Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Steers and bulls 3.00 to 7.00 higher, instances 13.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs 10.00 to 13.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.24/cwt on 245 head.

Average price

$130.24

245 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$0.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.32

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	508	130.34	663	216
Medium and Large 2-3	426	129.49	551	29

One grade step is worth $0.85/cwt here — about $112 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 sale245 hd

130.24

—

TN average10 barns · 2,052 hd

127.92

+2.32

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	1,603	82.56	1,323	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,394	61.82	862	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	55.72	670	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	999	43.94	439	29

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1-2	—	660	121.95/cwt	116.00–124.50	805	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	813	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	887	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	738	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	845.97/cwt	775.00–975.00	8,739	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	12,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	132.07/cwt	115.00–150.00	568	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	321	163.14/cwt	159.00–164.00	524	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	602	117.51/cwt	113.00–122.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	838	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	139.89/cwt	139.00–141.00	869	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	758	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	963	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	800	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	944	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	665	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	878	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	128.24/cwt	114.00–135.00	863	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	143.73/cwt	133.00–153.00	837	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	157.40/cwt	140.00–159.50	756	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	150.75/cwt	148.00–152.00	577	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	164.10/cwt	153.00–167.50	688	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	548	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	112.99/cwt	112.00–116.00	954	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	257	168.16/cwt	163.00–170.00	432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	446	127.83/cwt	125.00–128.00	570	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	311	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	451	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	589	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	627	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	446	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	48.00/cwt	44.00–51.00	512	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	39.60/cwt	32.00–42.00	367	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,394	61.82/cwt	55.00–66.00	862	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	55.90/cwt	53.00–63.00	691	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	52.37/cwt	51.00–54.00	578	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	66.48/cwt	66.00–67.00	741	2
Bulls	—	—	1,626	74.45/cwt	61.00–80.00	1,211	6
Bulls	—	—	1,486	83.05/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,234	6
Bulls	—	—	1,790	97.79/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,750	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	837.01/cwt	800.00–900.00	8,856	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	774	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	137.38/cwt	128.00–138.25	637	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	121.80/cwt	106.00–125.50	706	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	141.82/cwt	136.00–142.00	530	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	131.18/cwt	127.50–135.00	695	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	112.19/cwt	108.00–115.00	748	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	106.33/cwt	105.00–106.50	767	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	144.84/cwt	135.00–147.00	388	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	567	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	100.31/cwt	99.50–102.00	786	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	509	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	598	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	149.09/cwt	135.00–151.00	783	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	699	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	794	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 Mar 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 600Last week 523Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 112Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 112Last week 166Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	660	116.00–124.50	121.95
4	—	913	89.00	89.00
4	—	765	116.00	116.00
3	—	430	141.00	141.00
1	—	605	122.00	122.00
25	—	525	135.00–151.00	149.09
20	—	457	153.00	153.00
19	—	597	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	509	119.00	119.00
2	—	598	110.00	110.00
1	—	715	112.00	112.00
1	—	665	107.00	107.00
1	—	485	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	430	115.00–150.00	132.07
6	—	321	159.00–164.00	163.14
4	—	602	113.00–122.00	117.51
1	—	745	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	519	161.50	161.50
13	—	621	139.00–141.00	139.89
6	—	758	127.00	127.00
5	—	800	118.00	118.00
4	—	665	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	673	114.00–135.00	128.24
21	—	582	133.00–153.00	143.73
21	—	480	140.00–159.50	157.40
19	—	383	148.00–152.00	150.75
9	—	419	153.00–167.50	164.10
8	—	317	173.00	173.00
4	—	844	112.00–116.00	112.99
4	—	257	163.00–170.00	168.16
2	—	740	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	446	125.00–128.00	127.83
8	—	311	145.00	145.00
4	—	589	106.50	106.50
1	—	360	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	774	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	464	128.00–138.25	137.38
40	—	580	106.00–125.50	121.80
34	—	374	136.00–142.00	141.82
33	—	530	127.50–135.00	131.18
16	—	667	108.00–115.00	112.19
9	—	721	105.00–106.50	106.33
6	—	268	135.00–147.00	144.84
5	—	335	148.00	148.00
4	—	436	130.00	130.00
3	—	784	99.50–102.00	100.31

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,033	775.00–975.00	845.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,010.00	1,010.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,058	800.00–900.00	837.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,066	44.00–51.00	48.00
14	—	928	32.00–42.00	39.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,394	55.00–66.00	61.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,236	53.00–63.00	55.90
8	—	1,103	51.00–54.00	52.37
2	—	1,115	66.00–67.00	66.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,626	61.00–80.00	74.45
6	—	1,486	80.00–88.00	83.05
3	—	1,790	96.00–101.00	97.79

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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Carthage Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle