Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers under 550 lbs. 3.00-10.00 higher, over 550 lbs. 3.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 5.00-12.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00-5.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $194.53/cwt on 264 head.

Average price

$194.53

264 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,104

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$31.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.01

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	564	197.72	1,115	237
Medium and Large 2-3	598	166.50	995	27

One grade step is worth $31.23/cwt here — about $120 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 sale264 hd

194.53

—

TN average10 barns · 1,778 hd

207.53

−13.01

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	1,734	114.81	1,990	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,436	99.59	1,430	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	94.31	1,165	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,023	84.94	869	41

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	236	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	545	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,419	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	186.62/cwt	181.50–188.50	1,388	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	792	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,228	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,080	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	202.76/cwt	192.50–212.50	1,156	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	185.00/cwt	182.00–185.50	1,436	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	558	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,381	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,817	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,874	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,146	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,063	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	784	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,752	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	732	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,632	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	343	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	228.68/cwt	228.00–232.00	1,237	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	227.66/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,528	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,373	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	205.72/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,362	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	227.95/cwt	227.00–229.00	1,447	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	181.64/cwt	172.00–187.50	870	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	204.48/cwt	190.00–210.50	1,053	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	183.35/cwt	171.00–185.00	1,381	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	191.00/cwt	177.50–194.00	1,282	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	223.40/cwt	223.00–225.00	838	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	214.42/cwt	200.00–218.00	999	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	93.18/cwt	87.00–100.00	1,168	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	94.85/cwt	91.00–103.00	957	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	85.33/cwt	79.00–90.00	901	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	86.88/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,147	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	84.29/cwt	82.00–86.00	983	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	106.49/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,254	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	73.55/cwt	71.00–79.00	669	7
Bulls	—	—	1,503	107.13/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,610	7
Bulls	—	—	1,858	118.94/cwt	114.00–123.00	2,210	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	105.64/cwt	102.00–114.00	1,556	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	97.01/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,380	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,195	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	177.10/cwt	173.00–187.50	1,073	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	371	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	696	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	201.43/cwt	185.00–205.00	1,170	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	994	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,149	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,059	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,238	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	812	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,007	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	653	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,208	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	225.43/cwt	223.00–227.00	852	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	187.96/cwt	181.00–188.50	1,244	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	181.86/cwt	180.00–183.00	1,109	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	195.92/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,029	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	213.29/cwt	199.00–216.00	1,024	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	215.94/cwt	210.50–217.00	1,587	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	226.09/cwt	215.50–229.50	1,302	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	453	177.98/cwt	175.00–180.00	806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	163.49/cwt	160.00–171.00	955	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	740	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	476	3

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 14, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 677Last week 0Year ago 646

Slaughter CattleReceipts 206Last week 0Year ago 124

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	236	231.00	231.00
8	—	642	221.00	221.00
18	—	453	238.50	238.50
4	—	308	225.00	225.00
5	—	911	199.50	199.50
1	—	850	220.50	220.50
2	—	443	240.00	240.00
12	—	541	228.00–232.00	228.68
2	—	298	220.00	220.00
7	—	662	205.00–210.00	205.72
6	—	735	210.50–217.00	215.94
20	—	576	215.50–229.50	226.09
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	192.50–212.50	202.76
1	—	705	202.50	202.50
2	—	290	200.00	200.00
2	—	515	222.50	222.50
1	—	490	200.00	200.00
3	—	343	192.00	192.00
1	—	350	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	784	223.50	223.50
5	—	732	223.00	223.00
9	—	671	225.00–231.00	227.66
3	—	577	238.00	238.00
15	—	635	227.00–229.00	227.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	744	181.50–188.50	186.62
2	—	323	205.00	205.00
11	—	776	182.00–185.50	185.00
5	—	292	191.00	191.00
4	—	885	156.00	156.00
51	—	582	197.50	197.50
3	—	922	131.00	131.00
19	—	378	223.00–227.00	225.43
33	—	662	181.00–188.50	187.96
8	—	610	180.00–183.00	181.86
41	—	525	190.00–200.00	195.92
42	—	480	199.00–216.00	213.29
3	—	238	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	792	155.00	155.00
1	—	365	201.00	201.00
2	—	605	175.00	175.00
5	—	453	175.00–180.00	177.98
3	—	584	160.00–171.00	163.49
6	—	438	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	196.50	196.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	172.00–187.50	181.64
6	—	371	187.50	187.50
3	—	568	175.00	175.00
3	—	812	124.00	124.00
3	—	653	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	515	190.00–210.50	204.48
26	—	753	171.00–185.00	183.35
23	—	671	177.50–194.00	191.00
19	—	375	223.00–225.00	223.40
25	—	466	200.00–218.00	214.42
3	—	885	135.00	135.00
7	—	606	173.00–187.50	177.10
17	—	581	185.00–205.00	201.43
1	—	400	210.00	210.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,254	87.00–100.00	93.18
5	—	1,166	82.00–86.00	84.29
8	—	1,178	101.00–109.00	106.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,009	91.00–103.00	94.85
27	—	1,056	79.00–90.00	85.33
7	—	910	71.00–79.00	73.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	85.00–89.00	86.88
14	—	1,473	102.00–114.00	105.64
23	—	1,423	91.00–101.00	97.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,503	104.00–111.00	107.13
13	—	1,858	114.00–123.00	118.94

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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