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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Feb 10

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← Feb 3Feb 10Feb 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

599 head

▼ 735 vs last sale 1,334▼ 131 vs year ago 730 · −17.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

77 head

▼ 105 vs last sale 182▼ 76 vs year ago 153 · −49.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers under 600 lbs. 2.00-5.00 lower, over 600 lbs. 3.00-8.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00-4.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $227.23/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −133.92 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$227.23

91 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,257

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2

$28.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.48

vs TN average

−30.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	228.81	1,267	86
Medium and Large 2-3	558	200.00	1,116	2thin
Small 1-2	527	200.00	1,054	3thin

One grade step is worth $28.81/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale91 hd

227.23

—

TN average3 barns · 212 hd

230.71

−3.48

National average190 barns · 25,845 hd

257.94

−30.71

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−133.92

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.39, low $305.42, median $361.15 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,768	122.15	2,160	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,404	115.30	1,619	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,268	107.64	1,365	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,013	85.72	869	22

Every lot

67 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	249	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	764	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	323.98/cwt	307.00–326.00	1,053	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	340	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	893	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,016	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	291.88/cwt	280.00–294.00	1,392	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	250.70/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,294	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	540	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,193	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	256.75/cwt	254.00–259.00	1,489	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	251.69/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,493	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,359	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	622	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,605	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	250.08/cwt	237.00–254.50	1,573	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	655	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,474	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	250.74/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,692	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	724	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,665	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,652	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	220.25/cwt	218.00–221.00	1,694	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	829	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,811	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	895	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,611	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	260	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	598	5
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	274	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	726	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	314	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	838	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	369	228.59/cwt	208.00–244.00	843	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,044	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,017	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	443	231.97/cwt	228.00–237.00	1,028	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	249.75/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,164	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	226.05/cwt	216.00–233.00	1,062	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	519	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,240	6
Heifers	500–550	Small 1-2	527	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,054	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	230.55/cwt	221.00–232.50	1,227	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	558	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,116	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	565	236.42/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,336	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	219.77/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,261	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	610	237.29/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,447	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,382	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	212.89/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,452	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	702	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,460	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,468	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,510	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	759	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,537	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,463	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,260	19
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	385	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	963	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,076	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	274.76/cwt	256.00–283.00	1,261	20
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	511	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,150	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	251.43/cwt	239.00–255.50	1,343	32
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	239.52/cwt	233.00–240.50	1,394	22
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	587	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,315	5
Bulls	550–600	Small 1-2	595	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,190	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	645	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,393	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	224.47/cwt	213.00–227.00	1,488	17
Bulls	700–750	Small 1-2	725	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,196	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,552	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,470	108.21/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,591	2
Bulls	—	—	1,797	133.82/cwt	131.00–137.00	2,405	3
Bulls	—	—	1,896	120.36/cwt	114.00–127.00	2,282	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	889	74.89/cwt	70.00–80.00	666	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,057	98.89/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,045	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	88.74/cwt	84.00–93.00	954	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,261	106.53/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,343	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	114.78/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,450	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,295	96.33/cwt	96.00–97.00	1,247	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,388	118.90/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,650	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,425	110.79/cwt	106.00–114.00	1,579	4

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Smith County Commission Co. - Carthage, TN

Sat Feb 10, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 599Last week 1,334Year ago 730

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 182Year ago 153

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	250.00	250.00
5	500–550	511	225.00	225.00
5	550–600	587	224.00	224.00
1	600–650	645	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	376	335.00	335.00
3	400–450	422	255.00	255.00
20	450–500	459	256.00–283.00	274.76
32	500–550	534	239.00–255.50	251.43
22	550–600	582	233.00–240.50	239.52
17	650–700	663	213.00–227.00	224.47
8	750–800	776	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	725	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	249	307.00	307.00
10	300–350	325	307.00–326.00	323.98
1	400–450	405	300.00	300.00
16	450–500	477	280.00–294.00	291.88
10	500–550	516	250.00–257.00	250.70
19	550–600	593	250.00–252.00	251.69
4	600–650	629	237.00–254.50	250.08
25	650–700	675	245.00–254.00	250.74
7	700–750	734	225.00	225.00
4	750–800	769	218.00–221.00	220.25
2	850–900	895	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	580	254.00–259.00	256.75
3	600–650	622	258.00	258.00
6	700–750	724	230.00	230.00
8	800–850	829	218.50	218.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	262.50	262.50
1	400–450	440	231.00	231.00
1	500–550	540	221.00	221.00
1	600–650	615	221.00	221.00
2	650–700	655	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	519	239.00	239.00
21	550–600	565	228.00–240.00	236.42
26	600–650	610	235.00–239.00	237.29
7	700–750	702	208.00	208.00
7	750–800	759	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	274	265.00	265.00
7	300–350	314	267.00	267.00
8	350–400	383	272.50	272.50
2	400–450	405	251.00	251.00
33	450–500	466	240.00–257.00	249.75
29	500–550	532	221.00–232.50	230.55
30	550–600	574	219.00–220.00	219.77
4	600–650	634	218.00	218.00
27	650–700	682	210.00–216.00	212.89
2	700–750	725	202.50	202.50
8	750–800	757	199.50	199.50
2	800–850	813	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	260	230.00	230.00
5	350–400	369	208.00–244.00	228.59
9	400–450	443	228.00–237.00	231.97
5	450–500	470	216.00–233.00	226.05
2	550–600	558	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	889	70.00–80.00	74.89
3	—	1,057	96.00–103.00	98.89
12	—	1,075	84.00–93.00	88.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,263	113.00–119.00	114.78
3	—	1,295	96.00–97.00	96.33
8	—	1,261	101.00–110.00	106.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,388	117.00–120.00	118.90
4	—	1,425	106.00–114.00	110.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,797	131.00–137.00	133.82
4	—	1,896	114.00–127.00	120.36
2	—	1,470	105.00–111.00	108.21

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.