Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale last week in observance or Memorial Day. Feeder Cattle quality fair with moderate demand. Slaughter Cattle quality good with steady demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $356.29/cwt on 62 head, down $35.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 29 comparable sales and sits −25.22 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$356.29

▼ 35.41 vs prior sale

62 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,015

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$55.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.82

vs TN average

−51.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	380.38	2,142	35
Medium and Large 2-3	569	325.07	1,849	27

One grade step is worth $55.31/cwt here — about $293 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.39, low $322.76, median $381.51 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale62 hd

356.29

—

TN average11 barns · 297 hd

387.11

−30.82

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

−51.15

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−25.22

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,673	203.49	3,403	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,455	183.74	2,673	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,229	171.91	2,113	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,043	149.26	1,557	21

Every lot, as filed

73 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	454.60/cwt	440.00–466.00	2,368	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,327	3
Steers	Small 1-2	400–450	445	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,802	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	255	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,466	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	316.54/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,836	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,291	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	233	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,188	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,109	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	319.86/cwt	310.00–322.50	2,108	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,644	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	404.01/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,507	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	425	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,955	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	637	312.94/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,993	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,173	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	311.24/cwt	310.00–312.50	2,873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	429.65/cwt	425.00–432.50	2,496	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	582	392.57/cwt	382.50–395.00	2,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	811	341.54/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,770	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	368	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	484	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,057	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	379.05/cwt	330.00–387.00	2,388	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	424	427.17/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,811	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	545	475.35/cwt	475.00–477.50	2,591	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,250	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,287	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	671	333.70/cwt	330.00–337.50	2,239	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	581	351.26/cwt	347.50–352.50	2,041	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	454	417.85/cwt	405.00–427.50	1,897	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	396	417.50/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,653	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	134.89/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,366	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	164.18/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,799	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	151.68/cwt	144.00–158.00	1,577	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	171.03/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,608	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	181.47/cwt	177.00–185.00	2,561	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	162.18/cwt	150.00–172.00	1,953	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	196.96/cwt	192.00–203.00	2,549	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	179.78/cwt	175.00–186.00	2,247	12
Bulls	—	—	1,623	204.77/cwt	200.00–215.00	3,323	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	197.23/cwt	190.00–205.00	2,915	4
Bulls	—	—	1,541	185.96/cwt	170.00–192.00	2,866	9
Bulls	—	—	1,884	224.94/cwt	220.00–240.00	4,238	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,121	18
Bulls	Small 1-2	400–450	412	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	1,833	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	500–550	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,335	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,442	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,425	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,409	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,146	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	333.90/cwt	325.00–342.50	2,047	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,255	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	432.90/cwt	427.50–437.50	2,221	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	706	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,400	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	354.91/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,881	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	323	394.38/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium 2-3	650–700	656	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,968	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	367.67/cwt	365.00–368.00	2,144	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,449	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	427.24/cwt	426.00–435.00	1,961	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	401.17/cwt	400.00–402.50	2,110	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,198	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,648	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	459	365.57/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,678	19

How this sale compares

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 May 30, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 540Last week 443Year ago 692

Slaughter CattleReceipts 112Last week 75Year ago 176

No trends could be established due to no sale last week in observance or Memorial Day. Feeder Cattle quality fair with moderate demand. Slaughter Cattle quality good with steady demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	437	482.50	482.50
17	450–500	455	477.50	477.50
16	500–550	521	440.00–466.00	454.60
21	550–600	581	425.00–432.50	429.65
11	650–700	661	400.00	400.00
1	700–750	725	340.00	340.00
2	750–800	770	355.00	355.00
1	800–850	800	327.50	327.50
2	900–950	923	310.00–312.50	311.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	575.00	575.00
5	350–400	368	452.50	452.50
7	400–450	424	420.00–470.00	427.17
6	450–500	484	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	505	370.00	370.00
5	550–600	582	382.50–395.00	392.57
9	600–650	630	330.00–387.00	379.05
3	650–700	660	352.50	352.50
4	700–750	710	320.00	320.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	545	475.00–477.50	475.35
2	600–650	635	415.00	415.00
8	650–700	654	417.50	417.50
8	800–850	811	340.00–342.50	341.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	380.00–425.00	394.38
10	350–400	373	400.00–405.00	404.01
1	400–450	400	437.50	437.50
19	450–500	459	340.00–390.00	365.57
6	500–550	530	325.00–370.00	354.91
21	550–600	580	300.00–340.00	316.54
5	600–650	637	310.00–317.50	312.94
1	700–750	740	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	770	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	233	510.00	510.00
1	250–300	280	520.00	520.00
4	300–350	320	515.00	515.00
22	450–500	459	426.00–435.00	427.24
13	500–550	526	400.00–402.50	401.17
18	550–600	583	365.00–368.00	367.67
15	650–700	659	310.00–322.50	319.86
9	700–750	749	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	460.00	460.00
4	550–600	594	370.00	370.00
4	700–750	706	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	656	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	494.00	494.00
18	450–500	460	461.00	461.00
17	500–550	513	427.50–437.50	432.90
23	550–600	582	387.50	387.50
6	600–650	600	375.00	375.00
13	650–700	667	350.00	350.00
5	700–750	708	342.50	342.50
3	750–800	777	310.00	310.00
5	800–850	842	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	396	400.00–435.00	417.50
7	450–500	454	405.00–427.50	417.85
2	500–550	538	425.00	425.00
8	550–600	581	347.50–352.50	351.26
5	600–650	613	325.00–342.50	333.90
10	650–700	671	330.00–337.50	333.70
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	545	345.00	345.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,013	125.00–140.00	134.89
4	—	1,096	160.00–167.00	164.18
11	—	1,040	144.00–158.00	151.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,525	170.00–173.00	171.03
7	—	1,411	177.00–185.00	181.47
4	—	1,478	190.00–205.00	197.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,204	150.00–172.00	162.18
4	—	1,294	192.00–203.00	196.96
12	—	1,250	175.00–186.00	179.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,623	200.00–215.00	204.77
9	—	1,541	170.00–192.00	185.96
7	—	1,884	220.00–240.00	224.94

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.

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