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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, May 10

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← May 3May 10May 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

517 head

▲ 155 vs last sale 362▲ 123 vs year ago 394 · +31.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

152 head

▲ 112 vs last sale 40▲ 76 vs year ago 76 · +100.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00 to 6.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 6.00 lower; Slaughter Cows/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 $317.37/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −43.79 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$317.37

108 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,747

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$35.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.66

vs TN average

−15.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	326.81	1,792	79
Medium and Large 2-3	556	291.64	1,622	29

One grade step is worth $35.17/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale108 hd

317.37

—

TN average17 barns · 880 hd

321.03

−3.66

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−15.45

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−43.79

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	1,666	172.64	2,877	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,428	151.31	2,160	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,280	148.45	1,900	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,045	130.51	1,364	28

Every lot

66 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	330	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,122	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1-2	410	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,128	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	435	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,414	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,714	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,775	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	468	360.65/cwt	360.00–362.50	1,688	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	524	343.40/cwt	305.00–365.00	1,799	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	383.49/cwt	381.00–388.00	2,040	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	560	315.13/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,765	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	352.95/cwt	348.00–355.00	2,079	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	609	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,132	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,089	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	323.41/cwt	322.00–325.00	2,141	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	669	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,007	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,100	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	275.00/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,090	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,301	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	265	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,047	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	280	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	910	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,236	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	315	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	945	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	361.90/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,372	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	388	329.50/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,278	15
Heifers	400–450	Small 1-2	435	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,196	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	441	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,323	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	449	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,482	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	350.72/cwt	342.50–353.00	1,631	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	315.39/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,482	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	329.87/cwt	323.00–337.50	1,719	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	530	296.45/cwt	250.00–316.00	1,571	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	531	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,827	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	289.11/cwt	265.00–307.50	1,648	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	313.16/cwt	311.00–314.00	1,854	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	272.31/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,751	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	270.83/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,798	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	685	250.00/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,713	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	222.95/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,714	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,989	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	355	349.85/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,242	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,596	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,556	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	426	343.71/cwt	332.50–365.00	1,464	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	477	340.70/cwt	300.00–360.00	1,625	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	338.75/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,745	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,952	18
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	585	315.97/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,848	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	327.63/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,940	18
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	301.22/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,895	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,998	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,991	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,009	5
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	901	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,991	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,432	160.13/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,293	6
Bulls	—	—	1,774	176.91/cwt	170.00–182.00	3,138	10
Bulls	—	—	1,995	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	4,090	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	110.98/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,119	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	127.01/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,308	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,071	142.03/cwt	136.00–157.00	1,521	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	153.46/cwt	147.00–160.00	1,923	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	137.91/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,779	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,316	167.32/cwt	162.00–175.00	2,202	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,363	140.76/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,919	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,468	153.03/cwt	148.00–160.00	2,246	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,483	166.13/cwt	163.00–173.00	2,464	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,585	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,759	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 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 517Last week 362Year ago 394

Slaughter CattleReceipts 152Last week 40Year ago 76

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00 to 6.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 6.00 lower; Slaughter Cows/Bulls mostly steady.

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	330	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	435	325.00	325.00
8	450–500	468	360.00–362.50	360.65
12	500–550	524	305.00–365.00	343.40
3	550–600	560	310.00–325.00	315.13
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
4	650–700	669	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	382.50	382.50
6	450–500	458	387.50	387.50
14	500–550	532	381.00–388.00	383.49
17	550–600	589	348.00–355.00	352.95
6	600–650	633	330.00	330.00
17	650–700	662	322.00–325.00	323.41
1	700–750	700	300.00	300.00
2	750–800	760	270.00–280.00	275.00
1	850–900	885	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	609	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	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	265	395.00	395.00
4	300–350	315	392.50	392.50
13	350–400	379	355.00–367.50	361.90
19	450–500	465	342.50–353.00	350.72
35	500–550	521	323.00–337.50	329.87
28	550–600	592	311.00–314.00	313.16
20	600–650	643	270.00–275.00	272.31
9	650–700	664	267.50–275.00	270.83
7	750–800	769	220.00–227.00	222.95
1	900–950	925	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	531	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	449	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	325.00	325.00
1	300–350	315	300.00	300.00
15	350–400	388	300.00–340.00	329.50
6	400–450	441	300.00	300.00
12	450–500	470	310.00–321.00	315.39
10	500–550	530	250.00–316.00	296.45
19	550–600	570	265.00–307.50	289.11
3	650–700	685	240.00–255.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	394	405.00	405.00
1	400–450	415	375.00	375.00
18	500–550	517	377.50	377.50
18	550–600	592	327.50–330.00	327.63
12	600–650	629	298.00–310.00	301.22
7	650–700	689	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	740	269.00	269.00
5	750–800	758	265.00	265.00
7	900–950	901	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	340.00–370.00	349.85
12	400–450	426	332.50–365.00	343.71
3	450–500	477	300.00–360.00	340.70
7	500–550	515	310.00–345.00	338.75
9	550–600	585	300.00–318.00	315.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,995	205.00	205.00
10	—	1,774	170.00–182.00	176.91
6	—	1,432	155.00–165.00	160.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,071	136.00–157.00	142.03
7	—	1,030	125.00–131.00	127.01
7	—	1,008	100.00–120.00	110.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,363	135.00–146.00	140.76
5	—	1,483	163.00–173.00	166.13
6	—	1,468	148.00–160.00	153.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	111.00	111.00
27	—	1,253	147.00–160.00	153.46
20	—	1,290	130.00–145.00	137.91
6	—	1,316	162.00–175.00	167.32

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.