Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2021-05-22

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, May 22
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
790 head
▲ 313 vs last sale 477▲ 790 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 96▲ 102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 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 $127.45/cwt on 312 head.
Average price
$127.45
312 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.26
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2570128.04730290
Medium and Large 2-3499119.6659722
One grade step is worth $8.38/cwt here — about $133 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 sale312 hd
127.45
—
TN average9 barns · 1,729 hd
127.20
+0.26
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—High1,76096.541,69920
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45669.251,00814
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23667.7383743
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01858.6959725

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2260159.00/cwt159.00–159.004132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335164.00/cwt164.00–164.005492
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443163.85/cwt156.50–166.5072619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483158.06/cwt156.75–163.0076346
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507162.00/cwt162.00–162.008219
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3514124.37/cwt120.00–138.006397
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532153.59/cwt145.00–156.008179
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571152.25/cwt152.25–152.2586945
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579147.53/cwt137.00–149.5085417
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3590125.45/cwt120.00–131.007402
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3637112.91/cwt108.00–123.007193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644144.00/cwt139.75–145.5092783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660136.68/cwt130.00–139.5090216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733135.00/cwt135.00–135.0099018
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3755115.00/cwt115.00–115.008681
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768127.00/cwt127.00–127.009752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added801127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0218
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3870100.00/cwt100.00–100.008701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2893108.00/cwt108.00–108.009642
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2950110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0452
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2245145.00/cwt145.00–145.003551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2309136.00/cwt136.00–136.004204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386134.18/cwt133.00–135.0051812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3432127.00/cwt127.00–127.005499
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446131.00/cwt131.00–131.0058426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3484118.05/cwt115.00–122.005717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486137.13/cwt127.00–138.5066648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536128.32/cwt124.00–132.5068844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572135.75/cwt135.75–135.7577648
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3581113.29/cwt102.00–117.006584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583126.01/cwt122.00–130.0073527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675120.91/cwt115.00–123.7581651
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3690105.00/cwt105.00–105.007252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731110.00/cwt110.00–110.008045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768109.31/cwt105.00–110.0084015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2858104.41/cwt100.50–106.008967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-294397.00/cwt97.00–97.009152
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3329147.50/cwt147.50–147.504855
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2394161.11/cwt158.25–166.006358
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005143
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3410127.00/cwt127.00–127.005212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2446157.00/cwt157.00–157.0070015
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3523127.00/cwt127.00–127.006642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527152.00/cwt152.00–152.0080117
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585140.25/cwt140.25–140.2582025
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3588117.00/cwt117.00–117.006882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3610111.00/cwt111.00–111.006771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2612126.00/cwt126.00–126.007713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2684121.84/cwt117.00–123.008335
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3750101.00/cwt101.00–101.007581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2758112.97/cwt107.00–115.5085610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-291484.00/cwt84.00–84.007684
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54883.87/cwt82.00–86.001,2982
Bulls——1,710106.03/cwt104.00–110.001,8133
Bulls——1,79896.33/cwt89.00–101.001,73215
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99065.00/cwt65.00–65.006441
Cows—Lean 85-90%99048.28/cwt46.00–51.004783
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02359.88/cwt52.00–65.0061321
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23467.21/cwt61.00–72.0082940
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26574.66/cwt74.00–75.009443
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44075.06/cwt74.00–76.001,0812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45968.28/cwt66.00–71.0099612

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.