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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jan 16

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← Dec 19Jan 16Jan 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

899 head

▲ 426 vs last sale 473▲ 157 vs year ago 742 · +21.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

107 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 88▼ 8 vs year ago 115 · −7.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

97 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 146▼ 1 vs year ago 98 · −1.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This market was not reported last week, there are no trends on the cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.22/cwt on 408 head.

Average price

$120.22

408 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$4.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.77

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	569	120.52	685	379
Medium and Large 2-3	418	116.36	486	29

One grade step is worth $4.15/cwt here — about $199 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 sale408 hd

120.22

—

TN average8 barns · 1,642 hd

117.45

+2.77

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,676	78.79	1,320	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,384	54.24	751	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,220	53.15	648	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,077	42.29	455	22

Every lot

67 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	278	132.39/cwt	130.00–135.00	368	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	318	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	464	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	348	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	461	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	142.18/cwt	140.00–143.00	549	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	145.38/cwt	135.50–152.00	695	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	490	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	745	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	514	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	627	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	139.49/cwt	129.00–149.00	732	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	568	143.71/cwt	143.00–144.00	816	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	568	119.76/cwt	100.00–125.00	680	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	133.52/cwt	120.00–138.00	782	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	118.71/cwt	116.00–120.50	745	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	123.02/cwt	120.00–124.50	821	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	705	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	797	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	738	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	900	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	749	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	880	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	756	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	953	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	828	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	985	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	835	115.36/cwt	115.00–116.00	963	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	887	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,047	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	943	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,136	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	951	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,165	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	238	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	295	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	314	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	391	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	338	122.66/cwt	117.50–126.00	415	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	140.44/cwt	135.00–141.00	536	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	418	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	579	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	588	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	443	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	540	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	454	125.68/cwt	119.00–127.00	571	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	467	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	551	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	508	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	659	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	119.41/cwt	115.00–125.50	627	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	585	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	614	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	115.57/cwt	114.50–117.50	683	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	592	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	713	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	603	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	543	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	614	117.82/cwt	117.00–119.00	723	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	119.12/cwt	115.00–120.00	760	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	111.66/cwt	110.50–112.00	740	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	743	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	780	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	878	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	786	107.06/cwt	105.00–111.00	841	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	826	102.36/cwt	100.50–108.00	845	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	839	101.25/cwt	101.25–101.25	849	16
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	46	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	56	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	561	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	457	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	640	39
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	493	122.29/cwt	120.00–122.50	603	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	126.48/cwt	121.00–128.00	667	49
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	571	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	697	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	693	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	672	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	113.19/cwt	105.00–113.50	749	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	108.88/cwt	108.00–109.00	848	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,506	70.80/cwt	70.00–72.00	1,066	5
Bulls	—	—	1,761	81.28/cwt	76.00–86.00	1,431	7
Bulls	—	—	1,800	90.06/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,621	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	978	34.79/cwt	30.00–37.00	340	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,106	44.49/cwt	40.00–50.00	492	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	53.28/cwt	49.00–58.00	641	39
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,311	48.92/cwt	48.00–50.00	641	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,370	59.07/cwt	57.00–61.00	809	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,375	54.69/cwt	50.00–61.00	752	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	725	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,192	834.93/cwt	785.00–925.00	9,952	3

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Smith County Commission Co. - Carthage, TN

Sat Jan 16, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 899Last week 473Year ago 742

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 88Year ago 115

Replacement CattleReceipts 97Last week 146Year ago 98

This market was not reported last week, there are no trends on the cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	128.00	128.00
49	—	527	121.00–128.00	126.48
2	—	600	112.00	112.00
27	—	662	105.00–113.50	113.19
15	—	582	119.00	119.00
8	—	779	108.00–109.00	108.88
39	—	457	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	571	122.00	122.00
11	—	493	120.00–122.50	122.29
10	—	46	122.50	122.50
1	—	690	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	338	117.50–126.00	122.66
2	—	603	90.00	90.00
2	—	443	122.00	122.00
3	—	238	124.00	124.00
3	—	467	118.00	118.00
6	—	585	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	525	115.00–125.50	119.41
1	—	420	140.00	140.00
27	—	663	110.50–112.00	111.66
11	—	638	115.00–120.00	119.12
10	—	750	117.00	117.00
8	—	826	100.50–108.00	102.36
8	—	314	124.50	124.50
3	—	743	105.00	105.00
56	—	591	114.50–117.50	115.57
32	—	382	135.00–141.00	140.44
45	—	454	119.00–127.00	125.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	786	105.00–111.00	107.06
18	—	592	120.50	120.50
9	—	418	138.50	138.50
40	—	508	129.75	129.75
29	—	614	117.00–119.00	117.82
16	—	839	101.25	101.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	628	116.00–120.50	118.71
27	—	667	120.00–124.50	123.02
4	—	749	117.50	117.50
19	—	478	135.50–152.00	145.38
33	—	386	140.00–143.00	142.18
15	—	756	126.00	126.00
36	—	525	129.00–149.00	139.49
27	—	586	120.00–138.00	133.52
2	—	318	146.00	146.00
2	—	828	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	122.00	122.00
1	—	705	113.00	113.00
5	—	568	100.00–125.00	119.76
4	—	348	132.50	132.50
2	—	278	130.00–135.00	132.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	943	120.50	120.50
7	—	887	118.00	118.00
9	—	490	152.00	152.00
18	—	568	143.00–144.00	143.71
11	—	835	115.00–116.00	115.36
6	—	738	122.00	122.00
10	—	951	122.50	122.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,761	76.00–86.00	81.28
2	—	1,800	89.00–91.00	90.06
5	—	1,506	70.00–72.00	70.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,106	40.00–50.00	44.49
5	—	978	30.00–37.00	34.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,375	50.00–61.00	54.69
1	—	1,510	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,311	48.00–50.00	48.92
2	—	1,370	57.00–61.00	59.07
39	—	1,203	49.00–58.00	53.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,192	785.00–925.00	834.93

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.