Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2020-05-02

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, May 2
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
900 head
▲ 202 vs last sale 698▲ 900 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 110▲ 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 120▲ 130 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 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers and bulls mostly lower. Heifers steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.21/cwt on 350 head.
Average price
$116.21
350 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.49
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528117.44620309
Medium and Large 2-3477106.9351041
One grade step is worth $10.51/cwt here — about $110 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 sale350 hd
116.21
—
TN average9 barns · 1,842 hd
117.70
−1.49
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—Average1,68383.311,40215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38258.348067thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23455.1068056
CowsLean 85-90%Average96241.6340027

Every lot

70 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2240132.50/cwt132.50–132.503181
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3306128.06/cwt122.00–131.003926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330152.00/cwt152.00–152.005028
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390148.93/cwt143.50–150.0058135
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433152.00/cwt152.00–152.006582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465156.00/cwt156.00–156.007254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465150.98/cwt130.00–154.0070254
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3475122.00/cwt122.00–122.005801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535136.68/cwt129.00–139.5073129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541140.43/cwt139.00–141.0076021
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3548118.00/cwt118.00–118.006473
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579141.08/cwt135.50–155.0081721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579127.01/cwt123.00–130.0073521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629122.97/cwt119.00–130.007738
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added639127.16/cwt122.50–128.0081313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686122.56/cwt119.00–123.0084118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added688127.50/cwt127.50–127.508776
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722112.40/cwt109.00–113.0081210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760111.51/cwt108.50–113.008479
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added815110.00/cwt110.00–110.0089734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850104.00/cwt104.00–104.008841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added887105.00/cwt105.00–105.009319
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2247151.00/cwt151.00–151.003735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315133.63/cwt129.00–135.0042113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3378110.00/cwt110.00–110.004162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385129.86/cwt124.00–130.5050020
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3417110.17/cwt105.00–114.0045922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425122.63/cwt119.00–125.0052113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463126.06/cwt123.00–127.0058464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528118.17/cwt110.00–121.0062471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-353795.00/cwt95.00–95.005105
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3579105.45/cwt99.00–106.0061112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582107.14/cwt103.00–114.0062444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588113.00/cwt113.00–113.006646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623108.76/cwt104.00–111.0067839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added690103.00/cwt103.00–103.007113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-272297.42/cwt94.00–100.007037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750102.00/cwt102.00–102.0076510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-275599.00/cwt99.00–99.007472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-290876.00/cwt76.00–76.006904
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3390116.00/cwt116.00–116.004522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3434120.94/cwt120.00–125.0052511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2447146.50/cwt146.50–146.5065524
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2453140.50/cwt140.50–140.506368
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3490118.00/cwt118.00–118.0057810
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3513113.31/cwt110.00–114.005816
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527130.92/cwt123.00–132.5069042
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3585108.26/cwt107.00–110.0063312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2592124.31/cwt118.00–125.5073625
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2648113.00/cwt113.00–113.0073213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2653113.00/cwt113.00–113.007386
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3689105.33/cwt104.00–106.007263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-279696.00/cwt96.00–96.007648
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-292590.00/cwt90.00–90.008331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44677.06/cwt72.00–80.001,1145
Bulls——1,66094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,5601
Bulls——1,81785.60/cwt82.00–90.001,5559
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90334.85/cwt30.00–40.003159
Cows—Lean 85-90%99145.02/cwt40.00–50.0044618
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13851.70/cwt47.00–65.0058815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23864.29/cwt63.00–65.007964
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27355.48/cwt52.00–62.0070637
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37657.40/cwt54.00–62.007906
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42064.00/cwt64.00–64.009091
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,107904.34/cwt785.00–1,050.0010,0113
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,6882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,183895.63/cwt850.00–985.0010,5953
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2551,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0016,3151

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.