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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Apr 19

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

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Feeder Cattle receipts

413 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 440▼ 76 vs year ago 489 · −15.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

125 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 103▼ 16 vs year ago 141 · −11.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers steady to 8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 7.00 higher; Feeder Bulls under 600lbs 7.00 higher, over 600lbs mostly steady; Slaughter Cows 2.00 to 6.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

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 $303.59/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −57.57 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$303.59

37 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$38.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.78

vs TN average

−17.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	317.21	1,753	24
Medium and Large 2-3	572	278.44	1,593	13thin

One grade step is worth $38.77/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale37 hd

303.59

—

TN average16 barns · 670 hd

307.37

−3.78

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−17.59

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−57.57

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	—	High	1,682	169.77	2,856	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,429	148.73	2,126	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,206	147.93	1,784	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	129.76	1,375	18

Every lot

62 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	245	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,103	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	270	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	824	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	274	413.53/cwt	380.00–450.00	1,133	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	317	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,228	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,359	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,860	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,318	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	549	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,081	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,873	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	568	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,085	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,001	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	628	339.12/cwt	337.00–342.50	2,130	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,060	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,150	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	673	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,851	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,074	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	742	295.71/cwt	294.00–301.00	2,194	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	778	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,264	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	813	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,203	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	288	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,109	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	329	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,168	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	363	324.55/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,178	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,384	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	402	305.91/cwt	290.00–308.00	1,230	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,542	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	467	302.12/cwt	291.00–307.00	1,411	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	500	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,400	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	326.91/cwt	304.00–332.00	1,700	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	578	278.31/cwt	240.00–292.00	1,609	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,792	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,770	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,302	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	266.82/cwt	263.00–276.00	1,790	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,537	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	716	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,783	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,858	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	831	237.71/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,975	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	434.15/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,641	23
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	391	378.73/cwt	367.50–402.50	1,481	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,665	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	492	332.42/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,636	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,928	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	525	317.36/cwt	295.00–337.50	1,666	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	559	312.13/cwt	275.00–325.00	1,745	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,992	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,906	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	665	267.33/cwt	237.50–285.00	1,778	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,033	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,401	157.27/cwt	145.00–168.00	2,203	8
Bulls	—	—	1,859	177.79/cwt	172.00–182.00	3,305	8
Bulls	—	—	2,100	187.68/cwt	185.00–190.00	3,941	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	946	105.42/cwt	100.00–113.00	997	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,088	128.40/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,397	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,096	145.03/cwt	138.00–151.00	1,590	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,133	134.40/cwt	120.00–141.00	1,523	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,219	148.58/cwt	144.00–156.00	1,811	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,262	162.79/cwt	159.00–170.00	2,054	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,379	149.85/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,066	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,452	139.37/cwt	135.00–141.00	2,024	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,483	160.82/cwt	159.00–162.00	2,385	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 Apr 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 413Last week 440Year ago 489

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 103Year ago 141

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	245	450.00	450.00
6	250–300	274	380.00–450.00	413.53
8	300–350	318	427.50	427.50
1	400–450	435	380.00	380.00
11	450–500	471	395.00	395.00
2	550–600	570	351.00	351.00
3	600–650	628	328.00	328.00
3	650–700	672	320.00	320.00
13	700–750	720	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	549	379.00	379.00
8	550–600	568	367.00	367.00
18	600–650	628	337.00–342.50	339.12
8	700–750	742	294.00–301.00	295.71
8	750–800	778	291.00	291.00
5	800–850	813	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	305.00	305.00
3	300–350	317	387.50	387.50
1	450–500	475	277.50	277.50
1	550–600	555	337.50	337.50
2	650–700	673	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	385.00	385.00
5	300–350	329	355.00	355.00
17	350–400	377	367.00	367.00
22	450–500	463	333.00	333.00
11	500–550	520	304.00–332.00	326.91
13	550–600	580	309.00	309.00
3	600–650	600	295.00	295.00
13	650–700	671	263.00–276.00	266.82
1	700–750	735	230.00	230.00
5	750–800	774	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	716	249.00	249.00
7	800–850	831	236.00–240.00	237.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	363	305.00–340.00	324.55
9	400–450	402	290.00–308.00	305.91
10	450–500	467	291.00–307.00	302.12
1	500–550	500	280.00	280.00
12	550–600	578	240.00–292.00	278.31
1	600–650	620	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	680	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	367.50–402.50	378.73
11	450–500	492	300.00–345.00	332.42
10	500–550	525	295.00–337.50	317.36
4	550–600	559	275.00–325.00	312.13
4	650–700	665	237.50–285.00	267.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	378	425.00–435.00	434.15
8	450–500	453	367.50	367.50
11	500–550	521	370.00	370.00
9	550–600	579	344.00	344.00
7	650–700	655	291.00	291.00
8	800–850	813	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,133	120.00–141.00	134.40
9	—	1,262	159.00–170.00	162.79
23	—	1,219	144.00–156.00	148.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,088	120.00–135.00	128.40
4	—	946	100.00–113.00	105.42
7	—	1,096	138.00–151.00	145.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,483	159.00–162.00	160.82
7	—	1,379	145.00–155.00	149.85
6	—	1,452	135.00–141.00	139.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,100	185.00–190.00	187.68
8	—	1,859	172.00–182.00	177.79
8	—	1,401	145.00–168.00	157.27

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.