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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Feb 15

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← Feb 8Feb 15Feb 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

142 head

▼ 502 vs last sale 644▼ 511 vs year ago 653 · −78.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

59 head

▼ 95 vs last sale 154▼ 46 vs year ago 105 · −43.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could established due to light receipts.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $267.90/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −128.31 against this barn's trailing median of $396.21.

Average price

$267.90

9 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$39.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.25

vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	519	281.00	1,458	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	582	241.70	1,407	3thin

One grade step is worth $39.30/cwt here — about $52 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale9 hd

267.90

—

TN average13 barns · 166 hd

277.15

−9.25

This barn, trailing median32 sales

396.21

−128.31

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

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $474.79, low $316.29, median $396.21 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	1,706	148.03	2,525	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,256	135.51	1,702	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,572	135.30	2,127	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	112.01	1,142	16

Every lot

40 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,097	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,050	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,318	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,445	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,574	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,652	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	610	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,531	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	262.52/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,817	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,845	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	316	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	948	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	284.98/cwt	281.00–291.00	1,046	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,017	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,277	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,219	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	261.41/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,341	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	518	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,243	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,483	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	590	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,254	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,496	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,691	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	401	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,303	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,458	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	582	241.70/cwt	220.00–252.50	1,407	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	602	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,589	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	633	228.29/cwt	202.50–234.50	1,445	15
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	688	225.57/cwt	206.00–245.00	1,552	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	894	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,779	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,490	136.71/cwt	116.00–150.00	2,037	3
Bulls	—	—	2,030	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	3,350	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	951	115.26/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,096	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,069	102.58/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,097	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	133.63/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,457	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	142.54/cwt	136.00–148.00	1,749	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,294	126.48/cwt	115.00–132.00	1,637	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,553	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,174	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,585	132.16/cwt	127.00–135.00	2,095	3

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 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 142Last week 644Year ago 653

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 154Year ago 105

No trends could established due to light receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	327.50	327.50
1	350–400	380	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	420	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	535	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	610	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	310.00	310.00
4	500–550	541	291.00	291.00
2	550–600	558	296.00	296.00
4	650–700	692	260.00–265.00	262.52
2	700–750	738	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	300.00	300.00
5	350–400	367	281.00–291.00	284.98
3	450–500	473	270.00	270.00
7	500–550	513	260.00–270.00	261.41
5	550–600	584	254.00	254.00
1	650–700	665	225.00	225.00
1	800–850	805	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	257.50	257.50
3	400–450	435	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	480	254.00	254.00
3	500–550	518	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	590	212.50	212.50
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	401	325.00	325.00
5	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
6	500–550	519	281.00	281.00
9	600–650	602	264.00	264.00
5	850–900	894	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	582	220.00–252.50	241.70
15	600–650	633	202.50–234.50	228.29
2	650–700	688	206.00–245.00	225.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,490	116.00–150.00	136.71
2	—	2,030	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,294	115.00–132.00	126.48
9	—	1,227	136.00–148.00	142.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,553	140.00	140.00
3	—	1,585	127.00–135.00	132.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	951	110.00–120.00	115.26
2	—	1,090	131.00–136.00	133.63
7	—	1,069	100.00–110.00	102.58

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.