Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Market was not reported due to reporters absenses.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.11/cwt on 478 head.

Average price

$133.11

478 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$775

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

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

$9.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.45

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	588	133.37	784	465
Medium and Large 2-3	393	123.99	487	13thin

One grade step is worth $9.38/cwt here — about $296 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 sale478 hd

133.11

—

TN average11 barns · 3,253 hd

133.56

−0.45

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	1,597	71.04	1,134	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,346	53.57	721	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	52.24	614	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,009	38.65	390	37

Every lot, as filed

59 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	—	642	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	793	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	132.70/cwt	115.00–137.00	873	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	802	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	994	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	129.65/cwt	111.00–130.25	974	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	132.20/cwt	125.50–134.00	772	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	115.41/cwt	105.00–119.00	990	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	102.40/cwt	102.00–103.00	772	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	108.40/cwt	102.50–112.50	735	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	109.45/cwt	98.50–116.00	721	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	120.95/cwt	110.00–124.50	712	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	150.60/cwt	139.00–154.00	473	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	552	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	745	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	903	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	984	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	643	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	752	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	262	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	304	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	111.15/cwt	109.50–113.00	650	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	144.23/cwt	137.50–146.00	535	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	135.23/cwt	125.00–136.00	609	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	122.38/cwt	119.00–124.75	906	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	129.75/cwt	123.00–134.00	503	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	666	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	886	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	774	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	34.17/cwt	25.00–47.00	342	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	42.46/cwt	36.00–47.00	431	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,346	53.57/cwt	50.00–56.00	721	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	52.60/cwt	45.00–58.00	604	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	45.22/cwt	45.00–46.00	603	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	121.55/cwt	115.00–126.00	571	86
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,144	821.72/cwt	785.00–925.00	9,400	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	112.33/cwt	110.00–113.00	738	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	811	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	656	3
Bulls	—	—	1,340	61.22/cwt	53.00–65.00	820	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	491	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	550	7
Bulls	—	—	1,682	74.32/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,250	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	312	120.66/cwt	120.00–122.00	376	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	136.58/cwt	127.50–140.00	355	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	94.30/cwt	90.00–103.50	694	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	11,138	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	430	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	559	115.14/cwt	112.00–124.00	644	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	117.94/cwt	100.00–126.00	557	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	133.18/cwt	120.00–138.00	697	71
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	110.77/cwt	104.00–121.00	640	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	124.69/cwt	118.00–126.00	651	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	107.21/cwt	105.00–109.00	559	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	93.82/cwt	91.00–96.00	531	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	846	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	812	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	138.68/cwt	125.00–141.00	664	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	118.68/cwt	110.00–124.75	635	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	394	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	461	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	692	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	118.85/cwt	110.00–126.00	507	13

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 Nov 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,281Last week 725Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 137Last week 85Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 149Last week 133Year ago 0

Compared to same sale last week, Market was not reported due to reporters absenses.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	642	123.50	123.50
2	—	900	85.00	85.00
5	—	754	102.00–103.00	102.40
43	—	659	98.50–116.00	109.45
9	—	262	116.00	116.00
55	—	585	109.50–113.00	111.15
18	—	388	123.00–134.00	129.75
86	—	470	115.00–126.00	121.55
5	—	736	90.00–103.50	94.30
13	—	331	130.00	130.00
126	—	535	110.00–124.75	118.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	678	102.50–112.50	108.40
9	—	643	117.00	117.00
5	—	846	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	86.00	86.00
22	—	472	100.00–126.00	117.94
7	—	566	91.00–96.00	93.82
6	—	394	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	658	115.00–137.00	132.70
32	—	751	111.00–130.25	129.65
125	—	584	125.50–134.00	132.20
4	—	858	105.00–119.00	115.41
9	—	314	139.00–154.00	150.60
33	—	371	137.50–146.00	144.23
17	—	740	119.00–124.75	122.38
71	—	523	120.00–138.00	133.18
38	—	479	125.00–141.00	138.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	802	124.00	124.00
12	—	552	135.00	135.00
4	—	903	109.00	109.00
15	—	666	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	120.00–122.00	120.66
1	—	515	123.00	123.00
4	—	260	127.50–140.00	136.58
1	—	380	120.00	120.00
4	—	559	112.00–124.00	115.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	589	110.00–124.50	120.95
43	—	450	125.00–136.00	135.23
3	—	710	109.00	109.00
31	—	657	110.00–113.00	112.33
5	—	758	107.00	107.00
3	—	863	76.00	76.00
49	—	522	118.00–126.00	124.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	491	112.00	112.00
10	—	578	104.00–121.00	110.77
13	—	521	105.00–109.00	107.21
3	—	673	111.00	111.00
5	—	635	109.00	109.00
13	—	427	110.00–126.00	118.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,001	25.00–47.00	34.17
20	—	1,015	36.00–47.00	42.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,346	50.00–56.00	53.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,149	45.00–58.00	52.60
4	—	1,334	45.00–46.00	45.22
2	—	1,408	59.00	59.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,340	53.00–65.00	61.22
12	—	1,682	70.00–80.00	74.32

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)	4	—	1,144	785.00–925.00	821.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,350	825.00	825.00

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

Steers · 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