Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2020-03-07

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Mar 7
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
600 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 523▲ 600 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 112▲ 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 166▲ 112 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 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Steers and bulls 3.00 to 7.00 higher, instances 13.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs 10.00 to 13.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.24/cwt on 245 head.
Average price
$130.24
245 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$0.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.32
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2508130.34663216
Medium and Large 2-3426129.4955129
One grade step is worth $0.85/cwt here — about $112 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 sale245 hd
130.24
—
TN average10 barns · 2,052 hd
127.92
+2.32
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—Low1,60382.561,32315
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39461.828629thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20355.7267039
CowsLean 85-90%Average99943.9443929

Every lot

58 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2257168.16/cwt163.00–170.004324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2317173.00/cwt173.00–173.005488
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3321163.14/cwt159.00–164.005246
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383150.75/cwt148.00–152.0057719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419164.10/cwt153.00–167.506889
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430132.07/cwt115.00–150.0056812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480157.40/cwt140.00–159.5075621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519161.50/cwt161.50–161.5083816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582143.73/cwt133.00–153.0083721
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3602117.51/cwt113.00–122.007074
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621139.89/cwt139.00–141.0086913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665132.00/cwt132.00–132.008784
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673128.24/cwt114.00–135.0086326
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740126.50/cwt126.50–126.509362
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3745102.00/cwt102.00–102.007601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added758127.00/cwt127.00–127.009636
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800118.00/cwt118.00–118.009445
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2844112.99/cwt112.00–116.009544
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2268144.84/cwt135.00–147.003886
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3311145.00/cwt145.00–145.004518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335148.00/cwt148.00–148.004965
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3360124.00/cwt124.00–124.004461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374141.82/cwt136.00–142.0053034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436130.00/cwt130.00–130.005674
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3446127.83/cwt125.00–128.0057016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2464137.38/cwt128.00–138.2563762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530131.18/cwt127.50–135.0069533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580121.80/cwt106.00–125.5070640
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3589106.50/cwt106.50–106.506274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667112.19/cwt108.00–115.0074816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721106.33/cwt105.00–106.507679
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added774108.00/cwt108.00–108.008364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2784100.31/cwt99.50–102.007863
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430141.00/cwt141.00–141.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2457153.00/cwt153.00–153.0069920
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3509119.00/cwt119.00–119.006064
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525149.09/cwt135.00–151.0078325
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2597133.00/cwt133.00–133.0079419
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3598110.00/cwt110.00–110.006582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605122.00/cwt122.00–122.007381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660121.95/cwt116.00–124.5080517
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3665107.00/cwt107.00–107.007121
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3715112.00/cwt112.00–112.008011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2765116.00/cwt116.00–116.008874
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-291389.00/cwt89.00–89.008134
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48683.05/cwt80.00–88.001,2346
Bulls——1,62674.45/cwt61.00–80.001,2116
Bulls——1,79097.79/cwt96.00–101.001,7503
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92839.60/cwt32.00–42.0036714
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06648.00/cwt44.00–51.0051215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10352.37/cwt51.00–54.005788
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11566.48/cwt66.00–67.007412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23655.90/cwt53.00–63.0069129
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39461.82/cwt55.00–66.008629
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,033845.97/cwt775.00–975.008,7393
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,058837.01/cwt800.00–900.008,8563
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0012,6251

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.