Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2019-12-14

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Dec 14
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
808 head
▼ 663 vs last sale 1,471▲ 808 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 178▲ 124 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 194▲ 97 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 and bulls were mostly steady. Steers mostly steady. Bulls steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers 4.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.75/cwt on 339 head.
Average price
$120.75
339 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.17
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532121.53646294
Medium and Large 2-3422115.6348845
One grade step is worth $5.89/cwt here — about $158 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 sale339 hd
120.75
—
TN average9 barns · 1,774 hd
115.58
+5.17
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—High1,64372.751,1958thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22551.7063323
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30449.9965210
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02635.603657thin

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2263161.50/cwt161.50–161.504256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2306166.84/cwt156.00–168.505118
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3310142.00/cwt142.00–142.004406
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390146.05/cwt143.00–146.5057031
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3400111.00/cwt111.00–111.004442
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467144.64/cwt133.00–148.0067518
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3510121.00/cwt121.00–121.006171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521139.82/cwt130.00–142.0072829
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3550113.00/cwt113.00–113.006221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578133.41/cwt130.00–136.507718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2603129.17/cwt129.00–130.007796
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664126.90/cwt120.50–135.0084323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added677132.90/cwt131.00–134.5090013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added702134.00/cwt134.00–134.009416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2719120.99/cwt120.00–122.008704
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762122.51/cwt121.00–125.009348
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,0672
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added862133.75/cwt133.75–133.751,15322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2965108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0421
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3256119.00/cwt119.00–119.003054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2311132.25/cwt127.00–136.0041112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3327121.44/cwt100.00–130.0039713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391128.52/cwt127.00–129.0050329
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3439113.00/cwt113.00–113.0049616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2447127.54/cwt119.00–130.0057018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455123.37/cwt113.00–126.0056160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525120.52/cwt112.00–126.0063373
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3558111.73/cwt108.00–112.5062312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584120.59/cwt116.00–122.0070427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added599125.00/cwt125.00–125.007499
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed630122.00/cwt122.00–122.007694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638117.00/cwt117.00–117.007463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663116.83/cwt113.00–118.0077528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668121.00/cwt121.00–121.008087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2745105.80/cwt105.00–106.0078810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785100.00/cwt100.00–100.007851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800110.50/cwt110.50–110.5088412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-289597.00/cwt97.00–97.008681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3388117.00/cwt117.00–117.004542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3400128.00/cwt128.00–128.005122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470135.96/cwt126.00–141.5063933
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3491114.00/cwt114.00–114.0056016
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3503109.15/cwt109.00–110.005497
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523128.35/cwt124.00–129.0067116
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3578110.11/cwt104.00–112.0063617
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2593114.00/cwt114.00–114.006765
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2601124.00/cwt124.00–124.0074519
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2658114.45/cwt113.00–115.0075322
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-367892.00/cwt92.00–92.006246
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2774103.96/cwt99.00–106.008057
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-284889.00/cwt89.00–89.007557
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54674.67/cwt67.00–79.001,1546
Bulls——1,75053.00/cwt53.00–53.009281
Bulls——2,11581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,7131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97827.56/cwt25.00–30.002702
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04538.81/cwt35.00–43.004065
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18344.66/cwt44.00–45.005283
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21551.35/cwt47.00–55.0062417
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29949.32/cwt40.00–55.006419
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32360.70/cwt58.00–63.008033
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35056.00/cwt56.00–56.007561
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000910.00/cwt910.00–910.009,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,7751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200735.00/cwt735.00–735.008,8201

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.