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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Feb 1

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← Jan 25Feb 1Feb 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

407 head

▼ 441 vs last sale 848▼ 927 vs year ago 1,334 · −69.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

67 head

▼ 64 vs last sale 131▼ 115 vs year ago 182 · −63.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/Heifers mostly steady; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows/ Bulls steady to 4.00 lower.

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 $271.52/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −89.63 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$271.52

52 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$24.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.19

vs TN average

−33.12 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	278.16	1,505	38
Medium and Large 2-3	562	253.52	1,423	14thin

One grade step is worth $24.64/cwt here — about $82 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 sale52 hd

271.52

—

TN average13 barns · 1,299 hd

279.71

−8.19

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−33.12

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−89.63

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	1,849	164.73	3,046	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,477	144.55	2,135	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,296	138.64	1,797	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,107	118.69	1,314	11

Every lot

63 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	253	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,018	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	275	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	873	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	300	326.25/cwt	302.50–350.00	979	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	317	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,276	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	359.15/cwt	357.50–362.50	1,659	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	490	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,593	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	318.65/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,667	15
Steers	600–650	Small 1-2	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	612	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,836	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	292.36/cwt	281.00–295.50	1,798	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	623	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,688	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	281.94/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,926	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	713	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,975	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	255.75/cwt	240.00–260.00	2,005	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,075	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,968	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	945	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,363	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	248	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	862	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,046	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	343	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	952	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	356	296.31/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,055	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	362	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,180	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,155	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	454	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,385	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	267.66/cwt	266.00–272.50	1,245	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	280.58/cwt	279.50–286.00	1,453	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	531	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,423	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	577	248.03/cwt	241.00–255.00	1,431	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,592	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Fancy	590	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,328	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	603	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,372	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	650	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,515	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	239.85/cwt	238.00–242.00	1,605	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	703	241.22/cwt	239.50–243.00	1,696	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,580	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,762	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	781	214.03/cwt	208.00–216.00	1,672	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,419	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	424	296.68/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,258	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,569	22
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	516	282.44/cwt	266.00–289.00	1,457	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	311.13/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,652	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,609	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	592	245.92/cwt	236.00–252.50	1,456	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,549	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,692	15
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	683	234.96/cwt	227.00–242.00	1,605	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	745	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,397	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,775	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	798	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,556	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,770	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,258	1
Bulls	—	—	1,785	160.96/cwt	159.00–165.00	2,873	4
Bulls	—	—	2,150	179.63/cwt	178.00–181.00	3,862	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	99.15/cwt	90.00–106.00	1,034	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	131.34/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,458	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	129.31/cwt	121.00–136.00	1,620	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,316	143.46/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,888	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,345	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,627	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,358	150.68/cwt	150.00–151.00	2,046	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,421	145.07/cwt	139.00–149.00	2,061	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,447	151.69/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,195	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,634	132.79/cwt	130.00–136.00	2,170	4

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 Feb 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 407Last week 848Year ago 1,334

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 131Year ago 182

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/Heifers mostly steady; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows/ Bulls steady to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	248	347.50	347.50
5	300–350	327	320.00	320.00
11	350–400	362	326.00	326.00
27	450–500	454	305.00	305.00
24	500–550	518	279.50–286.00	280.58
14	550–600	581	274.00	274.00
22	650–700	669	238.00–242.00	239.85
1	700–750	715	221.00	221.00
3	750–800	773	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	277.50	277.50
6	350–400	356	277.50–300.00	296.31
1	400–450	420	275.00	275.00
4	450–500	465	266.00–272.50	267.66
5	500–550	531	268.00	268.00
8	550–600	577	241.00–255.00	248.03
2	600–650	603	227.50	227.50
1	650–700	650	233.00	233.00
4	750–800	781	208.00–216.00	214.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	700–750	703	239.50–243.00	241.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	612	300.00	300.00
3	700–750	713	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	253	402.50	402.50
3	300–350	317	402.50	402.50
6	450–500	462	357.50–362.50	359.15
15	500–550	523	310.00–329.00	318.65
15	600–650	615	281.00–295.50	292.36
20	650–700	683	275.00–285.00	281.94
8	750–800	784	240.00–260.00	255.75
1	800–850	830	250.00	250.00
2	850–900	865	227.50	227.50
1	900–950	945	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	317.50	317.50
2	300–350	300	302.50–350.00	326.25
1	450–500	490	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	623	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	424	290.00–307.50	296.68
7	500–550	516	266.00–289.00	282.44
5	550–600	592	236.00–252.50	245.92
5	650–700	683	227.00–242.00	234.96
2	700–750	745	187.50	187.50
2	750–800	798	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	371	382.50	382.50
22	450–500	458	342.50	342.50
16	500–550	531	300.00–315.00	311.13
14	550–600	585	275.00	275.00
5	600–650	617	251.00	251.00
15	650–700	674	251.00	251.00
1	750–800	780	227.50	227.50
4	850–900	885	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,043	90.00–106.00	99.15
6	—	1,110	128.00–137.00	131.34
1	—	1,345	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,634	130.00–136.00	132.79
6	—	1,447	150.00–154.00	151.69
8	—	1,421	139.00–149.00	145.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,253	121.00–136.00	129.31
3	—	1,358	150.00–151.00	150.68
8	—	1,316	140.00–147.00	143.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,785	159.00–165.00	160.96
1	—	1,505	150.00	150.00
2	—	2,150	178.00–181.00	179.63

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.