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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Oct 5

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← Sep 28Oct 5Oct 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

807 head

▲ 524 vs last sale 283▲ 346 vs year ago 461 · +75.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

119 head

▲ 48 vs last sale 71▼ 26 vs year ago 145 · −17.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 8.00 to 12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 7.00 to 14.00 higher; Slaughter Cows/ Bulls steady. Quality fair, 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 $221.14/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −140.01 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$221.14

135 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,239

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$43

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

$10.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.05

vs TN average

−25.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	227.16	1,213	58
Medium and Large 2	580	216.61	1,256	77

One grade step is worth $10.55/cwt here — about −$43 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 sale135 hd

221.14

—

TN average15 barns · 885 hd

229.19

−8.05

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−25.64

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−140.01

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	—	Low	1,671	145.13	2,426	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,374	125.42	1,723	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,188	124.88	1,483	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,116	105.69	1,180	34

Every lot

65 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	296	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	925	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	862	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,011	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,012	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,220	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,152	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	523	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,349	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	251.73/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,332	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	227.65/cwt	216.00–238.00	1,211	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	998	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	575	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,601	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,481	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	631	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,641	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	249.23/cwt	249.00–249.50	1,603	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	223.80/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,488	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	678	259.46/cwt	251.00–264.50	1,759	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,702	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	728	248.02/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,806	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	235.49/cwt	233.00–238.00	1,724	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	224.02/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,745	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	807	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,856	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,862	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,890	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	262	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	675	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	311	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	793	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	747	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	867	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,009	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	215.80/cwt	215.00–219.00	950	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	223.65/cwt	205.00–238.00	1,035	63
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	227.93/cwt	225.50–230.00	1,199	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	223.49/cwt	201.00–226.00	1,281	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	216.61/cwt	201.00–219.00	1,256	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,341	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	205.78/cwt	185.00–212.00	1,290	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	210.09/cwt	210.00–210.50	1,416	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	201.46/cwt	197.00–204.00	1,521	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,442	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	174.84/cwt	172.00–176.00	1,546	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,487	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	297.92/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,144	19
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	238.78/cwt	210.00–244.00	1,015	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,296	21
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	251.23/cwt	239.00–253.00	1,178	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	233.72/cwt	230.00–235.50	1,197	37
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,145	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	215.57/cwt	208.00–218.00	1,231	32
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,320	23
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,452	31
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	209.13/cwt	205.00–210.50	1,349	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,281	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	211.00/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,545	28
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,572	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	886	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,639	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,572	137.38/cwt	131.00–142.00	2,160	9
Bulls	—	—	1,740	150.50/cwt	146.00–157.00	2,619	13
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,032	90.74/cwt	85.00–100.00	936	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	117.76/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,313	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,145	122.38/cwt	117.00–127.00	1,401	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,173	108.42/cwt	102.00–113.00	1,272	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	132.12/cwt	128.00–136.00	1,599	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,232	110.63/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,363	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,373	123.42/cwt	119.00–127.00	1,695	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,376	130.42/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,795	6

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 Oct 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 807Last week 283Year ago 461

Slaughter CattleReceipts 119Last week 71Year ago 145

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 8.00 to 12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 7.00 to 14.00 higher; Slaughter Cows/ Bulls steady. Quality fair, Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	282.50	282.50
1	350–400	385	262.50	262.50
1	400–450	445	227.50	227.50
2	450–500	450	256.00	256.00
10	500–550	532	216.00–238.00	227.65
1	550–600	570	175.00	175.00
6	650–700	665	218.00–225.00	223.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	523	258.00	258.00
7	550–600	575	278.50	278.50
7	600–650	631	260.00	260.00
8	650–700	678	251.00–264.50	259.46
12	700–750	728	246.00–251.00	248.02
3	800–850	807	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	900	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	296	312.50	312.50
1	450–500	450	271.00	271.00
14	500–550	529	245.00–255.00	251.73
11	550–600	590	251.00	251.00
15	600–650	643	249.00–249.50	249.23
8	650–700	689	247.00	247.00
10	700–750	732	233.00–238.00	235.49
9	750–800	779	220.00–226.00	224.02
5	800–850	835	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	262	257.50	257.50
3	300–350	318	235.00	235.00
4	350–400	377	230.00	230.00
10	400–450	440	215.00–219.00	215.80
63	450–500	463	205.00–238.00	223.65
77	550–600	580	201.00–219.00	216.61
9	600–650	627	185.00–212.00	205.78
3	750–800	755	191.00	191.00
4	850–900	885	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	311	255.00	255.00
14	350–400	388	260.00	260.00
48	500–550	526	225.50–230.00	227.93
10	550–600	573	201.00–226.00	223.49
2	600–650	600	223.50	223.50
23	650–700	674	210.00–210.50	210.09
22	750–800	755	197.00–204.00	201.46
10	850–900	884	172.00–176.00	174.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	550	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	384	285.00–305.00	297.92
21	450–500	450	288.00	288.00
37	500–550	512	230.00–235.50	233.72
23	550–600	583	226.50	226.50
31	600–650	644	225.50	225.50
28	700–750	732	207.00–217.00	211.00
4	750–800	763	206.00	206.00
5	850–900	886	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	425	210.00–244.00	238.78
8	450–500	469	239.00–253.00	251.23
1	500–550	545	210.00	210.00
32	550–600	571	208.00–218.00	215.57
12	600–650	645	205.00–210.50	209.13
6	650–700	650	197.00	197.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,572	131.00–142.00	137.38
13	—	1,740	146.00–157.00	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,032	85.00–100.00	90.74
9	—	1,115	115.00–121.00	117.76
15	—	1,173	102.00–113.00	108.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,376	128.00–134.00	130.42
15	—	1,373	119.00–127.00	123.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,210	128.00–136.00	132.12
6	—	1,232	105.00–116.00	110.63
15	—	1,145	117.00–127.00	122.38

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.