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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-07

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

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

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Feeder Cattle receipts

218 head

▼ 234 vs last sale 452▼ 79 vs year ago 297 · −26.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

47 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 118▼ 33 vs year ago 80 · −41.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Calves lightly tested and traded 5.00 to 20.00 lower; Slaughter Cows and Bulls also lightly tested being 6.00 to 8.00 lower.

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 $300.73/cwt on 28 head, down $24.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −59.52 against this barn's trailing median of $360.25.

Average price

$300.73

▼ 24.06 vs prior sale

28 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$30.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.93

vs TN average

−60.11 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	305.02	1,687	24
Medium and Large 2-3	538	275.00	1,478	4thin

One grade step is worth $30.02/cwt here — about $209 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 sale28 hd

300.73

—

TN average15 barns · 496 hd

327.66

−26.93

National average182 barns · 19,783 hd

360.84

−60.11

This barn, trailing median33 sales

360.25

−59.52

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

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.39, low $300.73, median $360.25 across 33 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	—	Low	1,753	161.69	2,835	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,405	124.52	1,749	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	123.23	1,528	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,128	113.47	1,280	4thin

Every lot

56 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	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	290	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,001	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	300	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,230	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,543	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	515	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,906	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,960	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	623	297.55/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,854	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	325.60/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,045	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,141	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	316.39/cwt	316.00–318.00	2,278	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	728	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,184	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,448	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	804	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,010	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,394	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	233	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	827	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	369	316.18/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,167	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	362.72/cwt	345.00–395.00	1,364	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	454	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,532	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	490	316.08/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,549	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	525	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,470	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	319.23/cwt	319.00–320.00	1,682	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	550	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,485	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	288.22/cwt	287.50–292.50	1,683	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	603	272.51/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,643	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	282.28/cwt	282.00–284.00	1,843	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	263.25/cwt	263.00–264.00	2,011	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,686	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	398	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,512	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,365	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,702	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,410	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	508	309.06/cwt	302.50–312.50	1,570	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,890	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,911	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1-2	605	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,513	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,722	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	654	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,946	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	685	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,993	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,164	7
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	858	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,952	8
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,949	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,590	146.73/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,333	3
Bulls	—	—	1,747	169.89/cwt	165.00–173.00	2,968	3
Bulls	—	—	2,260	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	4,113	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,273	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,395	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,158	105.43/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,221	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	134.06/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,622	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	122.10/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,505	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,308	110.92/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,451	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	124.99/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,700	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,442	113.27/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,633	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,517	134.21/cwt	132.00–138.00	2,036	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 Nov 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 218Last week 452Year ago 297

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 118Year ago 80

Compared to last week, Feeder Calves lightly tested and traded 5.00 to 20.00 lower; Slaughter Cows and Bulls also lightly tested being 6.00 to 8.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	420	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	470	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	508	302.50–312.50	309.06
1	550–600	560	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	615	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	685	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	392	430.00	430.00
11	400–450	448	380.00	380.00
6	500–550	525	360.00	360.00
4	550–600	554	345.00	345.00
9	650–700	654	297.50	297.50
7	750–800	784	276.00	276.00
8	850–900	858	227.50	227.50
3	900–950	928	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	410.00	410.00
5	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
6	550–600	556	352.50	352.50
4	600–650	628	325.00–327.50	325.60
4	650–700	669	320.00	320.00
5	700–750	720	316.00–318.00	316.39
1	750–800	765	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	840	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	510	302.50	302.50
1	550–600	560	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	623	285.00–310.00	297.55
3	700–750	728	300.00	300.00
3	800–850	804	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	355.00	355.00
8	350–400	376	345.00–395.00	362.72
9	450–500	454	337.50	337.50
13	500–550	527	319.00–320.00	319.23
11	550–600	584	287.50–292.50	288.22
14	650–700	653	282.00–284.00	282.28
4	750–800	764	263.00–264.00	263.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	369	300.00–325.00	316.18
1	400–450	440	285.00	285.00
5	450–500	490	310.00–317.50	316.08
2	500–550	525	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	550	270.00	270.00
2	600–650	603	270.00–275.00	272.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,590	140.00–150.00	146.73
1	—	2,260	182.00	182.00
3	—	1,747	165.00–173.00	169.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,442	110.00–115.00	113.27
10	—	1,360	120.00–130.00	124.99
3	—	1,517	132.00–138.00	134.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,233	119.00–124.00	122.10
3	—	1,210	130.00–139.00	134.06
2	—	1,308	110.00–112.00	110.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	119.00	119.00
1	—	1,125	124.00	124.00
2	—	1,158	105.00–106.00	105.43

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.