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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jun 28

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

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Feeder Cattle receipts

258 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 272▼ 194 vs year ago 452 · −42.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

49 head

▼ 41 vs last sale 90▼ 112 vs year ago 161 · −69.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 2.00 to 4.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher; Feeder Bulls mostly steady; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 higher. No sale next week in observance of Independance Day.

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 $310.37/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −50.78 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$310.37

43 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$25.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.14

vs TN average

−25.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	316.27	1,754	33
Medium and Large 2-3	558	290.89	1,624	10thin

One grade step is worth $25.38/cwt here — about $129 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 sale43 hd

310.37

—

TN average11 barns · 352 hd

314.51

−4.14

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

−25.54

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

−50.78

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	1,805	189.61	3,423	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,276	166.29	2,122	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,441	165.62	2,387	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,106	145.97	1,614	11

Every lot

55 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	235	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,046	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,140	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	320	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,216	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	397.39/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,311	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	443	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,564	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,610	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,745	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	529	313.32/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,657	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,875	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,941	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	651	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,305	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	660	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,914	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,170	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,132	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 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	288	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,022	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,268	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	434	302.20/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,312	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,491	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	471	307.44/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,448	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,726	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	532	291.49/cwt	285.00–304.00	1,551	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,774	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	598	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,734	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	621	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,894	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	675	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,755	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,892	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	750	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,650	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,958	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	390.89/cwt	390.00–391.00	1,454	18
Bulls	350–400	Small 1-2	390	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,190	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,492	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	469	313.77/cwt	280.00–342.50	1,472	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	505	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,545	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,693	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	587	279.41/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,640	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,921	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,752	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	626	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,722	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,899	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	658	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,777	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,938	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,530	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,678	2
Bulls	—	—	1,845	210.79/cwt	200.00–220.00	3,889	2
Bulls	—	—	1,899	186.99/cwt	185.00–190.00	3,551	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	140.22/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,423	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	155.04/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,718	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,140	152.84/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,742	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,222	173.66/cwt	173.00–175.00	2,122	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,235	127.37/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,573	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,312	166.69/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,187	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,385	170.83/cwt	167.00–174.00	2,366	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,610	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,415	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 Jun 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 258Last week 272Year ago 452

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 90Year ago 161

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	288	355.00	355.00
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
5	400–450	434	290.00–305.00	302.20
6	450–500	471	305.00–310.00	307.44
6	500–550	532	285.00–304.00	291.49
4	550–600	598	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	675	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	750	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	621	305.00	305.00

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
12	350–400	373	340.00	340.00
24	450–500	466	320.00	320.00
15	500–550	531	325.00	325.00
18	550–600	574	309.00	309.00
2	650–700	688	275.00	275.00
2	750–800	768	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	445.00	445.00
1	250–300	285	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	330	395.00–400.00	397.39
7	400–450	446	361.00	361.00
4	500–550	521	335.00	335.00
4	550–600	586	320.00	320.00
7	600–650	626	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	735	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	443	353.00	353.00
1	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	529	300.00–320.00	313.32
1	650–700	660	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	651	354.00	354.00
1	700–750	700	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	372	390.00–391.00	390.89
2	400–450	418	357.00	357.00
5	500–550	521	325.00	325.00
8	550–600	591	325.00	325.00
8	600–650	600	292.00	292.00
8	650–700	657	289.00	289.00
2	750–800	775	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	469	280.00–342.50	313.77
3	500–550	505	306.00	306.00
5	550–600	587	277.00–280.00	279.41
4	600–650	626	275.00	275.00
4	650–700	658	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	151.00–155.00	152.84
12	—	1,312	161.00–169.00	166.69
3	—	1,222	173.00–175.00	173.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	125.00–130.00	127.37
3	—	1,015	135.00–146.00	140.22
6	—	1,108	150.00–161.00	155.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	167.00–174.00	170.83
1	—	1,610	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,899	185.00–190.00	186.99
2	—	1,530	175.00	175.00
2	—	1,845	200.00–220.00	210.79

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.