Sale reports / Tennessee / Carthage Livestock Auction / 2021-04-03

Carthage Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Apr 3
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062
Feeder Cattle receipts
683 head
52 vs last sale 631 194 vs year ago 489 · +39.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
39 vs last sale 86 83 vs year ago 42 · +197.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
241 head
15 vs last sale 256 180 vs year ago 61 · +295.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers 6.00 to 11.00 higher. Heifers mostly steady. Bulls steady to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.42/cwt on 228 head.
Average price
$131.42
228 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$1.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.31
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2514131.58676202
Medium and Large 2-3443130.1957626
One grade step is worth $1.38/cwt here — about $100 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 sale228 hd
131.42
TN average10 barns · 1,772 hd
136.73
−5.31
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,72789.591,5479thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42562.718949thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16462.3472551
CowsLean 85-90%Low98444.2443521

Every lot, as filed

65 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2668113.00/cwt113.00–113.0075522
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525143.94/cwt135.00–147.0075623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635134.24/cwt125.00–145.008527
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added493160.00/cwt160.00–160.007892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-285595.50/cwt95.50–95.508175
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added837128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2666142.47/cwt136.00–143.7594912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2772100.00/cwt100.00–100.007725
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2459134.93/cwt133.50–138.0061956
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added736137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,00825
SteersMedium and Large 1-2534153.67/cwt138.00–160.0082121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added910118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,0784
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added428142.50/cwt142.50–142.506107
SteersMedium and Large 1-2391169.70/cwt154.00–178.0066428
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470168.20/cwt150.00–174.0079117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1,036114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,1867
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572129.96/cwt120.00–134.7574329
BullsMedium and Large 1-2802109.00/cwt109.00–109.008743
SteersMedium and Large 1-290599.00/cwt99.00–99.008961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2327168.91/cwt158.00–171.005526
SteersMedium and Large 1-2733136.29/cwt126.00–141.509993
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added530164.00/cwt164.00–164.008694
BullsMedium and Large 1-2462159.50/cwt159.50–159.5073722
BullsMedium and Large 1-2448144.50/cwt144.50–144.506478
BullsMedium and Large 1-2659123.86/cwt121.00–126.008167
BullsMedium and Large 1-293192.50/cwt92.50–92.508616
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08054.38/cwt53.00–58.0058711
CowsLean 85-90%1,04535.71/cwt30.00–40.003736
Bulls1,75792.17/cwt84.00–98.001,6195
Bulls1,69871.74/cwt65.00–79.001,2182
CowsLean 85-90%95947.65/cwt43.00–53.0045715
Bulls1,680101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,6972
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4501,262.50/cwt1,225.00–1,300.0018,3064
BullsMedium and Large 1-2778114.00/cwt114.00–114.008875
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52054.00/cwt54.00–54.008211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41363.80/cwt60.00–68.009018
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27571.74/cwt69.00–74.0091510
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3441140.00/cwt140.00–140.006179
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15762.13/cwt57.00–68.0071930
BullsMedium and Large 2-3691108.00/cwt108.00–108.007465
SteersMedium and Large 2-3356152.98/cwt145.00–155.005455
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added897119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,0728
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,063841.41/cwt685.00–1,000.008,9446
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382142.24/cwt137.50–144.0054311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,0002
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2332147.52/cwt142.50–150.5049022
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3320133.87/cwt130.00–137.504282
SteersMedium and Large 2-3517152.00/cwt152.00–152.007861
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3260137.50/cwt137.50–137.503582
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2649110.00/cwt110.00–110.007145
SteersMedium and Large 2-3335156.87/cwt152.00–160.005265
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2718110.00/cwt110.00–110.007902
BullsMedium and Large 2-3569137.61/cwt134.00–139.007837
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3531115.93/cwt111.00–118.0061610
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3357141.00/cwt141.00–141.005033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2527136.43/cwt128.50–138.5071934
SteersMedium and Large 2-3485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250174.00/cwt174.00–174.004355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577146.86/cwt128.00–154.5084720
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2405143.50/cwt143.50–143.505814
BullsMedium and Large 1-2589134.64/cwt126.50–137.0079327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added642146.00/cwt146.00–146.009375
BullsMedium and Large 2-3484147.98/cwt145.00–150.007165
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,068112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1962

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.