Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers 2.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.01/cwt on 301 head.

Average price

$121.01

301 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$79

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

$6.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.40

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	469	126.63	594	30
Medium and Large 1-2	559	120.39	672	271

One grade step is worth $6.24/cwt here — about −$79 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 sale301 hd

121.01

—

TN average10 barns · 2,460 hd

124.41

−3.40

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	—	High	1,561	93.21	1,455	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	66.53	958	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,178	63.25	745	100
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	973	50.28	489	22

Every lot, as filed

65 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	—	770	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	545	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	122.94/cwt	121.00–123.50	904	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	598	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	131.50/cwt	131.00–132.50	828	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	146.94/cwt	140.00–149.50	692	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	145.79/cwt	141.50–147.50	774	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	127.95/cwt	123.00–129.00	850	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	140.55/cwt	134.00–141.50	825	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	472	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	900	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	102.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	324	139.54/cwt	130.00–141.00	452	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,975	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,061.17/cwt	975.00–1,125.00	12,469	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	10,835	1
Bulls	—	—	1,643	112.48/cwt	112.00–113.00	1,848	2
Bulls	—	—	1,459	82.70/cwt	67.00–87.00	1,207	10
Bulls	—	—	1,602	96.38/cwt	88.00–105.00	1,544	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	721	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	772	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	137.35/cwt	136.00–143.00	589	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	751	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	640	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	133.63/cwt	130.00–134.50	778	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	808	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	137.78/cwt	132.00–140.00	721	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	731	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	570	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	594	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	654	108.49/cwt	101.00–113.50	710	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	791	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	98.94/cwt	92.00–104.00	762	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	142.03/cwt	137.00–143.50	460	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	839	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	789	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	92.35/cwt	90.00–93.00	815	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	127.60/cwt	127.50–128.00	496	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	107.81/cwt	105.00–114.00	682	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	111.03/cwt	110.00–114.00	739	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	120.15/cwt	117.00–125.00	631	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	118.07/cwt	117.50–119.50	688	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	130.28/cwt	128.00–135.00	612	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,017	55.33/cwt	55.00–56.00	563	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	73.23/cwt	70.00–77.00	936	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	62.45/cwt	56.00–69.00	743	66
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	66.53/cwt	60.00–72.00	958	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	49.64/cwt	39.00–55.00	514	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	50.42/cwt	45.00–57.00	484	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	452	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	562	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	719	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	130.33/cwt	127.00–137.00	456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	118.48/cwt	109.00–123.00	628	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	444	132.41/cwt	124.00–134.50	588	15

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 Jun 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 725Last week 523Year ago 475

Slaughter CattleReceipts 177Last week 88Year ago 108

Replacement CattleReceipts 163Last week 81Year ago 71

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers 2.00 to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	105.00	105.00
1	—	840	101.00	101.00
2	—	928	101.00	101.00
4	—	260	162.00	162.00
6	—	315	173.00	173.00
9	—	735	121.00–123.50	122.94
11	—	381	157.00	157.00
12	—	630	131.00–132.50	131.50
14	—	471	140.00–149.50	146.94
21	—	531	141.50–147.50	145.79
24	—	664	123.00–129.00	127.95
34	—	587	134.00–141.50	140.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	472	151.00	151.00
6	—	678	132.75	132.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	134.00	134.00
1	—	620	116.00	116.00
2	—	660	100.00–105.00	102.50
3	—	395	133.00	133.00
7	—	324	130.00–141.00	139.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	108.00	108.00
2	—	848	85.00	85.00
4	—	643	120.00	120.00
5	—	429	136.00–143.00	137.35
9	—	790	95.00	95.00
12	—	454	141.00	141.00
20	—	582	130.00–134.50	133.63
22	—	665	121.50	121.50
40	—	523	132.00–140.00	137.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	110.00	110.00
1	—	590	111.00	111.00
1	—	700	106.00	106.00
3	—	870	84.00	84.00
4	—	410	139.00	139.00
4	—	485	122.50	122.50
5	—	654	101.00–113.50	108.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	125.00	125.00
5	—	739	107.00	107.00
7	—	770	92.00–104.00	98.94
9	—	324	137.00–143.50	142.03
9	—	839	94.00	94.00
9	—	883	90.00–93.00	92.35
15	—	389	127.50–128.00	127.60
18	—	633	105.00–114.00	107.81
19	—	666	110.00–114.00	111.03
41	—	525	117.00–125.00	120.15
45	—	583	117.50–119.50	118.07
61	—	470	128.00–135.00	130.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	452	140.00	140.00
26	—	562	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	350	127.00–137.00	130.33
12	—	530	109.00–123.00	118.48
15	—	444	124.00–134.50	132.41

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,175	975.00–1,125.00	1,061.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	985.00	985.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,643	112.00–113.00	112.48
10	—	1,459	67.00–87.00	82.70
21	—	1,602	88.00–105.00	96.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,017	55.00–56.00	55.33
18	—	1,278	70.00–77.00	73.23
66	—	1,189	56.00–69.00	62.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,440	60.00–72.00	66.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,035	39.00–55.00	49.64
18	—	959	45.00–57.00	50.42

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