Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2021-04-10

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Apr 10
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,101 head
▲ 418 vs last sale 683▲ 610 vs year ago 491 · +124.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 125▲ 92 vs year ago 82 · +112.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
248 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 241▲ 156 vs year ago 92 · +169.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher, with lean cows 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. Steers mostly steady. Heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Bull calves steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.45/cwt on 431 head.
Average price
$131.45
431 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$99
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.75
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3445131.5058538
Medium and Large 1-2520131.44683393
One grade step is worth $0.06/cwt here — about −$99 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 sale431 hd
131.45
—
TN average12 barns · 3,330 hd
135.20
−3.75
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—High1,68396.041,61620
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39368.6695725
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10165.7972482
CowsLean 85-90%Average92952.9849231

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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2261192.50/cwt192.50–192.505025
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2311186.39/cwt182.50–189.0058013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added324202.00/cwt202.00–202.0065412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375180.29/cwt161.00–182.0067638
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3398140.00/cwt140.00–140.0055712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added444183.00/cwt183.00–183.0081322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2448169.00/cwt169.00–169.0075713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455184.50/cwt184.50–184.5083915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477169.24/cwt153.50–176.0080725
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3490160.00/cwt160.00–160.007841
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3508125.00/cwt125.00–125.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529154.29/cwt139.00–157.0081624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added548163.00/cwt163.00–163.0089310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580148.13/cwt130.00–151.0085941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581160.75/cwt160.75–160.7593441
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3597132.89/cwt122.00–136.507934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617154.00/cwt154.00–154.009509
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2646136.37/cwt133.50–138.508817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2659143.00/cwt143.00–143.0094215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added695144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,00120
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3710120.00/cwt120.00–120.008521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715139.71/cwt139.00–141.5099914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774129.57/cwt128.00–132.001,0035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added795134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0657
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2861120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added868122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0595
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2918116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0652
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2985114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,1232
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3233165.00/cwt165.00–165.003843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2319157.14/cwt156.00–157.5050112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3339136.59/cwt132.00–140.004637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2387138.25/cwt137.00–139.0053516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added421149.13/cwt147.00–152.7562849
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3434135.37/cwt131.00–136.0058816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440134.61/cwt132.00–135.0059255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455137.80/cwt137.00–138.0062715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518127.47/cwt120.00–132.0066075
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3522115.00/cwt115.00–115.006003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525138.76/cwt136.00–139.0072851
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3591115.00/cwt115.00–115.006809
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593122.00/cwt115.00–124.5072361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638115.61/cwt112.00–118.0073820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664118.50/cwt115.00–121.0078712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664115.00/cwt115.00–115.007649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2784109.25/cwt105.00–113.0085716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-281392.00/cwt92.00–92.007482
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3415128.00/cwt128.00–128.005311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2442160.00/cwt160.00–160.0070713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2451141.00/cwt141.00–141.006368
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3479131.59/cwt130.00–132.006305
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3500128.00/cwt128.00–128.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523145.89/cwt134.00–150.0076324
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582136.45/cwt125.00–138.0079425
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3591129.50/cwt129.50–129.507657
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3614117.50/cwt117.50–117.507214
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3653112.00/cwt112.00–112.007312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2666124.71/cwt121.00–127.5083114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2743122.72/cwt116.00–124.009126
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2867106.00/cwt106.00–106.009193
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37085.25/cwt80.00–88.001,1683
Bulls——1,590102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,6221
Bulls——1,74797.69/cwt89.00–101.001,70716
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88638.59/cwt31.00–45.003426
Cows—Boner 80-85%90959.67/cwt58.00–61.005427
Cows—Lean 85-90%93956.43/cwt50.00–61.0053025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10865.78/cwt61.00–71.0072969
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24773.02/cwt72.00–75.009116
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35074.00/cwt74.00–74.009992
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39768.20/cwt65.00–71.0095323
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,9752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1581,030.83/cwt1,000.00–1,050.0011,9375
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3501,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0016,5382

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.