Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2021-07-10

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jul 10
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
898 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 823▼ 5 vs year ago 903 · −0.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
169 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 144▼ 31 vs year ago 200 · −15.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends this week due to this sale being closed last week in observance of the Independence Day Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.18/cwt on 332 head.
Average price
$131.18
332 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$267
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.70
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539131.23708331
Medium and Large 2-3380116.004411thin
One grade step is worth $15.23/cwt here — about $267 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 sale332 hd
131.18
—
TN average4 barns · 981 hd
130.48
+0.70
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—Low1,88494.331,77710
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17268.7780612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42568.4997611
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03557.205929thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2265156.00/cwt156.00–156.004133
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3318139.21/cwt139.00–140.004435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2329170.75/cwt157.00–172.505629
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466159.75/cwt155.00–165.0074430
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3472138.61/cwt135.00–150.006548
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521151.37/cwt143.00–155.0078925
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added536161.14/cwt158.00–162.7586436
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578150.45/cwt146.50–155.7587042
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3578122.10/cwt119.00–134.0070612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637134.50/cwt134.50–134.508573
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added639150.00/cwt150.00–150.009594
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665150.00/cwt150.00–150.0099814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671141.12/cwt135.00–147.5094737
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2732128.25/cwt128.00–128.509394
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added748139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,04311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added759142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0784
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775125.00/cwt125.00–125.009691
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2810120.00/cwt120.00–120.009722
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2219151.00/cwt151.00–151.003314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2329135.66/cwt127.50–140.0044613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3380116.00/cwt116.00–116.004411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381138.62/cwt137.00–139.0052836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added447148.00/cwt148.00–148.006627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2464133.52/cwt125.00–135.0062045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added488146.00/cwt146.00–146.0071212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532132.40/cwt125.00–136.5070474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568137.50/cwt137.50–137.507814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587127.70/cwt125.00–134.0075055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664123.92/cwt120.00–127.0082351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added697130.00/cwt130.00–130.009063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added730122.37/cwt122.00–123.0089316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735115.00/cwt115.00–115.008455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765115.00/cwt115.00–115.008802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2852106.00/cwt106.00–106.009033
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2395170.01/cwt157.00–172.2567234
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3422136.20/cwt132.50–137.0057512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2447149.00/cwt149.00–149.0066624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467145.00/cwt145.00–145.0067710
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3492130.00/cwt130.00–130.006403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2514140.77/cwt137.00–141.0072451
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525126.00/cwt126.00–126.006622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2593132.24/cwt127.00–133.0078432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628122.96/cwt120.00–126.007724
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3658118.00/cwt118.00–118.007763
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2662131.58/cwt124.00–134.5087125
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2747118.00/cwt118.00–118.008817
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750113.00/cwt113.00–113.008485
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-286885.00/cwt85.00–85.007386
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,87293.14/cwt87.00–98.001,7445
Bulls——1,88081.05/cwt78.00–84.001,5242
Bulls——1,905105.17/cwt100.00–110.002,0033
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00549.96/cwt48.00–52.005022
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04359.27/cwt53.00–62.006187
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07559.03/cwt58.00–60.006352
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16566.72/cwt62.00–70.007777
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25280.05/cwt75.00–84.001,0023
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41065.82/cwt61.00–70.009288
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46575.60/cwt73.00–79.001,1083

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.