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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-15

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

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← Mar 8Mar 15Mar 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

441 head

▼ 101 vs last sale 542▼ 257 vs year ago 698 · −36.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

84 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 118▼ 51 vs year ago 135 · −37.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/ Bulls 10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower; Slaughter Cows/ Bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

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 $290.82/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −70.33 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$290.82

56 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

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

$66.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.20

vs TN average

−24.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	301.49	1,673	47
Medium and Large 2-3	583	235.12	1,371	9thin

One grade step is worth $66.37/cwt here — about $303 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 sale56 hd

290.82

—

TN average15 barns · 809 hd

296.02

−5.20

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−24.14

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−70.33

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	1,748	167.17	2,923	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,454	147.28	2,142	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,312	143.95	1,888	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,064	122.72	1,305	20

Every lot

61 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	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	245	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	956	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,268	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	410	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,607	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	460	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,615	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	464	318.67/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,479	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,249	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	533	364.48/cwt	361.00–366.00	1,943	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,827	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	299.19/cwt	292.00–303.00	1,846	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	657	319.67/cwt	318.00–321.00	2,100	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	293.45/cwt	281.00–302.00	1,960	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,615	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	254.47/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,944	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	846	258.82/cwt	250.00–259.50	2,190	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	895	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,103	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	905	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,199	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	989	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,433	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	246	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	829	5
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	270	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	878	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	320	314.69/cwt	295.00–335.00	1,007	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	358	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,289	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	366	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,135	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	303.21/cwt	272.50–306.00	1,349	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	452	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,623	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	458	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,305	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	334.58/cwt	325.00–337.00	1,549	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,665	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	541	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,731	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	583	235.12/cwt	212.50–252.00	1,371	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,626	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,685	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	651	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,628	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	720	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,512	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,733	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	858	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,896	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,739	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Small 1-2	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	375	296.20/cwt	265.00–330.00	1,111	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	373.70/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,413	18
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	429	310.36/cwt	301.00–321.00	1,331	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,570	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	519	281.94/cwt	233.00–303.00	1,463	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,714	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	577	262.40/cwt	236.00–280.00	1,514	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,780	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	645	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,709	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,860	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	730	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,650	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,842	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,818	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,671	157.89/cwt	147.00–165.00	2,638	9
Bulls	—	—	1,813	174.99/cwt	167.00–180.00	3,173	5
Bulls	—	—	1,935	189.39/cwt	187.00–192.00	3,665	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	992	103.82/cwt	92.00–112.00	1,030	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,083	135.46/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,467	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	122.47/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,366	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,293	160.38/cwt	157.00–164.00	2,074	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	147.97/cwt	143.00–152.00	1,928	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,328	136.58/cwt	133.00–141.00	1,814	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,488	147.84/cwt	143.00–154.00	2,200	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,495	137.44/cwt	135.00–140.00	2,055	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 Mar 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 441Last week 542Year ago 698

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 118Year ago 135

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/ Bulls 10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower; Slaughter Cows/ Bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	378	360.00–377.50	373.70
18	450–500	455	345.00	345.00
20	500–550	521	329.00	329.00
13	550–600	578	308.00	308.00
8	650–700	663	280.50	280.50
1	750–800	755	244.00	244.00
2	800–850	838	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	265.00–330.00	296.20
11	400–450	429	301.00–321.00	310.36
5	500–550	519	233.00–303.00	281.94
7	550–600	577	236.00–280.00	262.40
2	600–650	645	265.00	265.00
2	700–750	730	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	246	337.00	337.00
2	250–300	270	325.00	325.00
13	350–400	358	360.00	360.00
21	450–500	463	325.00–337.00	334.58
20	500–550	538	309.50	309.50
15	550–600	589	276.00	276.00
5	600–650	648	260.00	260.00
15	650–700	651	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	770	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	865	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	295.00–335.00	314.69
4	350–400	366	310.00	310.00
12	400–450	445	272.50–306.00	303.21
8	450–500	458	285.00	285.00
9	550–600	583	212.50–252.00	235.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	720	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	452	359.00	359.00
12	500–550	541	320.00	320.00
9	850–900	858	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	245	390.00	390.00
4	300–350	325	390.00	390.00
5	550–600	562	325.00	325.00
3	600–650	617	292.00–303.00	299.19
5	650–700	668	281.00–302.00	293.45
4	750–800	764	250.00–256.00	254.47
2	850–900	895	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	392.00	392.00
19	500–550	533	361.00–366.00	364.48
18	650–700	657	318.00–321.00	319.67
28	800–850	846	250.00–259.50	258.82
1	900–950	905	243.00	243.00
8	950–1000	989	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	300.00–325.00	318.67
1	500–550	515	242.50	242.50
1	650–700	680	237.50	237.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,671	147.00–165.00	157.89
5	—	1,813	167.00–180.00	174.99
2	—	1,935	187.00–192.00	189.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,083	130.00–142.00	135.46
6	—	992	92.00–112.00	103.82
5	—	1,115	116.00–125.00	122.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,328	133.00–141.00	136.58
11	—	1,303	143.00–152.00	147.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	157.00–164.00	160.38
3	—	1,495	135.00–140.00	137.44
6	—	1,488	143.00–154.00	147.84

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.