Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2024-05-18

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, May 18
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
667 head
▲ 273 vs last sale 394▲ 83 vs year ago 584 · +14.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 76▼ 9 vs year ago 140 · −6.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 6.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-6.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $308.07/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −104.05 against this barn's trailing median of $412.12.
Average price
$308.07
55 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.41
vs TN average
−2.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549308.071,69055
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale55 hd
308.07
—
TN average11 barns · 361 hd
297.67
+10.41
National average163 barns · 10,302 hd
310.77
−2.70
This barn, trailing median32 sales
412.12
−104.05
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
504441379316median 412.1203/0705/0207/1109/1210/31
Steers 500–600 lb: high $489.95, low $329.86, median $412.12 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,778159.732,84017
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,353137.581,86124
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,170133.691,56434
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,015114.121,15919

Every lot

54 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2220337.50/cwt337.50–337.507431
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2306351.16/cwt342.50–357.501,0757
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3340313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,0641
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added368387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,4263
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,3381
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430319.98/cwt317.00–322.501,3769
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475324.10/cwt320.00–325.501,53942
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530313.75/cwt304.50–320.001,66325
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564303.34/cwt295.00–306.501,71130
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632275.79/cwt275.00–282.501,74315
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2651269.20/cwt269.00–270.001,7525
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3695260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8073
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3705210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4811
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added726257.56/cwt257.00–259.001,87073
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738250.25/cwt248.00–253.001,84712
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,8652
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,0091
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2329285.93/cwt275.00–297.0094111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3362268.33/cwt252.50–271.009717
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,0484
Heifers400–450Small 2-3403215.00/cwt215.00–215.008662
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2448260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1658
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3453230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added456285.04/cwt281.00–286.001,30022
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458267.83/cwt259.00–270.001,22736
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522266.83/cwt265.00–268.001,39344
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574263.50/cwt256.00–269.001,51251
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665230.25/cwt220.00–232.001,53121
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4732
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4544
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2381365.36/cwt352.50–370.001,39222
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3417279.70/cwt237.50–291.001,1665
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,41533
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3470269.79/cwt250.00–290.001,2682
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3503242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2172
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530289.13/cwt283.00–290.501,53231
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2579270.88/cwt270.00–271.001,56816
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635262.71/cwt260.50–272.501,66816
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3642252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6216
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2668257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7172
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2743238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,7682
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2868200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7363
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,390134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,8631
Bulls——1,688153.81/cwt145.00–157.002,5967
Bulls——1,891167.19/cwt161.00–170.003,1629
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91899.19/cwt93.00–106.009113
Cows—Boner 80-85%955124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1841
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013114.07/cwt109.00–119.001,15612
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095125.47/cwt123.00–128.001,3744
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170130.75/cwt125.00–136.001,53024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194142.59/cwt138.00–149.001,7039
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,317143.84/cwt139.00–154.001,89411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,378132.88/cwt127.00–138.001,83112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,8131

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.