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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, May 3

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

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Feeder Cattle receipts

362 head

▼ 266 vs last sale 628▼ 184 vs year ago 546 · −33.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 111▼ 73 vs year ago 113 · −64.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 9.00 to 12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 10.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 10.00 to 12.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 to 8.00 higher on a light test.

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 $327.96/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 6 of 32 comparable sales and sits −33.20 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$327.96

55 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$18.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.37

vs TN average

−1.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	328.29	1,806	54
Medium and Large 2-3	505	310.00	1,566	1thin

One grade step is worth $18.29/cwt here — about $240 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale55 hd

327.96

—

TN average14 barns · 610 hd

315.59

+12.37

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−1.38

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−33.20

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	1,681	174.37	2,930	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,505	162.00	2,438	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,216	153.26	1,864	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	129.76	1,365	12

Every lot

65 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,218	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,332	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,337	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,860	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	490	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,936	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,951	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	512	400.54/cwt	395.00–401.00	2,051	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	532	335.46/cwt	331.00–350.00	1,785	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	553	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,107	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	345.73/cwt	342.50–347.50	2,043	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,859	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	625	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,844	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	323.15/cwt	315.00–326.00	2,033	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,022	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	723	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,169	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,262	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	780	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,872	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	814	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	2,357	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	881	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,185	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,313	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	288	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,152	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,304	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,114	2
Heifers	350–400	Small 1-2	355	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,065	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,414	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	377	353.92/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,334	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	434	305.94/cwt	302.50–314.00	1,328	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	460	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,509	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	354.15/cwt	353.00–357.50	1,679	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	501	348.74/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,747	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	505	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,566	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	326.24/cwt	326.00–330.00	1,778	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	327.39/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,866	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	276.39/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,761	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	269.44/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,808	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	255.00/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,785	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	828	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,987	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,934	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	863	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,166	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	358	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,307	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	387.49/cwt	381.00–390.00	1,600	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	448	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,523	3
Bulls	400–450	Small 1-2	448	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,254	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	452	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,727	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,909	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	518	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,735	2
Bulls	550–600	Small 1-2	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,043	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	586	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,773	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,945	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	745	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,881	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,062	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,485	150.82/cwt	140.00–165.00	2,240	2
Bulls	—	—	1,671	177.73/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,970	4
Bulls	—	—	2,110	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	4,389	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	975	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	115.78/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,187	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,074	144.00/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,547	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,437	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	164.13/cwt	161.00–168.00	1,929	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,224	152.20/cwt	148.00–158.00	1,863	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,729	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,505	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,438	1

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 May 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 362Last week 628Year ago 546

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 111Year ago 113

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	395.00	395.00
13	500–550	512	395.00–401.00	400.54
6	550–600	553	381.00	381.00
3	700–750	723	300.00	300.00
4	800–850	814	289.50	289.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	387.50	387.50
2	450–500	475	360.00	360.00
4	500–550	532	331.00–350.00	335.46
1	550–600	595	312.50	312.50
1	600–650	625	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	780	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	435.00	435.00
7	300–350	321	415.00	415.00
8	450–500	477	390.00	390.00
4	500–550	510	382.50	382.50
14	550–600	591	342.50–347.50	345.73
8	600–650	629	315.00–326.00	323.15
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
3	700–750	722	280.00	280.00
3	750–800	780	290.00	290.00
4	850–900	881	248.00	248.00
1	900–950	925	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	400.00	400.00
4	300–350	305	427.50	427.50
9	350–400	377	375.00	375.00
20	450–500	474	353.00–357.50	354.15
32	500–550	545	326.00–330.00	326.24
18	550–600	570	325.00–330.00	327.39
9	600–650	637	275.00–285.00	276.39
9	650–700	671	267.50–270.00	269.44
8	700–750	700	250.00–260.00	255.00
2	800–850	828	240.00	240.00
3	850–900	850	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	460	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	332.50	332.50
5	350–400	377	350.00–360.00	353.92
10	400–450	434	302.50–314.00	305.94
1	500–550	505	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	501	345.00–350.00	348.74
2	850–900	863	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	413	381.00–390.00	387.49
11	450–500	452	382.00	382.00
17	500–550	516	370.00	370.00
9	550–600	569	359.00	359.00
6	650–700	657	296.00	296.00
2	750–800	778	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	550	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	365.00	365.00
3	400–450	448	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	518	335.00	335.00
5	550–600	586	302.50	302.50
1	700–750	745	252.50	252.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,671	175.00–180.00	177.73
1	—	2,110	208.00	208.00
2	—	1,485	140.00–165.00	150.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	130.00	130.00
1	—	975	100.00	100.00
4	—	1,025	110.00–121.00	115.78
6	—	1,074	140.00–149.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,224	148.00–158.00	152.20
1	—	1,235	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,175	161.00–168.00	164.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	162.00	162.00

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.