Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2024-10-12

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Oct 12
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
478 head
▼ 329 vs last sale 807▼ 199 vs year ago 677 · −29.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 119▼ 68 vs year ago 206 · −33.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 5.00 to 8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 6.00 to 9.00 higher; Slaughter Cows/Bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $221.89/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −139.26 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.
Average price
$221.89
61 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,227
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$50
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$7.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.10
vs TN average
−30.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535225.181,20434
Medium and Large 2576217.751,25427
One grade step is worth $7.43/cwt here — about −$50 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 sale61 hd
221.89
—
TN average12 barns · 584 hd
235.99
−14.10
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
−30.79
This barn, trailing median32 sales
361.15
−139.26
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
430384338291median 361.1503/0705/0207/1109/1210/31
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,802154.382,78223
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,432126.551,81216
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,208126.121,52432
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,084108.721,17933

Every lot

64 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2255292.50/cwt292.50–292.507463
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315302.82/cwt292.50–312.509544
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325247.50/cwt247.50–247.508042
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325220.00/cwt220.00–220.007151
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,3075
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2492250.81/cwt244.00–261.001,2345
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3523
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added536271.23/cwt271.00–275.001,45418
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2321
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580254.38/cwt250.00–255.001,47516
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3181
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,61516
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,5658
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2658220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4484
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665242.52/cwt235.00–244.001,61318
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682253.49/cwt250.00–256.001,72912
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6201
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773228.07/cwt227.00–229.501,76312
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825211.83/cwt211.00–216.001,7486
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855212.49/cwt211.00–214.001,8174
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2963195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,8782
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2247237.00/cwt237.00–237.005853
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330250.00/cwt250.00–250.008253
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2387240.00/cwt240.00–240.009296
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433222.05/cwt220.00–223.009613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463231.83/cwt200.00–233.001,07328
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1455
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533225.23/cwt224.50–230.001,20033
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,3071
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588217.46/cwt214.00–218.001,27922
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628202.86/cwt200.00–205.001,2749
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,38013
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5262
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5182
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2727195.02/cwt190.50–204.001,4186
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5944
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2887180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5973
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2391302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,1837
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2436235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0254
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2453288.50/cwt288.50–288.501,30713
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478241.29/cwt220.00–260.001,1535
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523218.70/cwt212.00–236.001,1444
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2532254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,35411
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573227.83/cwt206.00–236.001,30530
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,2696
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,44823
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2683208.38/cwt200.00–210.001,4236
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3091
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2738211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,55711
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5321
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2784203.74/cwt200.00–205.001,5974
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2880178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,5662
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,656139.92/cwt132.00–147.002,3178
Bulls——1,742154.58/cwt149.00–160.002,6936
Bulls——1,972167.10/cwt164.00–171.003,2959
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99495.94/cwt90.00–101.009548
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,084108.74/cwt103.00–116.001,17917
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,174121.47/cwt118.00–130.001,4268
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,177125.40/cwt120.00–131.001,47615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201114.48/cwt110.00–119.001,3758
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,260143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,8021
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267137.66/cwt133.00–141.001,7449
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,424127.43/cwt125.00–131.001,81512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520117.57/cwt116.00–119.001,7873

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.