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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jul 20

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← Jul 13Jul 20Jul 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

710 head

▼ 133 vs last sale 843▲ 198 vs year ago 512 · +38.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

149 head

▼ 103 vs last sale 252▼ 31 vs year ago 180 · −17.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 7.00 to 10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 5.00 to 7.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls steady.

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 $234.75/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −126.40 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$234.75

129 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,305

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$11.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.09

vs TN average

−23.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	237.31	1,331	101
Medium and Large 2	510	230.00	1,173	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	541	225.33	1,218	27

One grade step is worth $11.98/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale129 hd

234.75

—

TN average14 barns · 801 hd

252.84

−18.09

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

−23.05

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−126.40

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	—	Average	1,732	161.99	2,805	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,435	144.63	2,076	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,169	139.29	1,628	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	120.27	1,261	26

Every lot

81 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	314	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,028	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	293.66/cwt	287.50–300.00	969	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	428	242.54/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,038	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	291.73/cwt	286.00–299.00	1,295	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,398	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	482	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,489	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	518	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,476	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,444	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,117	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	558	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,328	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	265.27/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,531	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,590	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	639	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,546	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	648	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,652	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	720	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,512	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,715	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	751	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,825	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,743	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	803	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,775	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	845	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,665	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	923	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,938	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	245	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	717	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	738	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	318	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	827	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	940	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	377	261.34/cwt	260.00–265.00	985	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	435	229.82/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,000	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,090	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,203	48
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,046	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	471	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,229	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	922	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,173	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,299	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	531	253.39/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,346	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	539	226.21/cwt	216.00–230.00	1,219	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	228.99/cwt	223.00–231.00	1,335	60
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	585	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,185	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	606	185.83/cwt	185.00–186.00	1,126	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,451	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	659	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,489	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	663	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,366	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,463	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,464	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	732	187.46/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,372	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	756	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,504	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	878	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,440	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,055	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	375	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,003	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,300	19
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,215	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	447	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,006	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,240	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,327	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	478	227.90/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,089	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	527	249.68/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,316	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,407	21
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,456	27
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	214.49/cwt	173.00–237.00	1,244	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,281	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	654	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,472	29
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	681	215.30/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,466	10
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,437	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	766	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,616	10
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	854	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,495	4
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	923	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,431	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,504	148.71/cwt	139.00–157.00	2,237	5
Bulls	—	—	1,782	163.91/cwt	158.00–169.00	2,921	19
Bulls	—	—	1,792	172.00/cwt	170.00–173.00	3,082	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	107.37/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,025	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	114.98/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,219	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,074	125.95/cwt	122.00–131.00	1,353	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,149	142.06/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,632	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,174	131.56/cwt	123.00–136.00	1,545	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,214	151.27/cwt	149.00–157.00	1,836	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,375	135.98/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,870	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,436	151.32/cwt	148.00–156.00	2,173	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,446	144.03/cwt	139.00–148.00	2,083	28

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 Jul 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 710Last week 843Year ago 512

Slaughter CattleReceipts 149Last week 252Year ago 180

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 7.00 to 10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 5.00 to 7.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	267.50	267.50
6	400–450	447	225.00	225.00
7	450–500	478	210.00–235.00	227.90
11	500–550	527	240.00–255.00	249.68
13	550–600	580	173.00–237.00	214.49
10	650–700	681	215.00–216.00	215.30
4	850–900	854	175.00	175.00
2	900–950	923	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	455	272.50	272.50
1	600–650	625	205.00	205.00
1	700–750	715	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	395	329.00	329.00
4	400–450	419	290.00	290.00
13	450–500	464	286.00	286.00
21	500–550	529	266.00	266.00
27	550–600	580	251.00	251.00
29	650–700	654	225.00	225.00
10	750–800	766	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	260.00	260.00
15	350–400	377	260.00–265.00	261.34
6	400–450	435	225.00–231.00	229.82
1	450–500	470	222.50	222.50
26	500–550	539	216.00–230.00	226.21
1	550–600	585	202.50	202.50
6	600–650	606	185.00–186.00	185.83
6	650–700	663	206.00	206.00
4	700–750	732	185.00–190.00	187.46
2	850–900	878	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	292.50	292.50
1	250–300	295	250.00	250.00
1	350–400	365	257.50	257.50
1	500–550	510	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	436	250.00	250.00
48	450–500	468	257.00	257.00
25	500–550	526	247.00	247.00
60	550–600	583	223.00–231.00	228.99
21	600–650	649	223.50	223.50
1	650–700	665	220.00	220.00
10	700–750	732	200.00	200.00
5	750–800	756	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	471	261.00	261.00
16	500–550	531	252.00–254.00	253.39
11	650–700	659	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	235.00–250.00	242.54
2	550–600	558	238.00	238.00
10	600–650	639	242.00	242.00
2	700–750	720	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	287.50–300.00	293.66
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	515	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	845	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	482	309.00	309.00
3	500–550	518	285.00	285.00
3	550–600	555	285.00	285.00
9	600–650	648	255.00	255.00
4	750–800	751	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	314	327.50	327.50
9	400–450	444	286.00–299.00	291.73
6	450–500	474	295.00	295.00
25	500–550	525	275.00	275.00
32	550–600	577	260.00–271.00	265.27
15	600–650	636	250.00	250.00
15	700–750	733	234.00	234.00
4	750–800	768	227.00	227.00
5	800–850	803	221.00	221.00
2	900–950	923	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,782	158.00–169.00	163.91
3	—	1,792	170.00–173.00	172.00
5	—	1,504	139.00–157.00	148.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,060	112.00–118.00	114.98
16	—	1,074	122.00–131.00	125.95
5	—	955	104.00–110.00	107.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,375	132.00–138.00	135.98
28	—	1,446	139.00–148.00	144.03
9	—	1,436	148.00–156.00	151.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,174	123.00–136.00	131.56
20	—	1,149	138.00–147.00	142.06
7	—	1,214	149.00–157.00	151.27

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.