Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2020-02-08

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Feb 8
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
503 head
▼ 273 vs last sale 776▲ 503 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 123▲ 94 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
137 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 96▲ 137 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 steady. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower Steers and bulls 6.00 to 7.00 lower, instances 550-600 llbs 17.00 lower. Heifers mostly steady under 600 lbs, over 600 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.92/cwt on 221 head.
Average price
$125.92
221 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$703
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$5
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.79
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551127.35702177
Medium and Large 2-3588120.2070744
One grade step is worth $7.14/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale221 hd
125.92
—
TN average11 barns · 2,450 hd
124.13
+1.79
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—High1,69083.091,4056thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40258.808247thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22953.2765536
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02138.8139627

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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270152.00/cwt152.00–152.004101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2304163.00/cwt163.00–163.004965
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3348133.00/cwt133.00–133.004636
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385147.00/cwt147.00–147.0056613
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3390135.00/cwt135.00–135.005271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426132.50/cwt132.50–132.505645
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3462134.00/cwt134.00–134.006193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482141.79/cwt140.00–143.006835
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535138.00/cwt138.00–138.0073810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558138.00/cwt138.00–138.007702
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2596123.02/cwt118.00–128.007334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2609131.30/cwt125.00–133.0080017
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635135.00/cwt135.00–135.0085712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663120.00/cwt120.00–120.007962
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670133.61/cwt133.00–134.008958
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3696113.50/cwt113.50–113.507909
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2702125.00/cwt125.00–125.008783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2757121.65/cwt115.00–123.009216
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3765116.00/cwt116.00–116.008871
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added773124.26/cwt120.00–125.509619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added844125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,05513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added920123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,1361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2953120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1443
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2253135.00/cwt135.00–135.003424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330145.00/cwt145.00–145.0047910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330135.00/cwt135.00–135.004464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379135.00/cwt135.00–135.0051220
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3427124.50/cwt114.00–127.005325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460124.55/cwt123.00–125.0057331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480131.00/cwt131.00–131.0062910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3517120.02/cwt115.00–124.006217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524122.58/cwt120.00–123.006427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added551127.00/cwt127.00–127.007004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583124.98/cwt119.00–126.5072927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620134.00/cwt134.00–134.0083120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663128.83/cwt127.50–130.0085413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3671117.37/cwt95.00–119.0078828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683116.28/cwt115.00–118.007947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730116.00/cwt116.00–116.008477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765109.30/cwt100.00–114.008363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2824116.84/cwt114.00–118.009637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added855116.00/cwt116.00–116.009927
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2464141.34/cwt135.00–144.5065615
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517131.00/cwt125.00–132.0067714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3550124.00/cwt124.00–124.006825
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2598121.00/cwt121.00–121.007244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2678113.74/cwt110.00–116.507717
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282693.00/cwt93.00–93.007688
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-389580.00/cwt80.00–80.007161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64478.60/cwt75.00–82.001,2924
Bulls——1,78392.08/cwt87.00–97.001,6422
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88325.86/cwt25.00–30.002286
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06042.51/cwt35.00–50.0045121
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07648.13/cwt42.00–50.0051810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28454.18/cwt50.00–60.0069623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31763.48/cwt62.00–65.008363
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35555.15/cwt53.00–57.007475
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51867.91/cwt67.00–69.001,0312
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,6252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100760.00/cwt760.00–760.008,3602
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,220875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250776.00/cwt750.00–800.009,7002

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.