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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jan 18

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← Jan 4Jan 18Jan 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

721 head

▲ 149 vs last sale 572▲ 721 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

174 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 183▲ 174 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale last week.

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 $269.63/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −91.52 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$269.63

77 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,490

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$26.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.38

vs TN average

−34.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	274.48	1,504	63
Medium and Large 2-3	572	247.82	1,418	14thin

One grade step is worth $26.66/cwt here — about $86 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 sale77 hd

269.63

—

TN average14 barns · 1,036 hd

276.01

−6.38

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

−34.40

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−91.52

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	1,772	161.42	2,860	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,428	142.38	2,034	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,274	135.91	1,732	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,099	115.61	1,271	28

Every lot

76 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	263	392.75/cwt	369.00–407.50	1,033	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	320	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,048	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	329	382.13/cwt	362.00–385.00	1,257	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	405	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,519	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,398	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	324.30/cwt	323.00–326.00	1,557	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	483	298.88/cwt	275.00–311.00	1,444	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,483	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	533	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,706	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	308.27/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,643	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,777	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	259.76/cwt	259.00–262.00	1,468	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	294.50/cwt	291.00–296.00	1,717	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,854	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	271.99/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,681	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	645	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,709	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	667	290.26/cwt	288.00–292.00	1,936	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,897	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	684	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,813	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	262.75/cwt	262.00–263.00	1,902	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	725	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,972	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	735	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,764	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	753	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,029	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	770	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,810	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	805	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,037	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	855	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,155	5
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,019	222.67/cwt	216.00–228.00	2,269	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	238	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	696	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	310	308.07/cwt	300.00–312.50	955	14
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	320	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	968	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	370	293.65/cwt	277.50–296.00	1,087	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	379	325.02/cwt	323.00–329.00	1,232	23
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	302.88/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,196	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	407	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,225	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	289.40/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,334	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	463	303.16/cwt	302.00–307.00	1,404	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	474	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,199	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	516	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,473	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	275.77/cwt	269.00–281.50	1,467	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	537	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,369	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	271.31/cwt	263.00–276.50	1,552	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	582	245.86/cwt	226.00–253.00	1,431	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	601	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,551	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	625	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,375	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	665	222.56/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,480	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	232.97/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,570	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	710	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,693	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,616	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	760	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,775	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	222.85/cwt	210.00–229.00	1,756	22
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	903	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,580	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,466	19
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	327.23/cwt	322.50–333.00	1,325	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	447	299.62/cwt	291.00–302.50	1,339	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,556	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	511	261.41/cwt	261.00–262.00	1,336	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,563	24
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	235.83/cwt	226.00–245.00	1,356	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	280.85/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,657	28
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	249.27/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,560	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	253.08/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,703	31
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	236.49/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,667	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,822	10
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	914	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,810	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,546	149.38/cwt	141.00–157.00	2,309	7
Bulls	—	—	1,899	165.52/cwt	159.00–170.00	3,143	5
Bulls	—	—	2,087	182.66/cwt	181.00–186.00	3,812	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,019	103.21/cwt	99.00–110.00	1,052	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,134	117.74/cwt	112.00–122.00	1,335	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,142	127.90/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,461	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,162	126.91/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,475	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,293	137.85/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,782	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,348	128.01/cwt	127.00–129.00	1,726	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,411	139.53/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,969	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,481	151.31/cwt	146.00–156.00	2,241	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,505	153.11/cwt	147.00–159.00	2,304	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 Jan 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 721Last week 572Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 174Last week 183Year ago 0

No trends could be established due to no sale last week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,899	159.00–170.00	165.52
7	—	1,546	141.00–157.00	149.38
3	—	2,087	181.00–186.00	182.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,019	99.00–110.00	103.21
7	—	1,142	124.00–133.00	127.90
12	—	1,134	112.00–122.00	117.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,411	136.00–144.00	139.53
2	—	1,348	127.00–129.00	128.01
8	—	1,481	146.00–156.00	151.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,293	134.00–143.00	137.85
13	—	1,162	120.00–131.00	126.91
5	—	1,505	147.00–159.00	153.11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	238	292.50	292.50
1	300–350	320	302.50	302.50
8	350–400	370	277.50–296.00	293.65
9	450–500	474	253.00	253.00
3	500–550	537	255.00	255.00
11	550–600	582	226.00–253.00	245.86
1	600–650	625	220.00	220.00
6	650–700	665	220.00–225.00	222.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	310	300.00–312.50	308.07
9	350–400	395	302.00–310.00	302.88
6	400–450	407	301.00	301.00
10	450–500	461	289.00–290.00	289.40
32	500–550	532	269.00–281.50	275.77
27	550–600	572	263.00–276.50	271.31
33	600–650	601	258.00	258.00
22	650–700	674	230.00–236.00	232.97
2	700–750	715	226.00	226.00
22	750–800	788	210.00–229.00	222.85
2	900–950	903	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	379	323.00–329.00	325.02
31	450–500	463	302.00–307.00	303.16
4	500–550	516	285.50	285.50
4	700–750	710	238.50	238.50
10	750–800	760	233.50	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	327.50	327.50
6	450–500	483	275.00–311.00	298.88
1	500–550	515	288.00	288.00
4	550–600	565	259.00–262.00	259.76
1	600–650	645	265.00	265.00
9	650–700	684	265.00	265.00
2	700–750	735	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	770	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	263	369.00–407.50	392.75
15	300–350	329	362.00–385.00	382.13
2	400–450	410	341.00	341.00
25	450–500	480	323.00–326.00	324.30
16	500–550	533	295.00–315.00	308.27
10	550–600	583	291.00–296.00	294.50
2	600–650	618	270.00–274.00	271.99
7	650–700	674	281.50	281.50
4	700–750	724	262.00–263.00	262.75
9	1000–1050	1,019	216.00–228.00	222.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	405	375.00	375.00
3	500–550	533	320.00	320.00
6	550–600	550	323.00	323.00
8	600–650	606	306.00	306.00
23	650–700	667	288.00–292.00	290.26
5	700–750	725	272.00	272.00
8	750–800	753	269.50	269.50
4	800–850	805	253.00	253.00
5	850–900	855	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	394	372.00	372.00
11	400–450	405	322.50–333.00	327.23
15	450–500	466	334.00	334.00
24	500–550	537	291.00	291.00
28	550–600	590	280.00–286.00	280.85
8	600–650	626	245.00–256.00	249.27
31	650–700	673	250.00–254.00	253.08
4	700–750	705	235.00–237.00	236.49
10	750–800	759	240.00	240.00
5	900–950	914	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	447	291.00–302.50	299.62
5	500–550	511	261.00–262.00	261.41
2	550–600	575	226.00–245.00	235.83

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.