Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2020-02-01

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Feb 1
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
776 head
▲ 122 vs last sale 654▲ 776 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 103▲ 123 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 107▲ 96 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 1.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. Steers and bulls 4.00 to 8.00 lower, instances 12.00 lower. Heifers mostly 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.41/cwt on 345 head.
Average price
$125.41
345 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.02
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532126.41673303
Medium and Large 2-3464118.1954942
One grade step is worth $8.21/cwt here — about $124 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 sale345 hd
125.41
—
TN average10 barns · 2,521 hd
126.42
−1.02
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—Average1,77981.721,45319
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39260.518428thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24155.4568831
CowsLean 85-90%Average98640.3339834

Every lot

67 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2244166.00/cwt166.00–166.004055
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2314164.04/cwt162.00–165.005156
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3319142.50/cwt142.50–142.504554
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3359131.41/cwt129.00–136.004723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2392153.38/cwt145.00–155.0060134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added423159.50/cwt159.50–159.506755
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added451157.50/cwt157.50–157.507105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464148.89/cwt146.00–152.006919
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3492133.48/cwt133.00–135.006574
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3500134.00/cwt134.00–134.006701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514149.43/cwt142.00–151.2576826
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518138.87/cwt135.00–144.0071928
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3565111.44/cwt108.00–115.006302
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581139.88/cwt138.50–142.0081313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585140.90/cwt140.25–143.0082428
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608132.68/cwt126.00–136.0080719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631131.00/cwt131.00–131.008274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668131.50/cwt131.50–131.508786
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3675112.00/cwt112.00–112.007562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678127.77/cwt125.00–130.0086620
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722120.33/cwt120.00–121.008693
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added734124.50/cwt124.50–124.5091414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766121.37/cwt117.00–122.009308
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2892113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0083
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2289133.00/cwt133.00–133.003845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2317141.04/cwt134.00–142.004478
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3343125.00/cwt125.00–125.004292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2387141.45/cwt139.00–143.0054742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3391128.40/cwt122.00–135.005026
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3438114.35/cwt112.00–116.0050120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added458133.00/cwt133.00–133.006093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2464131.19/cwt128.50–136.0060973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527128.30/cwt120.00–133.0067653
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3537109.68/cwt108.00–112.005897
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3563127.00/cwt127.00–127.007157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586122.84/cwt115.00–125.0072023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623119.17/cwt118.00–120.0074237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643121.00/cwt121.00–121.0077815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671112.39/cwt110.00–113.0075420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added692118.67/cwt118.00–119.008219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2748105.00/cwt105.00–105.007856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-280083.00/cwt83.00–83.006642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-285690.00/cwt90.00–90.007707
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3422127.93/cwt125.00–131.005406
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460146.81/cwt138.00–149.0067525
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485135.00/cwt135.00–135.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3524109.92/cwt100.00–120.005764
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535139.80/cwt130.00–142.0074833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2594125.12/cwt121.00–126.5074312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3668115.00/cwt115.00–115.007688
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2671115.00/cwt115.00–115.0077222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2770112.79/cwt110.00–113.508685
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282095.00/cwt95.00–95.007791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-294777.00/cwt77.00–77.007293
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,1412
Bulls——1,78079.54/cwt74.00–87.001,41610
Bulls——1,83287.61/cwt85.00–93.001,6057
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93434.95/cwt30.00–40.0032612
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01543.27/cwt39.00–49.0043922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23052.71/cwt47.00–58.0064823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27363.34/cwt60.00–66.008068
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34065.00/cwt65.00–65.008711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39959.87/cwt55.00–65.008387
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000665.00/cwt665.00–665.006,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100745.00/cwt745.00–745.008,1953
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,220685.00/cwt685.00–685.008,3571

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.