Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This market was not reported last week, there are no trends on the cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.22/cwt on 408 head.

Average price

$120.22

408 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$4.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.77

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	569	120.52	685	379
Medium and Large 2-3	418	116.36	486	29

One grade step is worth $4.15/cwt here — about $199 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 sale408 hd

120.22

—

TN average8 barns · 1,642 hd

117.45

+2.77

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	1,676	78.79	1,320	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,384	54.24	751	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,220	53.15	648	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,077	42.29	455	22

Every lot, as filed

67 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	—	438	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	561	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	338	122.66/cwt	117.50–126.00	415	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	119.41/cwt	115.00–125.50	627	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	603	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	543	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	118.71/cwt	116.00–120.50	745	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	697	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	111.66/cwt	110.50–112.00	740	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	119.12/cwt	115.00–120.00	760	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	878	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	102.36/cwt	100.50–108.00	845	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	123.02/cwt	120.00–124.50	821	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	126.48/cwt	121.00–128.00	667	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	443	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	113.19/cwt	105.00–113.50	749	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	693	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	108.88/cwt	108.00–109.00	848	8
Bulls	—	—	1,761	81.28/cwt	76.00–86.00	1,431	7
Bulls	—	—	1,800	90.06/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,621	2
Bulls	—	—	1,506	70.80/cwt	70.00–72.00	1,066	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	44.49/cwt	40.00–50.00	492	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	54.69/cwt	50.00–61.00	752	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	725	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	48.92/cwt	48.00–50.00	641	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	59.07/cwt	57.00–61.00	809	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,192	834.93/cwt	785.00–925.00	9,952	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	514	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	627	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	119.76/cwt	100.00–125.00	680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	238	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	295	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	122.29/cwt	120.00–122.50	603	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	348	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	461	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	46	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	56	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	551	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	278	132.39/cwt	130.00–135.00	368	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	391	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	614	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	880	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	145.38/cwt	135.50–152.00	695	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	115.57/cwt	114.50–117.50	683	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	140.44/cwt	135.00–141.00	536	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	142.18/cwt	140.00–143.00	549	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	125.68/cwt	119.00–127.00	571	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	943	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,136	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	887	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,047	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	953	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	139.49/cwt	129.00–149.00	732	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	490	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	745	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	133.52/cwt	120.00–138.00	782	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	786	107.06/cwt	105.00–111.00	841	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	592	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	713	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	143.71/cwt	143.00–144.00	816	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	835	115.36/cwt	115.00–116.00	963	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	738	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	900	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	418	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	579	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	508	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	659	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	640	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	117.82/cwt	117.00–119.00	723	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	839	101.25/cwt	101.25–101.25	849	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	985	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	951	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,165	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	53.28/cwt	49.00–58.00	641	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	34.79/cwt	30.00–37.00	340	5

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 Jan 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 899Last week 473Year ago 742

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 88Year ago 115

Replacement CattleReceipts 97Last week 146Year ago 98

This market was not reported last week, there are no trends on the cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	128.00	128.00
49	—	527	121.00–128.00	126.48
2	—	600	112.00	112.00
27	—	662	105.00–113.50	113.19
15	—	582	119.00	119.00
8	—	779	108.00–109.00	108.88
39	—	457	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	571	122.00	122.00
11	—	493	120.00–122.50	122.29
10	—	46	122.50	122.50
1	—	690	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	338	117.50–126.00	122.66
2	—	603	90.00	90.00
2	—	443	122.00	122.00
3	—	238	124.00	124.00
3	—	467	118.00	118.00
6	—	585	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	525	115.00–125.50	119.41
1	—	420	140.00	140.00
27	—	663	110.50–112.00	111.66
11	—	638	115.00–120.00	119.12
10	—	750	117.00	117.00
8	—	826	100.50–108.00	102.36
8	—	314	124.50	124.50
3	—	743	105.00	105.00
56	—	591	114.50–117.50	115.57
32	—	382	135.00–141.00	140.44
45	—	454	119.00–127.00	125.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	786	105.00–111.00	107.06
18	—	592	120.50	120.50
9	—	418	138.50	138.50
40	—	508	129.75	129.75
29	—	614	117.00–119.00	117.82
16	—	839	101.25	101.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	628	116.00–120.50	118.71
27	—	667	120.00–124.50	123.02
4	—	749	117.50	117.50
19	—	478	135.50–152.00	145.38
33	—	386	140.00–143.00	142.18
15	—	756	126.00	126.00
36	—	525	129.00–149.00	139.49
27	—	586	120.00–138.00	133.52
2	—	318	146.00	146.00
2	—	828	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	122.00	122.00
1	—	705	113.00	113.00
5	—	568	100.00–125.00	119.76
4	—	348	132.50	132.50
2	—	278	130.00–135.00	132.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	943	120.50	120.50
7	—	887	118.00	118.00
9	—	490	152.00	152.00
18	—	568	143.00–144.00	143.71
11	—	835	115.00–116.00	115.36
6	—	738	122.00	122.00
10	—	951	122.50	122.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,761	76.00–86.00	81.28
2	—	1,800	89.00–91.00	90.06
5	—	1,506	70.00–72.00	70.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,106	40.00–50.00	44.49
5	—	978	30.00–37.00	34.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,375	50.00–61.00	54.69
1	—	1,510	48.00	48.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,311	48.00–50.00	48.92
2	—	1,370	57.00–61.00	59.07
39	—	1,203	49.00–58.00	53.28

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)	3	—	1,192	785.00–925.00	834.93

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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