Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends were quoted because last weeks holiday

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.60/cwt on 634 head.

Average price

$115.60

634 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$11.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.86

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	116.56	624	580
Medium and Large 2-3	489	105.19	515	54

One grade step is worth $11.37/cwt here — about $109 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 sale634 hd

115.60

—

TN average12 barns · 4,069 hd

117.46

−1.86

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	—	Low	1,637	72.05	1,180	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,476	50.31	743	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,225	48.81	598	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	33.71	353	30

Every lot, as filed

76 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	—	662	126.61/cwt	120.00–130.00	838	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	975	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	355	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,023	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	152.44/cwt	144.50–154.50	587	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	122.71/cwt	115.00–123.00	897	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	141.20/cwt	127.00–143.00	446	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	650	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	136.96/cwt	136.00–138.50	808	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	522	146.93/cwt	144.00–150.00	767	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	539	125.24/cwt	124.00–126.50	675	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	710	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	674	119.28/cwt	119.00–120.00	804	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	627	119.28/cwt	119.00–120.00	748	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	455	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	134.49/cwt	119.00–139.00	703	77
Bulls	—	—	1,717	65.03/cwt	64.00–66.00	1,117	3
Bulls	—	—	1,630	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,353	1
Bulls	—	—	1,614	73.06/cwt	69.00–80.00	1,179	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	110.43/cwt	107.00–111.00	563	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	42.30/cwt	40.00–45.00	508	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	60.64/cwt	58.00–62.00	658	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	141.76/cwt	128.50–144.00	645	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	716	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	106.87/cwt	103.00–108.50	655	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	249	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	326	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	38.34/cwt	30.00–50.00	426	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	952	26.76/cwt	21.00–32.00	255	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	50.80/cwt	48.00–57.00	756	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	583	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	48.92/cwt	43.00–56.00	608	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	113.21/cwt	112.50–113.50	607	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	125.84/cwt	120.00–128.00	477	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	727	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	95.79/cwt	93.00–100.00	850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	603	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	101.13/cwt	100.00–105.00	778	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	131.62/cwt	117.00–134.00	771	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	141.85/cwt	125.00–146.00	732	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	123.57/cwt	122.50–127.50	399	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	393	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	436	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	944	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,026	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	598	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	616	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	364	105.46/cwt	104.00–107.00	384	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	138.30/cwt	138.00–139.00	646	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	406	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	491	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	123.00/cwt	120.00–125.00	406	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	119.16/cwt	113.50–132.00	545	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	457	107.49/cwt	100.00–111.00	491	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	112.39/cwt	110.00–114.00	599	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	113.96/cwt	105.00–122.25	655	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	110.64/cwt	100.00–115.00	751	56
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	7,193	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,975	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,913	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	120.55/cwt	117.00–125.00	779	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	111.55/cwt	109.50–112.00	743	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	819	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	530	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	720	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	763	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	845	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	743	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	996	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	609	135.70/cwt	135.25–137.50	826	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	884	7

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 Dec 7, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,471Last week 1,037Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 178Last week 154Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 194Last week 163Year ago 0

No trends were quoted because last weeks holiday

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	662	120.00–130.00	126.61
17	—	768	127.00	127.00
7	—	263	135.00	135.00
6	—	882	116.00	116.00
33	—	385	144.50–154.50	152.44
27	—	731	115.00–123.00	122.71
18	—	316	127.00–143.00	141.20
11	—	444	146.50	146.50
57	—	586	117.00–134.00	131.62
43	—	516	125.00–146.00	141.85
6	—	800	118.00	118.00
2	—	933	110.00	110.00
14	—	467	138.00–139.00	138.30
9	—	646	117.00–125.00	120.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	595	110.00	110.00
1	—	495	110.00	110.00
5	—	323	122.50–127.50	123.57
6	—	393	111.00	111.00
13	—	406	121.00	121.00
5	—	533	110.00–114.00	112.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	590	136.00–138.50	136.96
8	—	522	144.00–150.00	146.93
4	—	763	129.00	129.00
2	—	845	135.50	135.50
2	—	743	134.00	134.00
25	—	609	135.25–137.50	135.70
7	—	670	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	539	124.00–126.50	125.24
9	—	568	125.00	125.00
7	—	674	119.00–120.00	119.28
25	—	627	119.00–120.00	119.28
3	—	455	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	249	131.00	131.00
55	—	536	112.50–113.50	113.21
52	—	379	120.00–128.00	125.84
21	—	649	112.00	112.00
5	—	887	93.00–100.00	95.79
5	—	743	100.00	100.00
31	—	769	100.00–105.00	101.13
28	—	330	120.00–125.00	123.00
159	—	457	113.50–132.00	119.16
2	—	445	124.00	124.00
97	—	575	105.00–122.25	113.96
56	—	679	100.00–115.00	110.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	100.00	100.00
3	—	603	104.00	104.00
11	—	598	103.00	103.00
11	—	364	104.00–107.00	105.46
25	—	457	100.00–111.00	107.49
2	—	795	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	105.00	105.00
29	—	510	107.00–111.00	110.43
21	—	613	103.00–108.50	106.87
1	—	760	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	523	119.00–139.00	134.49
63	—	455	128.50–144.00	141.76
40	—	594	120.50	120.50
38	—	666	109.50–112.00	111.55
11	—	776	105.50	105.50
10	—	353	150.00	150.00
5	—	900	80.00	80.00
3	—	602	111.00	111.00
1	—	745	105.00	105.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,717	64.00–66.00	65.03
1	—	1,630	83.00	83.00
10	—	1,614	69.00–80.00	73.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,200	40.00–45.00	42.30
3	—	1,085	58.00–62.00	60.64
34	—	1,242	43.00–56.00	48.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,110	30.00–50.00	38.34
12	—	952	21.00–32.00	26.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,488	48.00–57.00	50.80
1	—	1,325	44.00	44.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,050	685.00	685.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,150	775.00	775.00

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Smith County Commission Co. - Carthage, TN

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