Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2020-07-11

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jul 11
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
903 head
▲ 192 vs last sale 711▲ 92 vs year ago 811 · +11.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 161▲ 106 vs year ago 94 · +112.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
105 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 194▼ 105 vs year ago 210 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were no comparison because sale was closed last week for july 4th.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.73/cwt on 312 head.
Average price
$134.73
312 head · 616 lb average
Value per head Derived
$830
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.00
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2621135.71843293
Medium and Large 2-3537119.6164319thin
One grade step is worth $16.10/cwt here — about $201 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 sale312 hd
134.73
—
TN average8 barns · 2,501 hd
136.74
−2.00
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—Average1,66689.301,48825
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43463.0390421
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17160.7371182
CowsLean 85-90%Average94247.5144737

Every lot

72 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2293151.00/cwt151.00–151.004422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2313155.00/cwt155.00–155.004852
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3360135.81/cwt126.00–141.004896
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386145.00/cwt145.00–145.0056023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465141.91/cwt134.00–143.5066037
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added481144.84/cwt143.00–146.0069713
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3500114.00/cwt114.00–114.005702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532144.69/cwt136.00–145.5077023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535147.09/cwt146.50–148.0078713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567132.85/cwt130.00–135.0075313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581143.00/cwt143.00–143.008315
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3584112.95/cwt110.00–115.006605
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2604132.60/cwt130.00–139.008017
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624139.11/cwt137.00–141.0086836
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3645117.50/cwt117.50–117.507582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666130.23/cwt120.00–135.0086725
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676131.00/cwt131.00–131.008866
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3682115.00/cwt115.00–115.007843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added713126.50/cwt126.50–126.509028
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717121.90/cwt117.00–125.008748
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780115.00/cwt115.00–115.008971
Steers—Medium and Large 2-379085.00/cwt85.00–85.006721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added828126.77/cwt123.50–127.001,05062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2860119.77/cwt117.00–123.501,0307
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,035111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,1542
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2317138.87/cwt132.00–141.004404
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3345132.22/cwt129.00–133.004565
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386125.77/cwt125.00–126.0048517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2447130.00/cwt130.00–130.005815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3449126.00/cwt126.00–126.005668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469126.81/cwt126.00–127.0059566
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3484111.27/cwt110.00–115.005394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527119.64/cwt115.00–124.0063135
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3545105.00/cwt105.00–105.0057211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573122.00/cwt122.00–122.006994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582121.11/cwt118.00–124.0070547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600122.00/cwt122.00–122.007324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2607112.00/cwt112.00–112.006803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2659114.61/cwt110.50–118.0075544
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683118.00/cwt118.00–118.0080612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2759101.19/cwt100.00–102.0076815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added785108.00/cwt108.00–108.008486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-284694.00/cwt94.00–94.007956
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400138.00/cwt138.00–138.005523
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3417120.29/cwt117.00–122.0050215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2457139.15/cwt131.00–141.5063627
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476100.00/cwt100.00–100.004766
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3507118.91/cwt112.00–120.0060315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518142.75/cwt135.00–145.0073923
Bulls—Medium and Large 3560103.00/cwt103.00–103.005776
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585140.30/cwt134.00–142.0082128
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3605113.00/cwt113.00–113.006848
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2666128.11/cwt122.00–130.0085338
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2762101.09/cwt96.00–103.0077015
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-378095.00/cwt95.00–95.007411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-287286.00/cwt86.00–86.007507
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41474.95/cwt68.00–83.001,0606
Bulls——1,72791.76/cwt82.00–109.001,58515
Bulls——1,815101.63/cwt100.00–104.001,8454
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83140.05/cwt37.00–42.003336
Cows—Lean 85-90%96348.95/cwt45.00–54.0047131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07255.74/cwt53.00–59.0059822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19561.92/cwt56.00–66.0074054
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31768.35/cwt67.00–70.009006
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39563.83/cwt60.00–68.0089019
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,80555.46/cwt55.00–56.001,0012
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2950650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,1752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,183872.96/cwt860.00–900.0010,3273
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,183866.55/cwt775.00–1,025.0010,2513
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250935.00/cwt935.00–935.0011,6881

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.