Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.46/cwt on 308 head.

Average price

$125.46

308 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$12.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.35

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	551	126.12	695	292
Small 1-2	635	117.00	743	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	485	113.22	549	15thin

One grade step is worth $12.90/cwt here — about $146 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 sale308 hd

125.46

—

TN average8 barns · 1,377 hd

126.81

−1.35

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	—	High	1,618	95.20	1,541	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,343	68.11	915	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,171	63.70	746	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,017	55.33	563	25

Every lot, as filed

64 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 1-2Value Added	—	626	126.88/cwt	124.50–129.00	794	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	858	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	901	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	125.73/cwt	123.00–127.00	738	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	820	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	122.07/cwt	120.00–125.00	929	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	372	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	513	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	131.45/cwt	126.00–133.50	770	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	524	111.83/cwt	109.00–123.00	586	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	434	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	145.88/cwt	142.00–149.50	696	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	509	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	840	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	601	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	859	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	142.23/cwt	132.00–145.00	732	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	703	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	134.12/cwt	133.00–135.00	885	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	797	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,104	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	651	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	908	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	960	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,248	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	880	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,126	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	602	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	126.89/cwt	126.00–127.00	745	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	826	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	832	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	124.48/cwt	114.00–127.00	832	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	144.48/cwt	139.00–145.50	653	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	45.59/cwt	43.00–49.00	443	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	73.06/cwt	72.00–74.00	1,011	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	598	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	56.45/cwt	50.00–60.00	579	21
Bulls	—	—	1,703	99.90/cwt	99.00–102.00	1,701	4
Bulls	—	—	1,597	94.03/cwt	88.00–98.00	1,502	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,333	66.95/cwt	63.00–71.00	892	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	63.22/cwt	58.00–69.00	734	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	591	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	70.76/cwt	70.00–72.00	918	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	368	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	635	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	128.48/cwt	121.00–130.00	556	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	652	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	139.77/cwt	130.00–141.00	739	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	868	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	115.76/cwt	110.00–120.00	541	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	119.67/cwt	118.00–120.00	698	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	638	116.38/cwt	110.00–117.00	743	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	752	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	126.05/cwt	125.00–130.00	406	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	103.98/cwt	100.00–105.00	793	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	835	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	134.61/cwt	132.00–135.00	514	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	587	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	587	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	125.79/cwt	120.00–127.00	663	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	119.66/cwt	115.00–121.00	787	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	132.74/cwt	128.00–134.00	625	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	780	2

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 Sep 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 737Last week 753Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 123Last week 120Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	626	124.50–129.00	126.88
6	—	858	105.00	105.00
7	—	372	138.00	138.00
27	—	583	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	587	123.00–127.00	125.73
2	—	828	102.00	102.00
1	—	245	150.00	150.00
9	—	322	125.00–130.00	126.05
15	—	763	100.00–105.00	103.98
2	—	960	87.00	87.00
21	—	382	132.00–135.00	134.61
36	—	527	120.00–127.00	125.79
29	—	658	115.00–121.00	119.66
71	—	471	128.00–134.00	132.74
2	—	743	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	111.00	111.00
7	—	467	110.00–120.00	115.76
1	—	365	127.50	127.50
1	—	295	127.50	127.50
3	—	587	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	127.50	127.50
5	—	524	109.00–123.00	111.83
2	—	335	137.50	137.50
6	—	645	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	119.00	119.00
1	—	630	125.00	125.00
12	—	761	120.00–125.00	122.07
22	—	586	126.00–133.50	131.45
2	—	278	156.00	156.00
8	—	477	142.00–149.50	145.88
7	—	314	162.00	162.00
19	—	515	132.00–145.00	142.23
25	—	660	133.00–135.00	134.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	590	139.00	139.00
1	—	840	127.00	127.00
13	—	601	143.00	143.00
4	—	515	146.00	146.00
9	—	797	138.50	138.50
11	—	651	139.50	139.50
4	—	960	130.00	130.00
3	—	880	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	386	156.00	156.00
28	—	587	126.00–127.00	126.89
8	—	874	94.50	94.50
3	—	763	109.00	109.00
31	—	668	114.00–127.00	124.48
39	—	452	139.00–145.50	144.48
18	—	529	130.00–141.00	139.77
16	—	742	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	433	121.00–130.00	128.48
4	—	532	122.50	122.50
6	—	583	118.00–120.00	119.67
11	—	638	110.00–117.00	116.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	972	43.00–49.00	45.59
1	—	980	61.00	61.00
21	—	1,025	50.00–60.00	56.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,384	72.00–74.00	73.06
17	—	1,333	63.00–71.00	66.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,161	58.00–69.00	63.22
1	—	1,055	56.00	56.00
3	—	1,298	70.00–72.00	70.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,703	99.00–102.00	99.90
16	—	1,597	88.00–98.00	94.03

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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