Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2024-01-27

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jan 27
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
424 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 359▲ 8 vs year ago 416 · +1.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 103▼ 53 vs year ago 145 · −36.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 55▼ 12 vs year ago 66 · −18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed last week because of weather.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.66/cwt on 176 head.
Average price
$224.66
176 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,236
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.59
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554225.771,251166
Medium and Large 2-3490206.101,00910thin
One grade step is worth $19.67/cwt here — about $242 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 sale176 hd
224.66
—
TN average9 barns · 1,145 hd
218.07
+6.59
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—Low1,816117.232,12815
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,370113.311,55216
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,222109.711,34120
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03893.4297027

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$1,3751thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2272290.00/cwt290.00–290.007893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323301.00/cwt301.00–301.009723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441284.49/cwt270.00–288.001,2555
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518263.41/cwt252.50–276.001,3648
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572258.35/cwt251.00–264.001,47821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581235.63/cwt230.00–240.001,3698
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3618187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644228.82/cwt226.00–230.001,47410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added649234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,5194
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677222.32/cwt214.00–225.001,5054
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,5962
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3735192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4111
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3750187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,4034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added766221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6936
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2794214.00/cwt205.00–215.001,69910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2800207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6561
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2294247.00/cwt247.00–247.007269
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3338207.50/cwt207.50–207.507012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2387247.00/cwt247.00–247.009569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0332
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3448211.00/cwt211.00–211.009452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472237.82/cwt230.00–241.501,12323
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519243.14/cwt242.00–244.001,2629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522231.43/cwt230.00–235.001,20814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3568197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582222.98/cwt220.00–231.001,29858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631205.33/cwt203.00–206.001,2969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3895
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3650178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,1571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666214.57/cwt213.00–216.001,42917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2697204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4526
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3358237.50/cwt237.50–237.508502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3405227.50/cwt227.50–227.509211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2409273.07/cwt261.00–276.001,11711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2455253.86/cwt241.00–256.001,1557
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525253.09/cwt248.00–253.501,32927
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3545217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1832
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3574212.09/cwt190.00–220.001,2175
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2590227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,33914
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3625200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2503
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2658214.52/cwt211.00–219.001,41218
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2766195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4946
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3775173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,3411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,588108.38/cwt105.00–112.001,7214
Bulls——1,876117.60/cwt114.00–122.002,2068
Bulls——1,958128.02/cwt127.00–129.002,5073
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01177.42/cwt70.00–84.007838
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03895.86/cwt90.00–102.0099513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075109.47/cwt105.00–114.001,1776
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20397.93/cwt92.00–104.001,1786
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228121.59/cwt119.00–125.001,4935
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231110.97/cwt107.00–115.001,3669
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,356113.09/cwt109.00–117.001,5349
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365104.65/cwt102.00–107.001,4283
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,404120.31/cwt118.00–123.001,6894
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751

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.