cwt42.00–53.0048829
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02337.80/cwt32.00–43.003876
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15653.58/cwt50.00–55.006198
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15959.60/cwt55.00–64.5069128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21567.25/cwt65.00–71.008174
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40760.34/cwt56.00–64.0084919
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41364.97/cwt64.00–66.009182
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100650.00/cwt650.00–650.007,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,8441
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,7751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,192929.72/cwt850.00–1,050.0011,0823
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,300850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,0501

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.