Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed the past two weeks in observance of the Holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $211.32/cwt on 283 head.

Average price

$211.32

283 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,172

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

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

$35.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.83

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	555	212.30	1,179	274
Medium and Large 2-3	542	185.42	1,005	5thin
Small 1-2	530	176.50	935	4thin

One grade step is worth $35.80/cwt here — about $244 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 sale283 hd

211.32

—

TN average8 barns · 2,140 hd

214.15

−2.83

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	1,601	110.47	1,769	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,463	94.32	1,380	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	90.92	1,089	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	997	74.64	744	44

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	610	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	669	228.58/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,529	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,320	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	214.06/cwt	200.00–219.00	972	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	739	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,382	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,074	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,826	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	497	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,113	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	417	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	988	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	210.37/cwt	209.00–220.00	536	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	209.85/cwt	201.00–211.00	1,404	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,233	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	234.28/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,361	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	275.31/cwt	265.00–279.00	782	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	237.58/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,492	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	559	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,481	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	263.57/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,241	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,046	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,082	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,562	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	831	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,728	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	899	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,753	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	260.17/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,335	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	248.08/cwt	245.00–250.00	762	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	502	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,350	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	782	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,673	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	218.28/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,356	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	909	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	987	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	156.97/cwt	155.00–161.00	1,212	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	249.38/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,152	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	191.10/cwt	185.00–192.00	1,248	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	236.30/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,248	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	172.74/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,283	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	218.39/cwt	217.50–219.00	1,347	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	465	226.54/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,053	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	216.06/cwt	211.00–218.00	670	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	203.40/cwt	202.00–208.00	1,351	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	219.92/cwt	212.00–224.00	1,260	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	897	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	224.81/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,198	33
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	563	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	997	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,256	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,332	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	178.37/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,011	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	183.59/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,232	25
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	430	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	249.32/cwt	244.00–252.00	940	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,000	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	214.54/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,266	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	588	188.73/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,110	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	674	163.28/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,101	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,274	2
Bulls	—	—	1,742	114.32/cwt	109.00–120.00	1,991	9
Bulls	—	—	1,915	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,490	1
Bulls	—	—	1,338	101.43/cwt	97.00–106.00	1,357	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	99.59/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,387	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	77.43/cwt	70.00–82.00	796	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	86.38/cwt	84.00–89.00	926	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	62.49/cwt	60.00–69.00	550	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	100.17/cwt	97.00–105.00	1,195	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	93.07/cwt	88.00–96.00	1,377	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	81.19/cwt	80.00–82.00	982	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	90.03/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,078	29

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 Jan 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 712Last week 883Year ago 1,030

Slaughter CattleReceipts 197Last week 105Year ago 217

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed the past two weeks in observance of the Holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	395	230.00	230.00
7	—	429	230.00	230.00
4	—	588	185.00–190.00	188.73
3	—	674	160.00–165.00	163.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	772	155.00–161.00	156.97
30	—	462	243.00–251.00	249.38
16	—	653	185.00–192.00	191.10
23	—	528	236.00–237.00	236.30
11	—	380	300.00	300.00
6	—	400	250.00	250.00
22	—	590	210.00–215.00	214.54
2	—	885	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	669	220.00–232.00	228.58
14	—	628	235.00–239.00	237.58
4	—	559	265.00	265.00
4	—	710	220.00	220.00
10	—	831	208.00	208.00
3	—	502	269.00	269.00
21	—	782	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	798	200.00	200.00
34	—	669	201.00–211.00	209.85
15	—	581	230.00–245.00	234.28
10	—	284	265.00–279.00	275.31
11	—	471	260.00–268.00	263.57
3	—	440	246.00	246.00
8	—	899	195.00	195.00
28	—	513	240.00–264.00	260.17
8	—	307	245.00–250.00	248.08
12	—	621	215.00–221.00	218.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	497	224.00	224.00
3	—	685	180.00	180.00
2	—	510	205.00	205.00
2	—	780	189.00	189.00
1	—	365	215.00	215.00
3	—	605	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	795	166.00	166.00
27	—	454	200.00–219.00	214.06
9	—	255	209.00–220.00	210.37
11	—	743	170.00–176.00	172.74
7	—	310	211.00–218.00	216.06
45	—	573	212.00–224.00	219.92
8	—	427	210.00	210.00
33	—	533	210.00–228.00	224.81
6	—	882	151.00	151.00
25	—	671	180.00–195.00	183.59
12	—	377	244.00–252.00	249.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	739	187.00	187.00
4	—	1,074	170.00	170.00
13	—	417	237.00	237.00
15	—	617	217.50–219.00	218.39
19	—	465	224.00–230.00	226.54
21	—	664	202.00–208.00	203.40
10	—	530	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	202.00	202.00
1	—	480	190.00	190.00
3	—	567	175.00–180.00	178.37
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	177.00	177.00
1	—	430	175.00	175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,742	109.00–120.00	114.32
1	—	1,915	130.00	130.00
6	—	1,338	97.00–106.00	101.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,393	98.00–101.00	99.59
21	—	1,480	88.00–96.00	93.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,028	70.00–82.00	77.43
3	—	1,072	84.00–89.00	86.38
10	—	880	60.00–69.00	62.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,193	97.00–105.00	100.17
4	—	1,209	80.00–82.00	81.19
29	—	1,197	85.00–95.00	90.03

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