Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. Steers under 500 lbs 2.00 to 8.00 higher, over 500 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.39/cwt on 226 head.

Average price

$119.39

226 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$10.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.53

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	577	120.85	697	194
Medium and Large 2-3	515	110.52	569	32

One grade step is worth $10.33/cwt here — about $128 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 sale226 hd

119.39

—

TN average8 barns · 1,521 hd

121.92

−2.53

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	1,792	84.08	1,507	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,396	57.09	797	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,327	56.41	749	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	40.99	446	22

Every lot, as filed

68 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	—	—	1,730	71.23/cwt	65.00–76.00	1,232	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	52.79/cwt	50.00–55.00	774	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	43.71/cwt	40.00–50.00	483	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	31.73/cwt	25.00–35.00	326	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	55.12/cwt	49.00–61.00	725	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	796	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	967	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	981	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	594	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	124.41/cwt	118.00–128.50	664	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	131.94/cwt	125.00–135.00	768	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	129.05/cwt	128.25–129.75	927	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	613	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	766	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	553	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	828	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	151.52/cwt	131.00–156.00	659	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	531	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	602	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	810	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	850	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	132.64/cwt	125.00–135.00	687	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	114.98/cwt	110.00–120.00	670	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	132.44/cwt	130.00–135.00	641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	138.18/cwt	132.00–140.00	531	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	150.12/cwt	145.00–151.50	785	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	503	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	122.93/cwt	115.00–125.50	846	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	111.89/cwt	102.00–124.00	754	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	109.14/cwt	100.00–110.50	780	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	131.17/cwt	122.00–138.00	614	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	118.06/cwt	114.00–120.50	973	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	776	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	126.27/cwt	126.00–128.00	804	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	574	109.07/cwt	107.00–115.00	626	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	789	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	692	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	779	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	590	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	501	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	576	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	791	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	728	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	779	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	534	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	7,303	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	895.00/cwt	895.00–895.00	9,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	731	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	252	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	327	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	425	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	140.00/cwt	130.00–150.00	406	2
Bulls	—	—	1,771	85.03/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,506	7
Bulls	—	—	1,928	93.62/cwt	88.00–99.00	1,805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	123.66/cwt	123.00–125.00	406	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	439	115.83/cwt	114.00–117.00	508	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	803	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	9,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	708.34/cwt	600.00–835.00	8,415	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,257	65.69/cwt	63.00–68.00	826	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,530	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	116.29/cwt	110.00–120.00	769	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	688	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	881	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	146.95/cwt	132.50–151.50	664	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	9,540	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	61.94/cwt	59.00–65.00	808	7

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 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 497Last week 789Year ago 776

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 71Year ago 123

Replacement CattleReceipts 120Last week 146Year ago 96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,730	65.00–76.00	71.23
7	—	1,771	80.00–88.00	85.03
2	—	1,928	88.00–99.00	93.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,466	50.00–55.00	52.79
3	—	1,257	63.00–68.00	65.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,105	40.00–50.00	43.71
5	—	1,026	25.00–35.00	31.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,315	49.00–61.00	55.12
2	—	1,530	50.00	50.00
7	—	1,304	59.00–65.00	61.94

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	796	121.50	121.50
23	—	718	128.25–129.75	129.05
8	—	553	149.75	149.75
7	—	602	134.50	134.50
3	—	503	140.00	140.00
3	—	688	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	791	124.00	124.00
9	—	381	156.00	156.00
14	—	582	125.00–135.00	131.94
11	—	435	131.00–156.00	151.52
2	—	875	115.00	115.00
4	—	318	167.00	167.00
6	—	484	130.00–135.00	132.44
9	—	523	145.00–151.50	150.12
17	—	688	115.00–125.50	122.93
5	—	824	114.00–120.50	118.06
7	—	637	126.00–128.00	126.27
1	—	735	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	130.00–150.00	140.00
1	—	580	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	534	118.00–128.50	124.41
8	—	583	110.00–120.00	114.98
9	—	384	132.00–140.00	138.18
31	—	674	102.00–124.00	111.89
8	—	715	100.00–110.50	109.14
43	—	468	122.00–138.00	131.17
11	—	636	124.00	124.00
2	—	968	95.00	95.00
2	—	860	85.00	85.00
3	—	252	128.00	128.00
6	—	328	123.00–125.00	123.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	613	125.00	125.00
5	—	776	98.00	98.00
16	—	692	112.50	112.50
4	—	728	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	78.00	78.00
4	—	574	107.00–115.00	109.07
3	—	610	108.00	108.00
3	—	655	90.00	90.00
3	—	327	130.00	130.00
10	—	439	114.00–117.00	115.83
8	—	510	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	773	110.00	110.00
13	—	518	125.00–135.00	132.64
7	—	590	134.00	134.00
2	—	743	103.50	103.50
3	—	918	87.50	87.50
8	—	661	110.00–120.00	116.29
17	—	452	132.50–151.50	146.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	120.00	120.00
5	—	501	115.00	115.00
1	—	430	125.00	125.00
4	—	481	111.00	111.00

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,150	635.00	635.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	895.00	895.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,188	600.00–835.00	708.34
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,325	720.00	720.00

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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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

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