Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 3.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00-7.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.22/cwt on 246 head.

Average price

$148.22

246 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$771

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$61

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

$24.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.10

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	517	150.25	777	204
Medium and Large 2-3	532	138.64	738	41
Small 1-2	665	126.00	838	1thin

One grade step is worth $24.25/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale246 hd

148.22

—

TN average7 barns · 921 hd

151.31

−3.10

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	1,726	117.27	2,024	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,499	97.25	1,457	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,156	91.24	1,055	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	940	69.48	653	14

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,074	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	157.92/cwt	150.00–158.75	608	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	146.52/cwt	140.00–147.50	862	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	478	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	999	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	243	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	669	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,010	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	770	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,068	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	341	149.67/cwt	140.00–152.50	510	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	745	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	809	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	166.91/cwt	160.50–169.00	880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	139.51/cwt	138.00–141.00	876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	157.43/cwt	151.00–159.00	1,156	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	483	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	715	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,058	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	183.57/cwt	170.00–187.00	591	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	156.50/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,041	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	168.16/cwt	160.00–171.00	992	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	954	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	172.31/cwt	165.00–173.00	636	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	155.15/cwt	150.50–157.00	903	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,032	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	752	10
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	72.90/cwt	68.00–77.00	689	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	81.76/cwt	79.00–84.00	781	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	102.99/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,594	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	94.02/cwt	88.00–98.00	1,383	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	76.46/cwt	74.00–79.00	807	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	99.70/cwt	96.00–106.00	1,189	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	926	59.77/cwt	50.00–65.00	553	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	88.06/cwt	81.00–94.00	1,008	28
Bulls	—	—	1,711	116.52/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,994	8
Bulls	—	—	1,857	127.76/cwt	124.00–135.00	2,373	5
Bulls	—	—	1,460	94.07/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,373	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	652	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	848	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	137.26/cwt	130.00–145.00	583	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	945	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	152.47/cwt	140.00–155.00	997	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	703	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	965	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	595	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	952	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	665	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	160.32/cwt	155.00–162.50	829	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	144.69/cwt	135.00–150.00	677	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	151.53/cwt	150.00–156.00	697	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	139.80/cwt	139.00–145.00	928	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	146.75/cwt	125.00–149.50	682	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	678	125.03/cwt	117.00–133.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	609	134.97/cwt	125.00–136.00	822	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	129.27/cwt	125.00–130.00	730	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	149.52/cwt	147.00–150.00	792	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	160.96/cwt	153.00–162.50	504	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	505	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 Aug 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 581Last week 449Year ago 590

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 90Year ago 134

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 3.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00-7.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	767	140.00	140.00
30	—	385	150.00–158.75	157.92
53	—	588	140.00–147.50	146.52
4	—	740	135.00	135.00
1	—	930	117.00	117.00
3	—	243	157.50	157.50
43	—	460	150.00–156.00	151.53
17	—	664	139.00–145.00	139.80
31	—	530	147.00–150.00	149.52
6	—	313	153.00–162.50	160.96
5	—	297	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	669	151.00	151.00
4	—	595	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	127.00	127.00
1	—	405	130.00	130.00
18	—	465	125.00–149.50	146.75
2	—	678	117.00–133.00	125.03
1	—	275	146.00	146.00
11	—	609	125.00–136.00	134.97
7	—	565	125.00–130.00	129.27
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	255	187.50	187.50
4	—	464	166.00	166.00
17	—	628	170.00	170.00
7	—	441	183.50	183.50
6	—	527	160.50–169.00	166.91
5	—	734	151.00–159.00	157.43
3	—	230	210.00	210.00
5	—	322	170.00–187.00	183.57
2	—	665	155.00–158.00	156.50
20	—	590	160.00–171.00	168.16
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	140.00	140.00
1	—	715	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	155.00	155.00
7	—	341	140.00–152.50	149.67
2	—	655	144.00	144.00
4	—	628	138.00–141.00	139.51
3	—	582	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	161.00	161.00
2	—	610	173.50	173.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	131.00	131.00
24	—	369	165.00–173.00	172.31
21	—	582	150.50–157.00	155.15
13	—	770	134.00	134.00
10	—	450	167.00	167.00
2	—	900	105.00	105.00
30	—	654	140.00–155.00	152.47
54	—	517	155.00–162.50	160.32
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	652	130.00	130.00
7	—	425	130.00–145.00	137.26
2	—	703	133.00	133.00
9	—	468	135.00–150.00	144.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	151.00	151.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	945	68.00–77.00	72.90
2	—	955	79.00–84.00	81.76
5	—	926	50.00–65.00	59.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,548	99.00–109.00	102.99
16	—	1,471	88.00–98.00	94.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	74.00–79.00	76.46
14	—	1,193	96.00–106.00	99.70
28	—	1,145	81.00–94.00	88.06
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,711	110.00–121.00	116.52
5	—	1,857	124.00–135.00	127.76
2	—	1,460	93.00–95.00	94.07

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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