Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2020-04-11

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Apr 11
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
491 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 489▲ 491 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 42▲ 82 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 61▲ 92 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 5.00 higher. Steers and bulls were 6.00 to 9.00 higher, instances 16 higher. Heifers 9.00 to 12.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.70/cwt on 221 head.
Average price
$124.70
221 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.91
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2520125.63653205
Medium and Large 2-3441112.7349716thin
One grade step is worth $12.90/cwt here — about $156 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
124.70
—
TN average10 barns · 1,496 hd
119.79
+4.91
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—Average1,61687.801,41816
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14261.1769913
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35055.117442thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97646.7445620

Every lot

57 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 1-2280162.00/cwt162.00–162.004543
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3320144.00/cwt144.00–144.004613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2343153.00/cwt153.00–153.005254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2389158.77/cwt158.00–164.0061822
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3392115.00/cwt115.00–115.004513
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3423137.97/cwt130.00–140.005845
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425142.00/cwt142.00–142.006041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471142.71/cwt129.50–155.0067211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479165.00/cwt165.00–165.0079022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541149.39/cwt144.50–151.5080810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2596130.00/cwt130.00–130.007754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617131.61/cwt119.50–137.0081216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637129.50/cwt129.50–129.508256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657126.15/cwt120.00–131.0082915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713105.17/cwt104.00–110.007507
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added749117.00/cwt117.00–117.008764
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added774117.06/cwt115.00–118.5090610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added853103.00/cwt103.00–103.008793
Steers—Medium and Large 1-292096.00/cwt96.00–96.008832
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3225137.50/cwt137.50–137.503091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2283130.00/cwt130.00–130.003683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310139.00/cwt139.00–139.004318
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330132.57/cwt130.00–137.004375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2396134.39/cwt123.00–135.0053219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3442106.96/cwt102.50–110.004735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2449129.00/cwt129.00–129.0057924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465139.25/cwt131.50–140.0064836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465119.96/cwt115.00–132.0055811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530125.81/cwt110.00–128.0066742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-355085.00/cwt85.00–85.004682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569125.00/cwt125.00–125.007115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575117.56/cwt106.00–126.7567619
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-362399.50/cwt99.50–99.506203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added645119.75/cwt119.75–119.757726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645100.00/cwt100.00–100.006451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673111.00/cwt111.00–111.007474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680117.50/cwt117.50–117.5079911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added703112.00/cwt112.00–112.007876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added78393.11/cwt91.50–95.507295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added84487.00/cwt87.00–87.007345
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3425120.00/cwt120.00–120.005101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2452150.00/cwt150.00–150.0067815
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3472130.00/cwt130.00–130.006145
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2526130.66/cwt123.00–134.0068726
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2583118.77/cwt107.00–123.0069215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630115.00/cwt115.00–115.007253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-275896.00/cwt96.00–96.007288
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49174.58/cwt71.00–76.001,1124
Bulls——1,65089.15/cwt84.00–95.001,4718
Bulls——1,67198.31/cwt95.00–102.001,6434
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86838.31/cwt36.00–39.003334
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00348.85/cwt41.00–54.0049016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12760.77/cwt57.00–65.0068512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32566.00/cwt66.00–66.008751
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35055.11/cwt52.00–58.007442
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,236840.43/cwt775.00–975.0010,3887
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,350750.00/cwt750.00–750.0010,1251

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.