Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were no trends quoted this week due to reporter being absent.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.42/cwt on 306 head.

Average price

$116.42

306 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$11.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.16

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	590	117.35	692	282
Medium and Large 2-3	453	105.46	478	24

One grade step is worth $11.89/cwt here — about $214 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 sale306 hd

116.42

—

TN average10 barns · 2,130 hd

119.57

−3.16

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	1,851	79.87	1,479	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	54.63	806	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,234	52.16	643	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	41.44	435	30

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	127.75/cwt	116.00–129.00	675	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	114.50/cwt	110.00–119.00	561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	128.30/cwt	120.00–135.50	748	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	117.82/cwt	115.00–120.00	624	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	532	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	456	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	364	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	109.66/cwt	105.50–113.50	803	17
Bulls	—	—	1,962	89.78/cwt	87.00–92.00	1,761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	347	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	385	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	813	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	129.73/cwt	125.00–130.00	595	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	249	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	286	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	123.74/cwt	120.00–125.00	562	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	113.75/cwt	113.75–113.75	842	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	875	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	132.25/cwt	130.00–133.00	517	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	113.38/cwt	110.00–115.00	861	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	123.97/cwt	122.50–124.50	819	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	134.62/cwt	130.00–135.00	417	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	134.35/cwt	132.00–134.50	864	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	370	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	951	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	114.51/cwt	108.00–115.75	766	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	43.02/cwt	38.00–49.00	456	25
Bulls	—	—	1,949	81.41/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,587	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	54.30/cwt	50.00–60.00	684	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	54.63/cwt	50.00–59.00	806	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	118.20/cwt	110.00–122.00	550	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	33.52/cwt	30.00–38.00	334	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	48.75/cwt	47.00–51.00	581	17
Bulls	—	—	1,666	72.85/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,214	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	562	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	503	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	116.10/cwt	112.00–121.00	670	68
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	424	113.85/cwt	112.00–115.00	483	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	648	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	551	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	579	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	937.38/cwt	885.00–985.00	9,842	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,019	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	463	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	100.25/cwt	100.25–100.25	874	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	131.51/cwt	124.00–135.50	698	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	813	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	13,725	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	14,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	114.18/cwt	111.00–115.00	668	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	681	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	865	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	15,300	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	914	110.75/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,012	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	966	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	119.32/cwt	115.00–120.00	461	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	839	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	355	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,069	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	121.82/cwt	116.00–125.50	803	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	990	1

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 Oct 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 838Last week 960Year ago 701

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 94Year ago 96

Replacement CattleReceipts 151Last week 65Year ago 146

There were no trends quoted this week due to reporter being absent.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	528	116.00–129.00	127.75
32	—	454	120.00–125.00	123.74
21	—	740	113.75	113.75
31	—	669	108.00–115.75	114.51
10	—	872	100.25	100.25
4	—	784	99.00	99.00
25	—	585	111.00–115.00	114.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	583	115.00	115.00
8	—	482	116.50	116.50
2	—	503	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	110.00–119.00	114.50
1	—	260	140.00	140.00
5	—	347	111.00	111.00
8	—	424	112.00–115.00	113.85
2	—	648	112.00	112.00
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
2	—	675	120.50	120.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	583	120.00–135.50	128.30
20	—	459	125.00–130.00	129.73
12	—	729	120.00	120.00
28	—	391	130.00–133.00	132.25
23	—	661	122.50–124.50	123.97
14	—	310	130.00–135.00	134.62
17	—	643	132.00–134.50	134.35
8	—	827	115.00	115.00
27	—	531	124.00–135.50	131.51
4	—	914	110.00–113.00	110.75
4	—	785	123.00	123.00
1	—	1,100	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	124.00	124.00
48	—	530	115.00–120.00	117.82
17	—	732	105.50–113.50	109.66
22	—	759	110.00–115.00	113.38
3	—	322	115.00	115.00
36	—	465	110.00–122.00	118.20
68	—	577	112.00–121.00	116.10
15	—	386	115.00–120.00	119.32
6	—	861	97.50	97.50
1	—	290	122.50	122.50
56	—	659	116.00–125.50	121.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	532	100.00	100.00
4	—	438	104.00	104.00
4	—	249	115.00	115.00
7	—	551	105.00	105.00
2	—	380	110.00	110.00
3	—	463	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	681	127.00	127.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	813	76.00	76.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,962	87.00–92.00	89.78
8	—	1,949	77.00–85.00	81.41
6	—	1,666	70.00–75.00	72.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,061	38.00–49.00	43.02
5	—	996	30.00–38.00	33.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,260	50.00–60.00	54.30
17	—	1,192	47.00–51.00	48.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,475	50.00–59.00	54.63

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 (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,050	885.00–985.00	937.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,220	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,275	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	975	725.00	725.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle