Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2020-05-16

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, May 16
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
719 head
▲ 123 vs last sale 596▲ 719 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 92▲ 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
158 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 163▲ 158 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 steady, Breakers were 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Steers and bulls 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers steady to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.82/cwt on 276 head.
Average price
$118.82
276 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.31
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539119.49645246
Medium and Large 2-3544113.3261630
One grade step is worth $6.18/cwt here — about $28 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 sale276 hd
118.82
—
TN average9 barns · 1,679 hd
120.13
−1.31
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—Average1,65086.441,42621
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,37761.9785319
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18658.8769833
CowsLean 85-90%Average98445.4644733

Every lot

75 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2218156.00/cwt156.00–156.003402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327150.35/cwt141.00–154.004925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383147.01/cwt138.00–148.0056310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410148.41/cwt146.00–150.006085
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added424154.64/cwt154.50–155.0065614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469149.06/cwt140.00–150.0069929
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3525117.51/cwt117.00–118.006172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532137.36/cwt125.00–143.0073129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582132.00/cwt132.00–132.007685
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588126.22/cwt118.50–130.5074229
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605133.00/cwt133.00–133.008057
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621130.50/cwt130.50–130.508104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672126.44/cwt121.50–129.2585032
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3675108.01/cwt106.00–110.007292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2754115.00/cwt115.00–115.008674
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2804110.00/cwt110.00–110.008848
Steers—Medium and Large 2-381790.50/cwt90.50–90.507393
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2890103.00/cwt103.00–103.009171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2986106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0454
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235144.00/cwt144.00–144.003383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318127.60/cwt127.00–129.004067
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3335134.00/cwt134.00–134.004492
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3350128.00/cwt128.00–128.004482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382128.79/cwt126.00–129.5049225
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3438128.50/cwt128.50–128.505639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2449130.00/cwt130.00–130.005848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2459123.61/cwt119.00–125.0056740
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added474130.00/cwt130.00–130.006168
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3519116.50/cwt116.50–116.506054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530121.15/cwt115.00–124.5064257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533125.41/cwt123.50–127.006689
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568123.50/cwt123.50–123.507017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2591112.98/cwt108.00–115.0066824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3623104.00/cwt104.00–104.006485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637113.06/cwt107.00–115.5072017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2657116.50/cwt116.50–116.507653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667117.50/cwt117.50–117.507845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added726104.00/cwt104.00–104.0075510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2744101.92/cwt101.00–102.0075812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-276699.99/cwt98.50–103.007669
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-381385.50/cwt85.50–85.506956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,04097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,0092
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3432127.99/cwt122.00–129.005537
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005726
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2452137.50/cwt137.50–137.5062219
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3516114.98/cwt100.00–119.505937
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521130.81/cwt121.00–137.0068218
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3574112.00/cwt112.00–112.006434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2584122.74/cwt111.00–126.0071728
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3635104.49/cwt104.00–105.006644
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2649113.50/cwt113.50–113.507376
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660117.75/cwt117.75–117.7577718
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2738107.07/cwt102.00–109.0079011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-377894.00/cwt94.00–94.007312
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57974.40/cwt65.00–80.001,1756
Bulls——1,60687.66/cwt81.00–92.001,40810
Bulls——1,82398.45/cwt95.00–102.001,7955
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87838.56/cwt32.00–53.0033911
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03748.91/cwt41.00–53.0050722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12452.98/cwt52.00–54.005955
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16756.43/cwt54.00–63.0065920
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27368.65/cwt66.00–72.008748
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36662.46/cwt57.00–69.0085316
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43353.01/cwt52.00–54.007602
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0331
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050910.00/cwt910.00–910.009,5551
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,142973.72/cwt935.00–1,035.0011,1203
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150817.39/cwt710.00–900.009,4002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200975.63/cwt935.00–1,010.0011,7082
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0016,2501

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.