Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 6.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.95/cwt on 218 head.

Average price

$131.95

218 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

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

$18.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.94

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	541	133.34	721	185
Medium and Large 2-3	485	124.72	605	31
Small 1-2	398	115.00	458	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.34/cwt here — about $264 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 sale218 hd

131.95

—

TN average10 barns · 2,777 hd

141.89

−9.94

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	1,715	99.45	1,705	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,424	74.11	1,056	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,266	71.36	903	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,111	59.75	663	23

Every lot, as filed

62 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	718	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	361	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	433	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	895	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	292	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	321	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,051	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	132.69/cwt	125.00–135.00	782	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	576	125.60/cwt	123.00–128.00	723	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,201	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	583	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	117.24/cwt	110.00–121.00	912	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	910	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	365	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	159.68/cwt	151.00–168.00	758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	345	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,170	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	137.54/cwt	135.00–140.00	865	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	147.54/cwt	145.00–152.00	968	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	838	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	860	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	959	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	685	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	884	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	79.17/cwt	76.00–83.00	1,028	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	70.53/cwt	67.00–73.00	890	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	61.70/cwt	56.00–66.00	756	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	52.68/cwt	45.00–59.00	568	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	65.11/cwt	62.00–68.00	904	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	73.88/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,062	5
Bulls	—	—	1,767	100.78/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,781	11
Bulls	—	—	1,497	87.41/cwt	79.00–93.00	1,309	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	62.24/cwt	57.00–67.00	698	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	81.00/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,170	8
Bulls	—	—	1,753	110.20/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,932	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	414	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	569	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	148.62/cwt	141.00–150.00	774	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	158.93/cwt	151.00–161.00	621	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	120.84/cwt	120.00–125.00	689	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	156.27/cwt	151.00–158.00	717	28
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	422	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	127.12/cwt	120.00–128.00	845	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	133.47/cwt	130.00–135.00	774	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	138.99/cwt	136.50–146.00	639	64
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	398	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	136.97/cwt	134.50–138.50	511	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	136.10/cwt	136.00–136.25	709	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	228	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	262	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	514	130.33/cwt	125.00–132.00	670	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	670	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	145.99/cwt	145.00–150.00	831	10

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 Oct 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 496Last week 739Year ago 637

Slaughter CattleReceipts 168Last week 190Year ago 129

Compared to last week, Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 6.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	446	161.00	161.00
1	—	740	142.00	142.00
2	—	750	144.00	144.00
2	—	870	138.00	138.00
2	—	475	151.00–168.00	159.68
3	—	518	150.00	150.00
2	—	265	130.00	130.00
2	—	333	162.50	162.50
4	—	824	142.00	142.00
4	—	629	135.00–140.00	137.54
11	—	656	145.00–152.00	147.54
10	—	569	145.00–150.00	145.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	292	110.00	110.00
1	—	350	142.00	142.00
1	—	690	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	120.00	120.00
4	—	361	120.00	120.00
1	—	445	112.00	112.00
14	—	576	123.00–128.00	125.60
4	—	228	115.00	115.00
6	—	493	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	132.00	132.00
4	—	728	123.00	123.00
30	—	589	125.00–135.00	132.69
6	—	778	110.00–121.00	117.24
4	—	901	101.00	101.00
3	—	292	125.00	125.00
29	—	665	120.00–128.00	127.12
64	—	460	136.50–146.00	138.99
13	—	373	134.50–138.50	136.97
31	—	521	136.00–136.25	136.10
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	398	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	642	120.00	120.00
26	—	657	127.50	127.50
2	—	720	110.00	110.00
9	—	775	111.00	111.00
2	—	940	102.00	102.00
32	—	521	141.00–150.00	148.62
14	—	391	151.00–161.00	158.93
28	—	459	151.00–158.00	156.27
26	—	580	130.00–135.00	133.47
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	685	129.00	129.00
3	—	422	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	125.00	125.00
4	—	414	137.50	137.50
1	—	600	115.00	115.00
6	—	570	120.00–125.00	120.84
1	—	675	133.00	133.00
1	—	360	134.00	134.00
6	—	514	125.00–132.00	130.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,298	76.00–83.00	79.17
8	—	1,262	67.00–73.00	70.53
9	—	1,226	56.00–66.00	61.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,078	45.00–59.00	52.68
17	—	1,122	57.00–67.00	62.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,388	62.00–68.00	65.11
5	—	1,437	70.00–76.00	73.88
8	—	1,444	78.00–84.00	81.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,767	95.00–106.00	100.78
3	—	1,497	79.00–93.00	87.41
2	—	1,753	108.00–113.00	110.20

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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