Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2020-10-31

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Oct 31
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
444 head
▼ 261 vs last sale 705▼ 557 vs year ago 1,001 · −55.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 116▼ 108 vs year ago 175 · −61.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 144▼ 38 vs year ago 129 · −29.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Bulls 3.00 lower. Steers 4.00 to 12.00 higher. Heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Bulls 3.00 to 9.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.14/cwt on 169 head.
Average price
$115.14
169 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.64
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548115.90635155
Medium and Large 2-3511106.7454614thin
One grade step is worth $9.16/cwt here — about $90 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 sale169 hd
115.14
—
TN average10 barns · 1,812 hd
111.50
+3.64
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—Average1,62371.261,15720
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47655.6482112
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19853.6464321
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04941.814388thin

Every lot

62 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 2-3310127.00/cwt127.00–127.003941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2326152.51/cwt148.00–153.0049710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374144.47/cwt141.00–145.5054013
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3385133.00/cwt133.00–133.005122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2458142.00/cwt142.00–142.006504
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480110.00/cwt110.00–110.005281
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3528118.00/cwt118.00–118.006232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529128.08/cwt123.00–130.0067818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575121.64/cwt105.00–124.506997
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2659121.74/cwt110.00–123.258029
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3660107.00/cwt107.00–107.007061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735117.56/cwt113.00–122.508645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2753110.00/cwt110.00–110.008282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added798119.50/cwt119.50–119.509545
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820112.00/cwt112.00–112.009181
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3835105.00/cwt105.00–105.008771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2895110.00/cwt110.00–110.009851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2925112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2293134.00/cwt134.00–134.003938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2305127.00/cwt127.00–127.003871
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3350115.50/cwt111.00–120.004042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376124.47/cwt120.50–129.0046813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3470108.95/cwt107.00–110.005123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471115.76/cwt113.00–116.5054538
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526117.53/cwt111.00–119.5061826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-355795.50/cwt95.50–95.505323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585113.81/cwt111.50–114.5066626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2644113.14/cwt108.50–116.0072921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2718109.83/cwt104.00–111.007896
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3750100.00/cwt100.00–100.007501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2758108.00/cwt108.00–108.008195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added792111.50/cwt111.50–111.508836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-284090.00/cwt90.00–90.007561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008504
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420134.00/cwt134.00–134.005634
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3434126.41/cwt120.00–128.005495
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2457141.00/cwt141.00–141.0064415
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3480115.00/cwt115.00–115.005521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3518108.01/cwt106.00–110.005592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2526125.60/cwt118.00–126.5066119
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3570109.20/cwt105.00–110.006226
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2595119.64/cwt110.00–120.5071212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-360490.00/cwt90.00–90.005444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2646114.50/cwt114.50–114.5074016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660104.00/cwt104.00–104.006866
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-272595.00/cwt95.00–95.006891
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3735103.50/cwt103.50–103.507611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-276099.42/cwt87.50–102.0075617
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-289384.50/cwt84.50–84.507556
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51365.91/cwt55.00–73.009979
Bulls——1,71375.64/cwt74.00–78.001,29611
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01542.64/cwt38.00–47.004337
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09547.95/cwt47.00–49.005252
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20252.27/cwt45.00–57.0062813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22458.52/cwt57.00–61.007166
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28536.00/cwt36.00–36.004631
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45954.45/cwt50.00–57.007949
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52559.21/cwt57.00–63.009033
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2985720.00/cwt720.00–720.007,0921
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070809.44/cwt775.00–830.008,6613
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Non-Legible BANGS1,100885.00/cwt885.00–885.009,7352

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.