Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2019-06-22

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Jun 22
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
475 head
218 vs last sale 693 475 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
22 vs last sale 130 108 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
47 vs last sale 118 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Bulls 2.00 lower. Steers 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Bulls steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, over 600 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.78/cwt on 188 head.
Average price
$116.78
188 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.87
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563117.45661176
Medium and Large 2-3528106.9256412thin
One grade step is worth $10.54/cwt here — about $97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale188 hd
116.78
TN average9 barns · 2,008 hd
118.65
−1.87
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,65086.561,42812
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40962.3087811
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12958.2165742
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02346.5247627

Every lot, as filed

63 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3563114.00/cwt114.00–114.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3528110.00/cwt110.00–110.005813
HeifersMedium and Large 2-366885.00/cwt85.00–85.005682
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3453108.00/cwt108.00–108.004892
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004681
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3395115.00/cwt115.00–115.004541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added562119.53/cwt115.50–121.0067227
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2449127.51/cwt127.00–128.0057337
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529118.00/cwt118.00–118.0062433
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625110.44/cwt110.00–112.0069032
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571115.87/cwt115.00–116.0066215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2774105.19/cwt105.00–107.5081413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2397139.29/cwt138.00–139.505537
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665105.00/cwt105.00–105.006985
HeifersMedium and Large 1-296576.00/cwt76.00–76.007332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-284590.00/cwt90.00–90.007612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-285092.00/cwt92.00–92.007821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345138.00/cwt138.00–138.004761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295131.00/cwt131.00–131.003861
BullsMedium and Large 2-3559108.00/cwt108.00–108.006047
BullsMedium and Large 2-3470120.96/cwt119.00–123.005692
BullsMedium and Large 2-3610106.00/cwt106.00–106.006471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2584122.13/cwt120.00–123.0071317
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445138.50/cwt138.50–138.5061612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518126.59/cwt123.00–127.0065610
BullsMedium and Large 1-2374144.50/cwt144.50–144.5054010
BullsMedium and Large 1-2666118.00/cwt118.00–118.007869
BullsMedium and Large 1-2608127.00/cwt127.00–127.007725
BullsMedium and Large 1-2457131.42/cwt120.00–134.506015
BullsMedium and Large 1-2313149.00/cwt149.00–149.004665
BullsMedium and Large 1-275596.00/cwt96.00–96.007254
CowsLean 85-90%1,06948.70/cwt42.00–53.0052120
CowsLean 85-90%89140.31/cwt32.00–43.003597
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34660.07/cwt57.00–64.008097
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52066.21/cwt64.00–70.001,0064
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17159.12/cwt55.00–65.0069226
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03453.97/cwt53.00–55.0055812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14464.99/cwt64.00–66.007434
Bulls1,68983.16/cwt74.00–88.001,4057
Bulls1,65995.16/cwt94.00–97.001,5794
Bulls1,34076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,0181
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100848.64/cwt785.00–925.009,3352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100797.50/cwt745.00–850.008,7732
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900975.00/cwt975.00–975.008,7751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,155885.00/cwt885.00–885.0010,2221
SteersMedium and Large 2-3434126.00/cwt126.00–126.005477
SteersMedium and Large 2-3578117.33/cwt111.00–121.006783
SteersMedium and Large 2-3515110.00/cwt110.00–110.005672
SteersMedium and Large 2-3343138.00/cwt138.00–138.004732
SteersMedium and Large 2-3640105.00/cwt105.00–105.006721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added697131.75/cwt131.75–131.7591819
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added583134.23/cwt133.50–135.0078310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added535135.00/cwt135.00–135.007224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008263
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577132.36/cwt127.00–135.0076421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516134.16/cwt127.00–138.0069217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2770120.10/cwt116.00–123.0092512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2659131.07/cwt120.00–134.0086412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435144.50/cwt144.50–144.506297
SteersMedium and Large 1-2633124.97/cwt123.00–127.007916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2457141.00/cwt141.00–141.006443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2845110.00/cwt110.00–110.009301
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720115.00/cwt115.00–115.008281

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.