Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $322.76/cwt on 25 head, down $49.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −58.75 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$322.76

▼ 49.15 vs prior sale

25 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$369

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

$76.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−50.30

vs TN average

−43.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	353.17	1,959	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	574	277.15	1,590	10thin

One grade step is worth $76.02/cwt here — about $369 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

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 sale25 hd

322.76

—

TN average16 barns · 690 hd

373.06

−50.30

National average162 barns · 7,051 hd

366.69

−43.93

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−58.75

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	1,478	217.50	3,215	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,344	167.64	2,253	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,460	159.68	2,331	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,110	134.28	1,491	2thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	645	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,006	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	840	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	400–450	400	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	315.10/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,623	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	500–550	518	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,240	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,297	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	329.88/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,398	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,325	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,993	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	448	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	609	331.24/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,017	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	772	278.78/cwt	260.00–290.00	2,152	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,911	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,128	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,621	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	589	267.36/cwt	257.50–310.00	1,575	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	134.28/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,491	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	166.56/cwt	165.00–168.00	2,495	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	159.83/cwt	157.00–163.00	2,362	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	170.13/cwt	166.00–174.00	2,271	2
Bulls	—	—	1,478	217.50/cwt	215.00–220.00	3,215	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	152.64/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,142	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	155.32/cwt	152.00–159.00	2,156	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	177.47/cwt	176.00–179.00	2,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,614	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,575	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,825	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	377.00/cwt	350.00–382.50	1,651	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,077	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	324.17/cwt	322.50–327.50	1,893	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	933	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,542	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,794	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,998	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,808	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	627	278.19/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,744	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	205	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,076	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	321.59/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,495	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	708	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,859	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	282.39/cwt	280.00–283.00	2,076	5

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 15, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 231Last week 293Year ago 542

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 48Year ago 74

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	350.00–382.50	377.00
4	500–550	515	305.00–325.00	315.10
2	550–600	575	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	645	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	680	295.00	295.00
1	800–850	840	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	325.00	325.00
2	500–550	518	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	389	405.00	405.00
12	450–500	452	400.00	400.00
11	500–550	520	345.00	345.00
7	550–600	566	322.50	322.50
6	600–650	649	320.00	320.00
5	700–750	740	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	468	420.00	420.00
8	500–550	532	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	568	352.50	352.50
8	600–650	640	350.00	350.00
17	650–700	672	346.00	346.00
5	700–750	727	325.00–350.00	329.88
2	800–850	803	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	480	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	540	350.00	350.00
4	600–650	609	330.00–335.00	331.24
3	650–700	670	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	735	312.50	312.50
8	750–800	772	260.00–290.00	278.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	525.00	525.00
3	350–400	380	385.00	385.00
9	400–450	441	367.50	367.50
9	500–550	535	372.50	372.50
6	550–600	584	322.50–327.50	324.17
8	600–650	637	300.00	300.00
5	700–750	735	280.00–283.00	282.39
4	900–950	933	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	465	300.00–330.00	321.59
3	500–550	538	300.00	300.00
7	550–600	589	257.50–310.00	267.36
3	600–650	627	275.00–285.00	278.19
2	700–750	708	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	130.00–140.00	134.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,498	165.00–168.00	166.56
2	—	1,478	157.00–163.00	159.83
2	—	1,403	150.00–155.00	152.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	166.00–174.00	170.13
2	—	1,388	152.00–159.00	155.32
2	—	1,308	176.00–179.00	177.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,478	215.00–220.00	217.50

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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