Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.88/cwt on 198 head.

Average price

$133.88

198 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$25.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.59

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	560	135.57	760	173
Medium and Large 2-3	527	122.75	647	24
Small 1-2	595	110.00	655	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.57/cwt here — about $105 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 sale198 hd

133.88

—

TN average10 barns · 1,913 hd

141.48

−7.59

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	1,639	84.45	1,384	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,505	67.82	1,021	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,304	67.28	877	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,067	52.93	565	21

Every lot, as filed

69 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	—	723	131.80/cwt	121.00–133.00	953	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	413	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	512	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,077	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	131.59/cwt	128.00–132.00	853	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	723	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	587	143.60/cwt	131.00–150.00	843	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	458	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	137.38/cwt	130.00–143.00	728	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	140.23/cwt	138.00–141.00	645	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	149.58/cwt	148.00–150.00	999	10
Steers	Small 1-2	—	335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,166	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	129.09/cwt	120.00–141.00	682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	745	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,192	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	158.97/cwt	152.50–165.00	901	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	154.00/cwt	148.00–156.50	824	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	782	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	476	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	848	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	137.80/cwt	128.00–139.00	806	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	861	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	852	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	675	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	743	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	69.21/cwt	66.00–72.00	750	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	832	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	65.49/cwt	63.00–70.00	1,017	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	64.96/cwt	59.00–69.00	836	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	58.74/cwt	54.00–64.00	658	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	46.82/cwt	37.00–52.00	484	12
Bulls	—	—	1,585	79.16/cwt	69.00–84.00	1,255	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	72.79/cwt	71.00–77.00	1,050	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	52.89/cwt	51.00–55.00	658	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	73.54/cwt	70.00–79.00	986	12
Bulls	—	—	2,035	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	2,076	1
Bulls	—	—	1,656	88.87/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,472	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	873	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	730	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	132.57/cwt	118.00–135.00	689	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	414	129.94/cwt	125.00–131.00	538	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	687	110.18/cwt	110.00–111.00	757	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	144.11/cwt	133.00–146.50	764	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	133.90/cwt	128.00–136.00	613	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	595	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	628	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	569	123.78/cwt	120.00–125.00	704	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	617	116.09/cwt	113.00–121.00	716	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	137.49/cwt	130.00–143.00	808	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,040	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	243	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	138.84/cwt	133.00–140.00	543	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	611	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	745	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,027	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,019	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	126.33/cwt	126.00–126.50	980	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	448	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	564	8

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 Nov 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 612Last week 534Year ago 1,036

Slaughter CattleReceipts 147Last week 110Year ago 220

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	723	121.00–133.00	131.80
4	—	979	110.00	110.00
19	—	648	128.00–132.00	131.59
5	—	327	140.00	140.00
45	—	530	130.00–143.00	137.38
35	—	460	138.00–141.00	140.23
29	—	588	130.00–143.00	137.49
3	—	900	115.50	115.50
2	—	243	134.00	134.00
12	—	391	133.00–140.00	138.84
9	—	776	126.00–126.50	126.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	125.00	125.00
9	—	611	122.00	122.00
3	—	573	115.00	115.00
1	—	320	120.00	120.00
8	—	448	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	148.00	148.00
10	—	668	148.00–150.00	149.58
3	—	788	148.00	148.00
4	—	334	161.00	161.00
1	—	720	143.00	143.00
26	—	567	152.50–165.00	158.97
23	—	535	148.00–156.50	154.00
1	—	1,065	140.00	140.00
6	—	463	169.00	169.00
4	—	240	150.00	150.00
3	—	293	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	145.00	145.00
1	—	335	131.00	131.00
2	—	723	130.00	130.00
6	—	587	131.00–150.00	143.60
3	—	528	120.00–141.00	129.09
1	—	695	130.00	130.00
1	—	640	131.00	131.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	110.00	110.00
1	—	335	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	745	160.00	160.00
11	—	590	174.00	174.00
6	—	633	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	673	126.00	126.00
28	—	585	128.00–139.00	137.80
11	—	772	111.50	111.50
4	—	916	93.00	93.00
2	—	805	108.50	108.50
20	—	456	160.00	160.00
23	—	530	133.00–146.50	144.11
15	—	382	164.50	164.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	110.00	110.00
1	—	425	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	125.00	125.00
7	—	520	118.00–135.00	132.57
6	—	414	125.00–131.00	129.94
11	—	687	110.00–111.00	110.18
4	—	458	128.00–136.00	133.90
8	—	569	120.00–125.00	123.78
9	—	617	113.00–121.00	116.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,083	66.00–72.00	69.21
7	—	1,120	54.00–64.00	58.74
12	—	1,034	37.00–52.00	46.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	52.00	52.00
6	—	1,553	63.00–70.00	65.49
6	—	1,442	71.00–77.00	72.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,287	59.00–69.00	64.96
2	—	1,245	51.00–55.00	52.89
12	—	1,341	70.00–79.00	73.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,585	69.00–84.00	79.16
1	—	2,035	102.00	102.00
8	—	1,656	85.00–96.00	88.87

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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