Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2021-03-06

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Mar 6
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,062 head
▲ 527 vs last sale 535▲ 462 vs year ago 600 · +77.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 118▲ 50 vs year ago 110 · +45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
142 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 92▲ 30 vs year ago 112 · +26.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls were 3.00 lower. Steers under 600 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs mostly steady. Heifers were unevenly steady. Bull calves 5.00 to 13.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.96/cwt on 421 head.
Average price
$124.96
421 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$3.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.48
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542125.37679375
Medium and Large 2-3449121.6154546
One grade step is worth $3.76/cwt here — about $134 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 sale421 hd
124.96
—
TN average11 barns · 3,284 hd
126.44
−1.48
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—High1,79281.141,45419
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32858.1977221
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25557.4172037
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02743.0644240

Every lot

73 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2253172.00/cwt172.00–172.004354
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3300132.50/cwt132.50–132.503981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327159.37/cwt153.00–160.0052111
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3353139.00/cwt139.00–139.004913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383158.59/cwt147.00–161.0060729
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3414120.00/cwt120.00–120.004974
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437162.63/cwt145.00–172.5071122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2458166.91/cwt153.00–169.0076416
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3488132.38/cwt125.00–140.006462
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added491150.00/cwt150.00–150.007375
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3515125.00/cwt125.00–125.006442
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added529147.38/cwt137.00–157.5078022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530154.19/cwt143.00–159.5081725
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3577120.30/cwt110.00–125.506943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586142.31/cwt130.50–145.5083442
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640132.99/cwt130.00–134.508516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641132.50/cwt132.50–132.5084911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667135.86/cwt135.75–136.0090618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667133.44/cwt128.00–134.5089037
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3745105.00/cwt105.00–105.007821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2748122.00/cwt122.00–122.009136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768122.35/cwt122.00–123.0094014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2839117.50/cwt115.00–118.0098612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2900105.00/cwt105.00–105.009451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-299095.00/cwt95.00–95.009411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added992105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,075103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,1075
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2263131.00/cwt131.00–131.003459
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3302120.00/cwt120.00–120.003624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2319138.81/cwt136.00–139.5044310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3354134.00/cwt134.00–134.004746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386137.00/cwt128.00–140.5052928
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3445123.18/cwt123.00–124.0054822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446133.00/cwt133.00–133.005935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461135.76/cwt122.00–141.0062676
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3465110.00/cwt110.00–110.005121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517131.89/cwt130.00–135.0068214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519127.68/cwt120.00–137.0066377
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3542114.62/cwt110.00–115.0062113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589122.59/cwt118.00–128.5072257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610127.00/cwt127.00–127.0077520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645108.00/cwt108.00–108.006973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667112.19/cwt110.00–115.0074848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2748101.43/cwt95.00–102.0075912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-275497.32/cwt95.00–98.007349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-292690.00/cwt90.00–90.008335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,09385.00/cwt85.00–85.009292
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2448145.00/cwt145.00–145.006508
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2461167.50/cwt167.50–167.5077227
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3473139.30/cwt131.00–143.0065915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528152.42/cwt145.00–153.5080555
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3577116.63/cwt113.00–119.0067310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2586141.18/cwt133.00–143.0082738
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663125.38/cwt119.00–126.5083140
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3684112.61/cwt110.00–116.007707
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3724101.38/cwt98.00–103.007343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2759116.00/cwt116.00–116.0088020
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,67672.41/cwt58.00–82.001,21410
Bulls——1,84097.32/cwt95.00–100.001,7912
Bulls——1,94589.00/cwt84.00–94.001,7317
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97536.01/cwt30.00–47.0035111
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04745.74/cwt36.00–52.0047929
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14367.57/cwt66.00–69.007723
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19751.51/cwt45.00–60.006177
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28257.81/cwt52.00–63.0074127
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31258.47/cwt55.00–66.0076719
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35045.00/cwt45.00–45.006081
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60066.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0561
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125745.00/cwt745.00–745.008,3812
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150855.00/cwt855.00–855.009,8331
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,225985.00/cwt985.00–985.0012,0661
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250860.00/cwt860.00–860.0010,7501

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.