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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-28

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

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

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Feeder Cattle receipts

320 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 319▼ 230 vs year ago 550 · −41.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

80 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 74▼ 98 vs year ago 178 · −55.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 8.00 to 12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 15.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 lower with average quality and steady demand.

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 $416.39/cwt on 36 head, up $12.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 32 of 32 comparable sales and sits +55.24 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$416.39

▲ 12.66 vs prior sale

36 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,228

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$19.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.43

vs TN average

−8.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	536	419.04	2,244	31
Medium and Large 2-3	532	400.00	2,128	5thin

One grade step is worth $19.04/cwt here — about $116 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 sale36 hd

416.39

—

TN average14 barns · 635 hd

404.97

+11.43

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

−8.80

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

+55.24

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	1,514	188.58	2,856	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,443	180.28	2,601	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,187	172.88	2,052	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	994	149.89	1,490	12

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	280	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,134	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	300	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,500	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,050	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,369	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,374	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1-2	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	505	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,894	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	529	523.45/cwt	522.50–525.00	2,769	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,616	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,030	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,634	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	656	422.32/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,770	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	399.96/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,636	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,511	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	895	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,775	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,646	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	295	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,254	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	466.72/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,503	3
Heifers	300–350	Small 1-2	335	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,223	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,458	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,819	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	386	410.97/cwt	375.00–422.50	1,586	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	449	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,088	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,077	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	461	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,706	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	503	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,294	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	426.15/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,237	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	532	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,128	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	567	391.62/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,220	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,174	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,304	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,393	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	728	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,148	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,289	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,338	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	985	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,290	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Small 1-2	370	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,480	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	566.56/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,136	23
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	399	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,696	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	404	493.12/cwt	490.00–505.00	1,992	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,002	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,383	21
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,461	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	512	434.50/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,225	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	523	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,628	21
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,554	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	600	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,040	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	646	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,552	8
Bulls	650–700	Small 1-2	670	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,278	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,538	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	735	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,315	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,550	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	862	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,672	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,438	173.86/cwt	152.00–185.00	2,500	7
Bulls	—	—	1,506	194.13/cwt	187.00–201.00	2,924	7
Bulls	—	—	1,712	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	3,595	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	957	133.38/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,276	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	974	151.41/cwt	141.00–156.00	1,475	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	169.36/cwt	161.00–177.00	1,897	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,139	193.05/cwt	184.00–206.00	2,199	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,144	158.38/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,812	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,232	173.51/cwt	165.00–182.00	2,138	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,401	188.16/cwt	184.00–195.00	2,636	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,484	172.40/cwt	165.00–179.00	2,558	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 Mar 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 320Last week 319Year ago 550

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 74Year ago 178

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	425.00	425.00
1	300–350	345	422.50	422.50
4	350–400	386	375.00–422.50	410.97
5	450–500	461	370.00	370.00
5	500–550	532	400.00	400.00
2	700–750	728	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	450.00–475.00	466.72
15	350–400	379	480.00	480.00
25	400–450	449	462.50	462.50
9	500–550	525	425.00–435.00	426.15
9	550–600	572	380.00	380.00
6	600–650	640	360.00	360.00
6	650–700	679	352.50	352.50
2	800–850	840	272.50	272.50
1	900–950	935	250.00	250.00
2	950–1000	985	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	503	456.00	456.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	449	465.00	465.00
3	550–600	567	385.00–395.00	391.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	405.00	405.00
1	300–350	300	500.00	500.00
1	500–550	505	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	580	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	665	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	313	655.00	655.00
12	400–450	447	530.00	530.00
1	450–500	470	505.00	505.00
2	500–550	545	480.00	480.00
6	550–600	592	445.00	445.00
5	650–700	659	380.00–405.00	399.96
1	800–850	810	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	895	310.00	310.00
1	950–1000	980	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	529	522.50–525.00	523.45
13	650–700	656	420.00–425.00	422.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	377	530.00–570.00	566.56
5	400–450	404	490.00–505.00	493.12
21	450–500	465	512.50	512.50
1	500–550	510	482.50	482.50
7	550–600	594	430.00	430.00
8	600–650	646	395.00	395.00
1	700–750	725	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	750	340.00	340.00
3	850–900	862	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	400.00	400.00
1	650–700	670	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	523	502.50	502.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	399	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	440	455.00	455.00
5	500–550	512	420.00–450.00	434.50
1	550–600	565	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	600	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	735	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	161.00–177.00	169.36
7	—	974	141.00–156.00	151.41
3	—	957	130.00–136.00	133.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,401	184.00–195.00	188.16
6	—	1,484	165.00–179.00	172.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,139	184.00–206.00	193.05
9	—	1,144	150.00–163.00	158.38
15	—	1,232	165.00–182.00	173.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,506	187.00–201.00	194.13
7	—	1,438	152.00–185.00	173.86
3	—	1,712	210.00	210.00

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.