Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2021-03-20

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Mar 20
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
569 head
▼ 232 vs last sale 801▲ 569 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 124▲ 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
183 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 189▲ 183 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 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. Steers steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.76/cwt on 224 head.
Average price
$128.76
224 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$663
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.55
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521129.51674197
Medium and Large 2-3476123.2558727
One grade step is worth $6.26/cwt here — about $88 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 sale224 hd
128.76
—
TN average10 barns · 2,074 hd
129.31
−0.55
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—High1,72688.441,52610
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15058.3767140
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46858.2585515
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01942.2743120

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 1-2250173.00/cwt173.00–173.004332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2306169.00/cwt169.00–169.005177
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3321144.29/cwt132.50–146.004638
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378165.18/cwt148.00–169.0062416
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3380152.41/cwt136.00–157.505794
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006681
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463168.26/cwt167.50–169.5077921
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3479144.99/cwt135.00–150.006953
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521149.20/cwt135.00–153.5077726
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3565114.00/cwt114.00–114.006441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576153.23/cwt152.00–155.0088347
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583137.13/cwt130.00–139.507998
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604147.00/cwt147.00–147.008889
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667140.69/cwt134.00–144.0093815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2749120.00/cwt120.00–120.008994
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2771114.80/cwt108.00–126.0088517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2890113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,018107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,0942
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2270140.00/cwt140.00–140.003783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2307141.00/cwt141.00–141.004339
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3333137.54/cwt132.50–140.004587
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2392139.60/cwt132.00–140.5054719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420134.00/cwt134.00–134.005631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3432125.00/cwt125.00–125.005407
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461135.82/cwt132.00–138.0062655
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3467118.00/cwt118.00–118.005513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520130.98/cwt127.00–133.0068134
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3548123.00/cwt123.00–123.006742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564131.00/cwt131.00–131.0073915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3580119.00/cwt119.00–119.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2592120.54/cwt115.00–129.0071432
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666119.00/cwt114.00–123.5079319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2737108.72/cwt104.00–112.008016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3740102.00/cwt102.00–102.007551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-290395.00/cwt95.00–95.008584
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3410149.00/cwt149.00–149.006112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2441141.00/cwt141.00–141.006225
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463158.66/cwt130.00–168.0073526
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3474144.00/cwt144.00–144.006834
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2508152.00/cwt152.00–152.007729
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3550127.00/cwt127.00–127.006994
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585136.00/cwt136.00–136.007965
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610117.62/cwt115.00–119.007173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2657123.00/cwt123.00–123.008087
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2728110.00/cwt110.00–110.008013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3757105.00/cwt105.00–105.007953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-286387.50/cwt87.50–87.507552
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51874.01/cwt73.00–75.001,1232
Bulls——1,71990.24/cwt85.00–94.001,5516
Bulls——1,95397.47/cwt97.00–98.001,9042
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91030.64/cwt25.00–40.002797
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07848.53/cwt45.00–51.0052313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14956.28/cwt52.00–60.0064731
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15365.58/cwt61.00–70.007569
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40068.00/cwt68.00–68.009521
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44957.98/cwt55.00–62.0084013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,78552.00/cwt52.00–52.009281
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,7131
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100975.57/cwt900.00–1,075.0010,7312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,280975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,4802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2831,112.33/cwt1,100.00–1,125.0014,2712

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.