Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Steers and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.90/cwt on 317 head.

Average price

$119.90

317 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$7.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.71

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	557	120.75	673	279
Medium and Large 2-3	506	113.66	575	38

One grade step is worth $7.09/cwt here — about $98 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 sale317 hd

119.90

—

TN average10 barns · 2,794 hd

119.18

+0.71

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	1,684	76.36	1,286	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,292	53.56	692	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,242	51.69	642	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,046	41.34	432	32

Every lot, as filed

71 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	—	760	120.31/cwt	116.00–124.50	914	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	143.13/cwt	127.00–149.00	657	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	117.52/cwt	108.00–119.50	785	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	107.32/cwt	100.00–112.00	821	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	153.26/cwt	139.50–155.50	595	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,152	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	598	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	478	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	136.67/cwt	129.00–149.00	656	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	665	128.49/cwt	127.50–131.50	854	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	144.50/cwt	138.50–148.50	750	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	129.26/cwt	125.50–131.00	620	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	410	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	599	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	824	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	131.40/cwt	120.00–137.00	771	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	775	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	124.23/cwt	115.00–125.25	917	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	118.96/cwt	115.00–121.50	815	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	847	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,088	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	132.63/cwt	128.50–139.00	833	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	529	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	809	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	702	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	811	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	841	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	127.22/cwt	123.00–129.00	716	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	702	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	47.31/cwt	45.00–48.00	569	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	711	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	52.70/cwt	50.00–58.00	661	24
Bulls	—	—	1,774	79.44/cwt	74.00–84.00	1,409	7
Bulls	—	—	1,515	70.13/cwt	62.00–73.00	1,062	5
Bulls	—	—	1,905	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,638	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	952.17/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	10,950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	953.16/cwt	910.00–1,000.00	11,676	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	35.22/cwt	29.00–45.00	352	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	43.05/cwt	40.00–47.00	456	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	599	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	323	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,293	53.51/cwt	50.00–57.00	692	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	652	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	659	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	702	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,150	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,184	919.89/cwt	835.00–1,050.00	10,891	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	698	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	951.49/cwt	875.00–985.00	10,752	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	355	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	353	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	113.94/cwt	110.00–116.00	651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	602	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	692	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	529	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	614	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	398	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	418	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	127.05/cwt	121.00–128.00	484	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	121.53/cwt	117.50–123.50	650	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	442	124.32/cwt	117.00–125.00	549	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	637	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	385	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	408	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	514	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	790	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	123.60/cwt	117.50–128.50	578	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	119.18/cwt	113.50–122.50	692	36

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 Dec 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 770Last week 548Year ago 1,471

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 105Year ago 178

Replacement CattleReceipts 169Last week 148Year ago 194

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Steers and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	760	116.00–124.50	120.31
3	—	623	120.00	120.00
22	—	388	139.50–155.50	153.26
1	—	985	117.00	117.00
6	—	321	149.00	149.00
5	—	480	129.00–149.00	136.67
2	—	813	114.00	114.00
34	—	519	138.50–148.50	144.50
22	—	587	120.00–137.00	131.40
20	—	738	115.00–125.25	124.23
1	—	890	119.00	119.00
15	—	653	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	152.00	152.00
12	—	665	127.50–131.50	128.49
3	—	410	161.00	161.00
16	—	599	137.50	137.50
29	—	847	128.50	128.50
22	—	628	128.50–139.00	132.63
9	—	529	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	133.00	133.00
4	—	250	141.00	141.00
3	—	605	115.00	115.00
3	—	398	105.00	105.00
2	—	578	115.00	115.00
2	—	495	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	102.50	102.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	459	127.00–149.00	143.13
7	—	662	117.00	117.00
1	—	810	99.00	99.00
12	—	779	108.00	108.00
10	—	563	123.00–129.00	127.22
9	—	526	133.50	133.50
8	—	616	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	571	110.00–116.00	113.94
3	—	540	118.00	118.00
6	—	408	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	668	108.00–119.50	117.52
11	—	765	100.00–112.00	107.32
22	—	381	121.00–128.00	127.05
29	—	535	117.50–123.50	121.53
5	—	313	123.00	123.00
3	—	927	102.00	102.00
76	—	468	117.50–128.50	123.60
36	—	581	113.50–122.50	119.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	598	121.00	121.00
15	—	480	125.50–131.00	129.26
13	—	685	115.00–121.50	118.96
9	—	702	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	117.50	117.50
6	—	652	101.00	101.00
5	—	355	100.00	100.00
7	—	602	115.00	115.00
7	—	529	116.00	116.00
1	—	495	111.00	111.00
11	—	442	117.00–125.00	124.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,203	45.00–48.00	47.31
1	—	1,225	58.00	58.00
24	—	1,254	50.00–58.00	52.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	999	29.00–45.00	35.22
25	—	1,059	40.00–47.00	43.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	47.00	47.00
1	—	1,300	61.00	61.00
18	—	1,293	50.00–57.00	53.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,774	74.00–84.00	79.44
5	—	1,515	62.00–73.00	70.13
1	—	1,905	86.00	86.00

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)	2	—	1,150	900.00–1,000.00	952.17
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,225	910.00–1,000.00	953.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,215	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,184	835.00–1,050.00	919.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,130	875.00–985.00	951.49

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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

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