Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Bulls 3.00 lower. Steers 4.00 to 12.00 higher. Heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Bulls 3.00 to 9.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.14/cwt on 169 head.

Average price

$115.14

169 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$9.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.64

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	548	115.90	635	155
Medium and Large 2-3	511	106.74	546	14thin

One grade step is worth $9.16/cwt here — about $90 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 sale169 hd

115.14

—

TN average10 barns · 1,812 hd

111.50

+3.64

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	—	Average	1,623	71.26	1,157	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,476	55.64	821	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	53.64	643	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,049	41.81	438	8thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	650	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	792	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	883	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	604	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	544	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	117.53/cwt	111.00–119.50	618	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	124.47/cwt	120.50–129.00	468	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	152.51/cwt	148.00–153.00	497	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	113.81/cwt	111.50–114.50	666	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	99.42/cwt	87.50–102.00	756	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	850	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	755	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	393	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,041	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	121.64/cwt	105.00–124.50	699	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	985	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	144.47/cwt	141.00–145.50	540	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	121.74/cwt	110.00–123.25	802	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	644	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	128.08/cwt	123.00–130.00	678	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	119.64/cwt	110.00–120.50	712	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	819	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	117.56/cwt	113.00–122.50	864	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	809.44/cwt	775.00–830.00	8,661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	686	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	563	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	689	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	7,092	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Non-Legible BANGS	—	1,100	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	9,735	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	58.52/cwt	57.00–61.00	716	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	42.64/cwt	38.00–47.00	433	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	52.27/cwt	45.00–57.00	628	13
Bulls	—	—	1,713	75.64/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,296	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,285	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	463	1
Bulls	—	—	1,513	65.91/cwt	55.00–73.00	997	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	108.95/cwt	107.00–110.00	512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	47.95/cwt	47.00–49.00	525	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	59.21/cwt	57.00–63.00	903	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	115.50/cwt	111.00–120.00	404	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	109.20/cwt	105.00–110.00	622	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	108.01/cwt	106.00–110.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	877	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	54.45/cwt	50.00–57.00	794	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	113.14/cwt	108.50–116.00	729	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	434	126.41/cwt	120.00–128.00	549	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	798	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	954	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	109.83/cwt	104.00–111.00	789	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	125.60/cwt	118.00–126.50	661	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	740	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	115.76/cwt	113.00–116.50	545	38

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 31, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 444Last week 705Year ago 1,001

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 116Year ago 175

Replacement CattleReceipts 91Last week 144Year ago 129

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Bulls 3.00 lower. Steers 4.00 to 12.00 higher. Heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Bulls 3.00 to 9.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	90.00	90.00
26	—	526	111.00–119.50	117.53
13	—	376	120.50–129.00	124.47
26	—	585	111.50–114.50	113.81
4	—	850	100.00	100.00
8	—	293	134.00	134.00
1	—	305	127.00	127.00
5	—	758	108.00	108.00
21	—	644	108.50–116.00	113.14
6	—	718	104.00–111.00	109.83
38	—	471	113.00–116.50	115.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	792	111.50	111.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	107.00–110.00	108.95
1	—	750	100.00	100.00
2	—	350	111.00–120.00	115.50
3	—	557	95.50	95.50
5	—	525	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	458	142.00	142.00
10	—	326	148.00–153.00	152.51
2	—	753	110.00	110.00
1	—	820	112.00	112.00
1	—	925	112.50	112.50
7	—	575	105.00–124.50	121.64
1	—	895	110.00	110.00
13	—	374	141.00–145.50	144.47
9	—	659	110.00–123.25	121.74
18	—	529	123.00–130.00	128.08
5	—	735	113.00–122.50	117.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	118.00	118.00
2	—	385	133.00	133.00
1	—	835	105.00	105.00
1	—	660	107.00	107.00
1	—	480	110.00	110.00
1	—	310	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	798	119.50	119.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	604	90.00	90.00
6	—	570	105.00–110.00	109.20
2	—	518	106.00–110.00	108.01
5	—	434	120.00–128.00	126.41
1	—	480	115.00	115.00
1	—	735	103.50	103.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	760	87.50–102.00	99.42
6	—	893	84.50	84.50
15	—	457	141.00	141.00
12	—	595	110.00–120.50	119.64
6	—	660	104.00	104.00
4	—	420	134.00	134.00
1	—	725	95.00	95.00
19	—	526	118.00–126.50	125.60
16	—	646	114.50	114.50

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,070	775.00–830.00	809.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	985	720.00	720.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	885.00	885.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,224	57.00–61.00	58.52
13	—	1,202	45.00–57.00	52.27
2	—	1,095	47.00–49.00	47.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,015	38.00–47.00	42.64
1	—	1,285	36.00	36.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,525	57.00–63.00	59.21
9	—	1,459	50.00–57.00	54.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,713	74.00–78.00	75.64
9	—	1,513	55.00–73.00	65.91

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