Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2021-07-31

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jul 31
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
398 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 478▼ 395 vs year ago 793 · −49.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 94▼ 48 vs year ago 151 · −31.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00-10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.75/cwt on 153 head.
Average price
$131.75
153 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.26
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548132.10724146
Medium and Large 2-3466124.555807thin
One grade step is worth $7.54/cwt here — about $144 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 sale153 hd
131.75
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TN average8 barns · 1,331 hd
135.01
−3.26
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—High1,83299.591,82410
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43973.201,05315
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24771.8989722
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01559.4860411

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2235165.00/cwt165.00–165.003881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300155.00/cwt155.00–155.0046511
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3325140.98/cwt132.50–150.004582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2364173.00/cwt173.00–173.006307
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433171.46/cwt161.00–175.007428
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3445133.00/cwt133.00–133.005921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480148.00/cwt148.00–148.007101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527151.00/cwt151.00–151.007966
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575144.02/cwt140.00–155.0082813
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3588132.00/cwt132.00–132.007763
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618147.39/cwt146.00–148.0091110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675137.50/cwt137.50–137.509289
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2920110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235147.00/cwt147.00–147.003453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2319136.69/cwt135.00–138.0043611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2362140.11/cwt134.00–143.5050711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3368126.52/cwt120.00–130.004663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435134.17/cwt130.00–135.505844
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2456138.60/cwt136.00–139.5063227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519136.42/cwt134.00–138.0070811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3572122.44/cwt117.00–125.007003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584133.06/cwt127.00–134.0077727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588139.00/cwt139.00–139.008178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638120.00/cwt120.00–120.007662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650131.00/cwt131.00–131.008523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653126.17/cwt123.00–128.0082418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2745110.00/cwt110.00–110.008204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2761112.57/cwt112.00–113.008577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added796125.00/cwt125.00–125.009958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-294892.00/cwt92.00–92.008722
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1-2373120.00/cwt120.00–120.004482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2374175.19/cwt162.50–178.0065511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3423136.00/cwt136.00–136.005753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2434158.07/cwt151.00–160.5068615
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465148.00/cwt148.00–148.006882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3489135.51/cwt126.00–136.5066312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527142.50/cwt142.50–142.5075116
Bulls—Small 1-2540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578133.75/cwt133.75–133.7577318
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3643125.50/cwt125.50–125.5080711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660128.89/cwt124.00–129.5085118
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3678114.00/cwt114.00–114.007732
Bulls—Small 1-274597.50/cwt97.50–97.507261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2773116.80/cwt114.00–118.0090310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-288696.50/cwt96.50–96.5085510
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55087.66/cwt85.00–90.001,3592
Bulls——1,855100.65/cwt97.00–105.001,8676
Bulls——2,045108.33/cwt107.00–110.002,2152
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83047.74/cwt45.00–50.003962
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05060.54/cwt55.00–64.006367
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08067.50/cwt67.00–68.007292
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19771.37/cwt65.00–76.0085416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35980.20/cwt77.00–83.001,0904
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40971.50/cwt66.00–77.001,00710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42859.44/cwt58.00–61.008492
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43563.00/cwt63.00–63.009041
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51480.00/cwt78.00–83.001,2114

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.