Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2023-09-09

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Sep 9
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,009 head
▲ 831 vs last sale 178▲ 151 vs year ago 858 · +17.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
243 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 141▲ 57 vs year ago 186 · +30.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed last week in observance of the Labor 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 $220.52/cwt on 412 head.
Average price
$220.52
412 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,199
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$249
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$22.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.92
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547221.601,212392
Medium and Large 2-3483199.4296420
One grade step is worth $22.18/cwt here — about $249 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 sale412 hd
220.52
—
TN average10 barns · 1,522 hd
225.44
−4.92
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—Average1,890123.892,34218
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,222113.591,38819
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,400111.891,56618
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08995.681,04219

Every lot

72 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 1-2253260.00/cwt260.00–260.006582
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3300227.50/cwt227.50–227.506831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2332288.45/cwt267.00–292.009587
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475256.77/cwt250.00–260.001,2209
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added495269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,33211
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3498235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1707
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518250.02/cwt238.00–251.001,29549
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3530208.50/cwt200.00–217.001,1052
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added543253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,37412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556252.98/cwt251.00–254.001,40723
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3568227.96/cwt222.00–231.001,2953
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583238.99/cwt235.00–248.001,39343
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3643223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2648243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5756
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662248.04/cwt246.50–250.001,64234
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664229.40/cwt228.00–237.001,52326
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3689203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,3994
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733235.88/cwt235.00–236.001,7298
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,7891
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2960202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,9391
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2255252.50/cwt252.50–252.506441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3305220.00/cwt220.00–220.006712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318236.73/cwt236.00–237.5075310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3375200.00/cwt200.00–200.007502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376228.99/cwt225.00–230.0086124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added423242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439221.51/cwt220.00–235.0097219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2453228.59/cwt228.00–235.001,03648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,1014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3466191.91/cwt185.00–210.008946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538222.68/cwt215.00–227.501,19898
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3544206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,1217
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3550185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563233.46/cwt231.50–236.501,31440
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,27841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3600185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2601210.21/cwt210.00–212.501,26312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2661208.67/cwt201.00–211.001,37953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,51712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2744193.81/cwt192.00–195.001,44210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2890175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2937158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,4803
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3377206.15/cwt190.00–255.007774
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2391292.15/cwt284.00–300.001,14234
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3415206.43/cwt200.00–207.5085715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2461255.02/cwt240.00–258.001,17637
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3473227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518229.73/cwt221.50–233.001,19029
Bulls—Small 1-2523175.00/cwt175.00–175.009152
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525197.15/cwt188.00–201.001,03510
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3576191.69/cwt187.50–195.001,10413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2591221.54/cwt215.00–223.501,30939
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3629191.67/cwt190.00–192.001,2066
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2666207.32/cwt200.50–210.001,38136
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3668189.46/cwt180.00–194.001,2669
Bulls—Small 1-2720170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2757194.61/cwt190.00–195.001,47313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2866164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,4204
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,843112.28/cwt109.00–116.002,0695
Bulls——1,892126.06/cwt122.00–130.002,3859
Bulls——1,946133.54/cwt132.00–135.002,5994
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95178.79/cwt75.00–82.007494
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09897.15/cwt92.00–102.001,06711
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,201108.54/cwt105.00–112.001,3044
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,206110.83/cwt107.00–115.001,33711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233103.38/cwt102.00–105.001,2753
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,252125.77/cwt123.00–129.001,5755
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390111.29/cwt108.00–115.001,54711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,410119.50/cwt117.00–122.001,6854
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,423103.97/cwt102.00–106.001,4793

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.