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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jan 4

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← Dec 14Jan 4Jan 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

440 head

▼ 368 vs last sale 808▲ 440 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

64 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 124▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

47 head

▼ 50 vs last sale 97▲ 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends were available, first sale of new year. Frim with market before holidays.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.70/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$120.70

189 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$20.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.95

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	121.72	673	177
Medium and Large 2-3	530	106.90	566	9thin
Medium and Large 3	433	101.67	441	3thin

One grade step is worth $20.06/cwt here — about $232 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 sale189 hd

120.70

—

TN average3 barns · 339 hd

117.75

+2.95

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,573	69.02	1,086	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,351	50.77	686	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	50.72	634	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	966	36.47	352	7thin

Every lot

61 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	604	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	616	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	473	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	671	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	600	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	515	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	618	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	144.30/cwt	134.00–150.00	756	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	723	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	777	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	134.88/cwt	125.00–139.00	820	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	633	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	874	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	134.11/cwt	131.00–136.00	876	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	662	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	894	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	922	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	124.76/cwt	123.00–127.00	954	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	783	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,034	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	920	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	877	129.55/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,136	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	890	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,104	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	255	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	306	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	400	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	333	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	451	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	399	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	511	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	400	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	420	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	450	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	451	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	594	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	125.90/cwt	121.00–127.50	585	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	124.53/cwt	121.00–132.00	670	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	544	104.30/cwt	100.00–105.00	567	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	115.26/cwt	114.00–120.00	670	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	586	127.63/cwt	126.50–128.50	748	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	117.92/cwt	110.00–122.25	733	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	640	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	685	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	114.95/cwt	110.00–119.75	767	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	808	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	782	108.98/cwt	106.00–110.00	852	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	855	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	140.21/cwt	130.00–146.50	655	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	480	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	542	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	508	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	549	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	133.21/cwt	122.50–140.00	705	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	564	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	131.97/cwt	127.00–136.00	775	29
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	129.82/cwt	114.00–131.00	824	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	665	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	748	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	765	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	775	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	801	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	801	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	945	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	709	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 2-3	565	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	254	11
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,540	57.59/cwt	50.00–62.00	887	3
Bulls	—	—	1,590	74.73/cwt	67.00–83.00	1,188	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	835	28.32/cwt	25.00–31.00	236	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	39.73/cwt	35.00–42.00	404	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	45.01/cwt	44.00–46.00	532	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	52.44/cwt	47.00–55.00	668	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	748	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,351	50.77/cwt	47.00–54.00	686	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,450	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,205	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,736	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,208	736.10/cwt	700.00–775.00	8,892	3

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Smith County Commission Co. - Carthage, TN

Sat Jan 4, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 440Last week 808Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 124Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 47Last week 97Year ago 0

No trends were available, first sale of new year. Frim with market before holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	115.00	115.00
1	—	720	128.00	128.00
1	—	425	145.00	145.00
13	—	524	134.00–150.00	144.30
10	—	608	125.00–139.00	134.88
8	—	765	123.00–127.00	124.76
8	—	367	164.50	164.50
2	—	450	149.00	149.00
16	—	653	131.00–136.00	134.11
5	—	593	131.00	131.00
1	—	890	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	128.00	128.00
1	—	515	120.00	120.00
1	—	465	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	138.00	138.00
5	—	662	135.00	135.00
11	—	877	129.00–130.00	129.55
2	—	783	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	565	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	544	100.00–105.00	104.30
1	—	320	125.00	125.00
1	—	640	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	465	121.00–127.50	125.90
28	—	622	110.00–122.25	117.92
27	—	581	114.00–120.00	115.26
19	—	538	121.00–132.00	124.53
7	—	333	135.50	135.50
8	—	399	128.00	128.00
15	—	667	110.00–119.75	114.95
1	—	255	120.00	120.00
1	—	855	100.00	100.00
2	—	728	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	100.00	100.00
1	—	400	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	782	106.00–110.00	108.98
8	—	451	131.75	131.75
16	—	586	126.50–128.50	127.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	587	127.00–136.00	131.97
21	—	467	130.00–146.50	140.21
18	—	529	122.50–140.00	133.21
14	—	635	114.00–131.00	129.82
5	—	801	100.00	100.00
4	—	715	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	100.00	100.00
1	—	945	75.00	75.00
2	—	508	108.00	108.00
1	—	480	113.00	113.00
1	—	570	99.00	99.00
1	—	665	112.50	112.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,208	700.00–775.00	736.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,273	47.00–55.00	52.44
1	—	1,290	58.00	58.00
7	—	1,183	44.00–46.00	45.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,351	47.00–54.00	50.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	25.00–31.00	28.32
5	—	1,018	35.00–42.00	39.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,540	50.00–62.00	57.59
6	—	1,590	67.00–83.00	74.73

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.