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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Apr 18

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

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Feeder Cattle receipts

476 head

▼ 314 vs last sale 790▲ 63 vs year ago 413 · +15.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

101 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 92▼ 24 vs year ago 125 · −19.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 550# no trends due to light test of comparable data, over 550# mostly steady; Feeder Heifers 7.00 to 10.00 lower; Feeder Bulls10.00 to 12.00 lower; Fair quality with moderate demand; Slaughter Cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 6.00 to 8.00 higher due to good quality and very strong 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 $403.70/cwt on 50 head, down $10.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 32 comparable sales and sits +42.55 against this barn's trailing median of $361.15.

Average price

$403.70

▼ 10.13 vs prior sale

50 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,284

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$28.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.40

vs TN average

−23.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	407.17	2,302	44
Medium and Large 2-3	569	378.26	2,152	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.91/cwt here — about $150 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 sale50 hd

403.70

—

TN average17 barns · 869 hd

414.10

−10.40

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

−23.69

This barn, trailing median32 sales

361.15

+42.55

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	1,713	218.07	3,736	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,412	188.86	2,667	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,224	186.93	2,288	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,023	160.11	1,637	18

Every lot

67 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	260	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,664	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,940	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	331	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,821	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	355	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,633	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	403	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,065	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	410	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,989	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	518.81/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,392	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	461.30/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,214	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	499.98/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,630	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	543	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,824	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,166	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	466.29/cwt	462.00–482.50	2,686	14
Steers	600–650	Small 1-2	618	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,256	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	629	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,755	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	415.03/cwt	412.50–417.50	2,640	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	665	422.48/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,809	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	402.54/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,685	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	705	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,820	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	338.12/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,600	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	800	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,280	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	813	331.02/cwt	330.00–333.00	2,691	6
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,955	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	245	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,372	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	300	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,665	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	330	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,584	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,915	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	393	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,592	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	438	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,982	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,035	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,121	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	472	431.81/cwt	420.00–437.50	2,038	12
Heifers	450–500	Small 1-2	480	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,800	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,287	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	569	378.26/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,152	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	396.98/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,306	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	363.24/cwt	352.00–366.00	2,321	47
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	350.83/cwt	347.50–355.00	2,368	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	748	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,525	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	758	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,638	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,506	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	388	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,727	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	522.57/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,033	18
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,150	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	451	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,210	20
Bulls	500–550	Small 1-2	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	431.54/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,222	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,493	19
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,474	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	582	375.14/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,183	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,556	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	383.69/cwt	378.00–388.00	2,505	14
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	655	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,325	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,463	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	853	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,559	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,330	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,668	193.49/cwt	192.00–195.00	3,227	2
Bulls	—	—	1,714	234.63/cwt	229.00–245.00	4,022	4
Bulls	—	—	1,728	215.22/cwt	212.00–221.00	3,719	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	137.11/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,371	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,011	157.37/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,591	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,057	175.33/cwt	167.00–182.00	1,853	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,093	169.54/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,853	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,224	201.87/cwt	195.00–211.00	2,471	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	185.43/cwt	180.00–193.00	2,342	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,285	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,223	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	186.61/cwt	180.00–192.00	2,650	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,428	201.65/cwt	198.00–208.00	2,880	3

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 Apr 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 476Last week 790Year ago 413

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 92Year ago 125

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	245	560.00	560.00
6	300–350	300	555.00	555.00
18	350–400	383	500.00	500.00
3	400–450	440	462.50	462.50
20	450–500	461	460.00	460.00
16	500–550	538	425.00	425.00
28	550–600	581	395.00–400.00	396.98
47	600–650	639	352.00–366.00	363.24
9	650–700	675	347.50–355.00	350.83
2	700–750	748	337.50	337.50
1	800–850	815	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	480.00	480.00
2	350–400	393	405.00	405.00
4	400–450	438	452.50	452.50
12	450–500	472	420.00–437.50	431.81
6	550–600	569	365.00–385.00	378.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	758	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	543	520.00	520.00
4	600–650	629	438.00	438.00
8	650–700	665	420.00–425.00	422.48
5	700–750	705	400.00	400.00
6	800–850	813	330.00–333.00	331.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	618	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	550.00	550.00
1	350–400	355	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	410	485.00	485.00
5	450–500	480	440.00–475.00	461.30
1	550–600	570	380.00	380.00
3	800–850	800	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	640.00	640.00
6	300–350	318	610.00	610.00
2	400–450	403	512.50	512.50
13	450–500	461	515.00–520.00	518.81
20	500–550	526	490.00–505.00	499.98
14	550–600	576	462.00–482.50	466.29
17	600–650	636	412.50–417.50	415.03
8	650–700	667	400.00–405.00	402.54
4	750–800	769	337.50–340.00	338.12
1	1000–1050	1,005	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	389	510.00–525.00	522.57
1	400–450	430	500.00	500.00
20	450–500	451	490.00	490.00
19	500–550	539	462.50	462.50
16	550–600	582	425.00	425.00
5	600–650	619	413.00	413.00
14	650–700	653	378.00–388.00	383.69
2	700–750	718	343.00	343.00
2	850–900	853	300.00	300.00
2	900–950	905	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	445.00	445.00
6	500–550	515	415.00–440.00	431.54
3	550–600	582	365.00–380.00	375.14
1	650–700	655	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,714	229.00–245.00	234.63
2	—	1,668	192.00–195.00	193.49
6	—	1,728	212.00–221.00	215.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,420	180.00–192.00	186.61
3	—	1,428	198.00–208.00	201.65
1	—	1,285	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,263	180.00–193.00	185.43
6	—	1,093	160.00–175.00	169.54
9	—	1,224	195.00–211.00	201.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	130.00–144.00	137.11
11	—	1,011	150.00–165.00	157.37
5	—	1,057	167.00–182.00	175.33

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.