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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Sep 28

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← Sep 21Sep 28Oct 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

283 head

▼ 350 vs last sale 633▼ 492 vs year ago 775 · −63.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

71 head

▼ 68 vs last sale 139▼ 170 vs year ago 241 · −70.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 550lbs 2.00 lower, over 550lbs 6.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 7.00 to 9.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 7.00 to 9.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 10.00 higher. Quality good, Demand good.

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 $218.62/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −142.54 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$218.62

44 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,185

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

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

$9.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.33

vs TN average

−21.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	219.98	1,189	38
Medium and Large 2	551	210.00	1,157	6thin

One grade step is worth $9.98/cwt here — about $32 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale44 hd

218.62

—

TN average11 barns · 673 hd

225.95

−7.33

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−21.47

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−142.54

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	1,744	155.95	2,719	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,469	127.18	1,869	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,298	122.72	1,593	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	109.81	1,128	11

Every lot

50 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	258	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	632	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	314	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	835	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,244	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,192	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	257.68/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,340	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,458	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,328	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	632	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,507	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,492	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,570	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,309	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,534	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	849	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,872	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	225	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	489	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	317	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	789	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	916	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,021	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	213.29/cwt	212.00–219.00	1,041	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	220.87/cwt	218.00–221.00	1,142	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	538	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,205	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,139	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,192	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,260	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	613	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,367	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,216	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	667	204.19/cwt	204.00–205.00	1,362	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	176.50/cwt	165.00–188.00	1,359	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	835	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,536	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	900	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,368	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	944	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,016	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,102	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,243	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,261	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,350	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	191.31/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,272	7
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,602	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	893	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,554	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,736	153.94/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,672	4
Bulls	—	—	1,775	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,911	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	870	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	774	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,004	110.61/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,111	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,200	117.04/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,404	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	112.61/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,357	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	120.94/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,500	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,421	133.72/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,900	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,468	123.55/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,814	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,471	132.27/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,946	5

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 Sep 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 283Last week 633Year ago 775

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 139Year ago 241

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,736	150.00–158.00	153.94
1	—	1,775	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,468	121.00–126.00	123.55
5	—	1,471	130.00–138.00	132.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,004	108.00–113.00	110.61
2	—	1,200	116.00–118.00	117.04
1	—	870	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	120.00–122.00	120.94
4	—	1,421	130.00–136.00	133.72
4	—	1,205	110.00–116.00	112.61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	217.50	217.50
5	450–500	488	212.00–219.00	213.29
4	500–550	540	211.00	211.00
2	550–600	573	208.00	208.00
1	600–650	640	190.00	190.00
21	650–700	667	204.00–205.00	204.19
2	750–800	770	165.00–188.00	176.50
4	800–850	835	184.00	184.00
1	900–950	900	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	317	249.00	249.00
8	350–400	385	238.00	238.00
19	400–450	448	228.00	228.00
22	500–550	517	218.00–221.00	220.87
14	550–600	578	218.00	218.00
2	700–750	720	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	538	224.00	224.00
2	600–650	613	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	535	265.00	265.00
5	600–650	632	238.50	238.50
6	800–850	849	220.50	220.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	266.00	266.00
5	450–500	473	263.00	263.00
11	500–550	520	245.00–259.00	257.68
4	550–600	574	254.00	254.00
14	600–650	643	232.00	232.00
3	650–700	668	235.00	235.00
2	700–750	710	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	245.00	245.00
1	450–500	475	251.00	251.00
1	550–600	590	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	700	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	231.00	231.00
7	650–700	665	185.00–200.00	191.31
2	850–900	893	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	258.00	258.00
8	400–450	448	246.00	246.00
6	500–550	528	235.50	235.50
11	550–600	573	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	640	211.00	211.00
3	750–800	770	208.00	208.00

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.