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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, May 31

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← May 17May 31Jun 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

692 head

▲ 165 vs last sale 527▲ 183 vs year ago 509 · +36.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

176 head

▲ 47 vs last sale 129▲ 69 vs year ago 107 · +64.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale last week.

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 $317.16/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −44.00 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$317.16

91 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$41.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.77

vs TN average

−15.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	562	323.96	1,821	76
Medium and Large 2-3	582	282.72	1,645	15thin

One grade step is worth $41.24/cwt here — about $176 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 sale91 hd

317.16

—

TN average11 barns · 321 hd

315.39

+1.77

National average127 barns · 6,029 hd

332.69

−15.53

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−44.00

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	1,700	184.10	3,130	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,223	159.25	1,948	67
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,428	155.33	2,218	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,032	129.87	1,340	45

Every lot

78 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	253	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,101	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	314	437.61/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,374	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,374	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,751	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,832	4
Steers	450–500	Small 1-2	485	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,358	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	523	343.10/cwt	333.00–357.50	1,794	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	373.98/cwt	371.00–377.00	1,967	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	583	321.94/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,877	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	356.60/cwt	351.00–362.00	2,083	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	620	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,139	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	627	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,975	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	328.60/cwt	320.00–329.75	2,100	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	323.79/cwt	322.00–328.00	2,163	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,100	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	713	226.76/cwt	222.50–231.00	1,617	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	735	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,359	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	283.77/cwt	275.00–286.00	2,137	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	775	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,054	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	833	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,245	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	254.00/cwt	253.00–255.00	2,146	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	913	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,182	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,305	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	225	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	979	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	300	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,260	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	316	375.36/cwt	367.50–380.00	1,186	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	363	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,452	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	374	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,412	14
Heifers	350–400	Small 1-2	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	436	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,557	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	340.34/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,501	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	448	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,445	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	334.56/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,549	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	529	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,788	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,736	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	582	282.72/cwt	250.00–298.00	1,645	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	315.27/cwt	311.00–327.00	1,838	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,830	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	260.93/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,738	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	705	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,833	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	732	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,720	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	780	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,755	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	830	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,868	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,966	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	362	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,493	13
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	372	384.78/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,431	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,626	5
Bulls	400–450	Small 1-2	446	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,249	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	380.10/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,767	39
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	468	344.13/cwt	341.00–350.00	1,611	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	522	320.55/cwt	312.00–325.00	1,673	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,937	30
Bulls	550–600	Small 1-2	567	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,573	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	585	295.24/cwt	265.00–317.50	1,727	21
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,990	27
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,599	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	1,938	23
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	667	260.24/cwt	248.00–275.00	1,736	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	722	250.55/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,809	11
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,039	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	790	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,936	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	815	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,813	4
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	903	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,896	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,413	163.25/cwt	150.00–175.00	2,307	5
Bulls	—	—	1,805	206.21/cwt	200.00–212.00	3,722	4
Bulls	—	—	1,903	187.27/cwt	180.00–195.00	3,564	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	992	116.75/cwt	105.00–126.00	1,158	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,053	152.56/cwt	149.00–157.00	1,606	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,062	137.74/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,463	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,199	160.74/cwt	154.00–171.00	1,927	39
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	145.27/cwt	134.00–153.00	1,743	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,359	178.63/cwt	175.00–186.00	2,428	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,385	147.69/cwt	142.00–150.00	2,046	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,449	159.15/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,306	6

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 31, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 692Last week 527Year ago 509

Slaughter CattleReceipts 176Last week 129Year ago 107

No trends could be established due to no sale last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	435.00	435.00
4	300–350	300	420.00	420.00
4	350–400	363	400.00	400.00
7	400–450	441	335.00–342.50	340.34
51	450–500	463	330.00–347.00	334.56
6	500–550	530	327.50	327.50
43	550–600	583	311.00–327.00	315.27
16	650–700	666	260.00–265.00	260.93
1	700–750	700	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	760	240.00	240.00
4	850–900	870	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	374	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	367.50–380.00	375.36
13	400–450	448	322.50	322.50
15	550–600	582	250.00–298.00	282.72
6	650–700	670	240.00	240.00
3	700–750	732	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	780	225.00	225.00
1	800–850	830	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	357.00	357.00
18	500–550	529	338.00	338.00
9	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
3	600–650	600	305.00	305.00
4	700–750	705	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	410.00	410.00
4	500–550	523	333.00–357.50	343.10
6	550–600	583	300.00–330.00	321.94
3	600–650	627	315.00	315.00
4	700–750	713	222.50–231.00	226.76
1	750–800	775	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	620	345.00	345.00
5	700–750	735	321.00	321.00
5	800–850	833	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	253	435.00	435.00
8	300–350	314	420.00–440.00	437.61
3	400–450	435	402.50	402.50
4	450–500	458	400.00	400.00
18	500–550	526	371.00–377.00	373.98
18	550–600	584	351.00–362.00	356.60
24	600–650	639	320.00–329.75	328.60
10	650–700	668	322.00–328.00	323.79
2	700–750	700	300.00	300.00
17	750–800	753	275.00–286.00	283.77
2	800–850	845	253.00–255.00	254.00
2	900–950	913	239.00	239.00
5	1000–1050	1,000	230.50	230.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	446	280.00	280.00
3	550–600	567	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	362	412.50	412.50
5	400–450	428	380.00	380.00
39	450–500	465	377.50–385.00	380.10
30	500–550	527	367.50	367.50
27	550–600	587	339.00	339.00
23	600–650	645	300.50	300.50
5	750–800	755	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	380.00–395.00	384.78
6	450–500	468	341.00–350.00	344.13
13	500–550	522	312.00–325.00	320.55
21	550–600	585	265.00–317.50	295.24
1	600–650	615	260.00	260.00
9	650–700	667	248.00–275.00	260.24
11	700–750	722	245.00–255.00	250.55
1	750–800	790	245.00	245.00
4	800–850	815	222.50	222.50
2	900–950	903	210.00	210.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	992	105.00–126.00	116.75
3	—	1,053	149.00–157.00	152.56
23	—	1,062	130.00–145.00	137.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	142.00–150.00	147.69
6	—	1,449	155.00–165.00	159.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,200	134.00–153.00	145.27
10	—	1,359	175.00–186.00	178.63
39	—	1,199	154.00–171.00	160.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,805	200.00–212.00	206.21
5	—	1,903	180.00–195.00	187.27
5	—	1,413	150.00–175.00	163.25

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.