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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jun 7

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

← May 31Jun 7Jun 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

452 head

▼ 240 vs last sale 692▼ 286 vs year ago 738 · −38.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

62 head

▼ 114 vs last sale 176▼ 118 vs year ago 180 · −65.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers mostly steady; Feeder Heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 10.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady 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 $310.57/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −50.58 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$310.57

88 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$35.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.16

vs TN average

−27.67 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	317.04	1,753	72
Medium and Large 2-3	561	281.47	1,580	16thin

One grade step is worth $35.57/cwt here — about $174 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale88 hd

310.57

—

TN average14 barns · 921 hd

322.73

−12.16

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−27.67

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−50.58

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	1,794	191.52	3,436	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,268	156.46	1,984	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,471	155.25	2,283	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	993	146.97	1,459	11

Every lot

60 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	246	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,199	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	415.00/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,349	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	430	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,537	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,735	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	465	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,697	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	479	278.41/cwt	252.50–330.00	1,334	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	514	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,671	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	379.79/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,964	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	520	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,872	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	373.10/cwt	364.00–375.00	2,093	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	563	290.17/cwt	252.50–327.50	1,634	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	587	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,049	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,096	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	665	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,062	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	285.53/cwt	284.50–290.00	2,093	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,226	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	968	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,323	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,251	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	357	331.71/cwt	300.00–355.00	1,184	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,417	8
Heifers	400–450	Small 1-2	410	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,066	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	334.74/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,573	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	536	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,806	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	536	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	1,670	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	327.14/cwt	327.00–329.00	1,763	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	544	279.87/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,522	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	569	282.20/cwt	260.00–289.50	1,606	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,784	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	587	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,767	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,772	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	691	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,797	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	234.77/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,726	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	225.58/cwt	217.50–231.00	1,884	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,520	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	388	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,498	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	438	332.96/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,458	11
Bulls	400–450	Small 1-2	440	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,386	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	472	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,711	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,259	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	512	290.23/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,486	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,961	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	567	236.43/cwt	225.00–242.50	1,341	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,878	17
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	614	249.77/cwt	240.00–285.00	1,534	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	285.92/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,916	12
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	713	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,622	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,914	14
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	757	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,855	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	830	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,805	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,538	172.63/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,655	2
Bulls	—	—	1,779	189.85/cwt	184.00–195.00	3,377	4
Bulls	—	—	2,080	213.75/cwt	212.50–215.00	4,446	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	865	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,081	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	998	152.46/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,522	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,407	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	144.93/cwt	135.00–151.00	1,778	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	171.34/cwt	169.00–175.00	2,155	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,297	159.74/cwt	154.00–165.00	2,072	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,437	158.09/cwt	155.00–166.00	2,272	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	150.27/cwt	150.00–151.00	2,299	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 Jun 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 452Last week 692Year ago 738

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 176Year ago 180

Compared to last week Feeder Steers mostly steady; Feeder Heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 10.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady on a light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	246	487.50	487.50
2	300–350	325	405.00–425.00	415.00
5	450–500	459	378.00	378.00
24	500–550	517	375.00–380.00	379.79
6	550–600	561	364.00–375.00	373.10
30	650–700	653	321.00	321.00
11	700–750	733	284.50–290.00	285.53
1	800–850	840	265.00	265.00
3	950–1000	968	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	357.50	357.50
3	450–500	479	252.50–330.00	278.41
4	500–550	514	325.00	325.00
2	550–600	563	252.50–327.50	290.17
1	650–700	665	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	365.00	365.00
2	500–550	520	360.00	360.00
17	550–600	587	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	410.00	410.00
8	350–400	383	370.00	370.00
33	450–500	470	330.00–337.50	334.74
28	500–550	539	327.00–329.00	327.14
5	550–600	570	313.00	313.00
6	600–650	648	273.50	273.50
9	700–750	735	234.00–240.00	234.77
5	800–850	835	217.50–231.00	225.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	357	300.00–355.00	331.71
5	500–550	544	275.00–300.00	279.87
11	550–600	569	260.00–289.50	282.20
5	650–700	691	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	536	311.50	311.50
19	550–600	587	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	536	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	401.00	401.00
13	500–550	533	368.00	368.00
17	550–600	576	326.00	326.00
12	650–700	670	285.00–286.00	285.92
14	700–750	736	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	472	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	386.00	386.00
11	400–450	438	320.00–350.00	332.96
1	450–500	475	265.00	265.00
5	500–550	512	275.00–300.00	290.23
3	550–600	567	225.00–242.50	236.43
9	600–650	614	240.00–285.00	249.77
3	700–750	713	227.50	227.50
3	750–800	757	245.00	245.00
1	800–850	830	217.50	217.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	125.00	125.00
8	—	998	150.00–161.00	152.46
2	—	1,035	135.00–137.00	135.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,530	150.00–151.00	150.27
7	—	1,437	155.00–166.00	158.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,227	135.00–151.00	144.93
3	—	1,258	169.00–175.00	171.34
11	—	1,297	154.00–165.00	159.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,080	212.50–215.00	213.75
4	—	1,779	184.00–195.00	189.85
2	—	1,538	170.00–175.00	172.63

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.