Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data; however all classes of Feeders traded slightly higher; Slaughter Cows and Bulls traded mostly steady to slightly higher with good quality and steady demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $355.96/cwt on 26 head, down $6.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −47.29 against this barn's trailing median of $403.25.

Average price

$355.96

▼ 6.94 vs prior sale

26 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$661

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

$119.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.12

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	369.00	2,049	20
Medium and Large 2-3	573	325.00	1,862	5thin
Small 1-2	555	250.00	1,388	1thin

One grade step is worth $119.00/cwt here — about $661 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $474.79, low $327.80, median $403.25 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 sale26 hd

355.96

—

TN average15 barns · 224 hd

352.84

+3.12

This barn, trailing median29 sales

403.25

−47.29

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	1,892	217.50	4,115	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,397	184.65	2,580	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,264	184.06	2,326	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,068	171.67	1,833	2thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	461	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,694	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,862	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,171	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,010	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,037	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	352.15/cwt	342.50–357.50	2,190	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,289	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,292	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	365.07/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,092	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	380.16/cwt	335.00–417.50	1,783	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	422.02/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,173	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	445.19/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,132	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,049	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,345	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,010	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,929	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	366.62/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,679	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,159	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	603	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	306.62/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,005	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,047	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,073	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	330.54/cwt	326.00–332.50	2,208	10
Bulls	Small 1-2	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	480.23/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,844	4
Bulls	—	—	1,892	217.50/cwt	205.00–225.00	4,115	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	182.50/cwt	179.00–186.00	2,278	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	197.19/cwt	195.00–202.00	2,692	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	167.94/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,953	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	181.98/cwt	177.00–185.00	2,480	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	191.38/cwt	190.00–194.00	2,756	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,539	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	171.67/cwt	166.00–176.00	1,833	2

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 Aug 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 200Last week 331Year ago 826

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 36Year ago 108

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	461	367.50	367.50
5	550–600	573	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	640	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	450.00–490.00	480.23
1	400–450	420	455.00	455.00
9	450–500	471	432.50	432.50
8	500–550	536	375.00	375.00
12	550–600	568	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	625	327.50	327.50
10	650–700	668	326.00–332.50	330.54
4	750–800	771	280.00	280.00
2	800–850	843	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	555	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	479	435.00–450.00	445.19
13	500–550	515	415.00–425.00	422.02
12	550–600	593	386.00	386.00
10	600–650	622	342.50–357.50	352.15
1	700–750	745	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	584	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	395	435.00	435.00
6	450–500	469	335.00–417.50	380.16
2	550–600	573	360.00–370.00	365.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	458	350.00–372.50	366.62
5	500–550	532	362.50	362.50
9	550–600	594	337.50	337.50
2	650–700	683	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	718	280.00	280.00
3	800–850	845	277.50	277.50
1	950–1000	990	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	575	305.00–310.00	306.62
3	600–650	603	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,892	205.00–225.00	217.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,248	179.00–186.00	182.50
4	—	1,365	195.00–202.00	197.19
2	—	1,163	160.00–175.00	167.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,363	177.00–185.00	181.98
6	—	1,440	190.00–194.00	191.38
1	—	1,485	171.00	171.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	166.00–176.00	171.67

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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