Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 7.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 7 lower with 600-700 lbs. bulls being 4.00-8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.16/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −140.35 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$241.16

85 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,357

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$26.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.21

vs TN average

−25.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	562	241.47	1,358	84
Medium and Large 2-3	585	215.00	1,258	1thin

One grade step is worth $26.47/cwt here — about $100 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.39, low $322.76, median $381.51 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale85 hd

241.16

—

TN average9 barns · 592 hd

258.37

−17.21

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−25.71

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−140.35

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	1,582	143.94	2,277	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,395	130.12	1,815	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,171	123.34	1,444	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,037	105.91	1,099	23

Every lot, as filed

59 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	—	—	1,233	130.82/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,613	4
Bulls	—	—	1,766	152.72/cwt	149.00–160.00	2,697	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	133.00/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,535	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	113.11/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,325	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,343	136.26/cwt	133.00–146.00	1,830	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	126.94/cwt	122.00–132.00	1,811	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	233.87/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,013	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	817	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,667	13
Bulls	Small 1-2	450–500	465	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	977	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	400–450	425	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	893	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	450–500	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,254	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,454	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	238.84/cwt	236.00–250.00	1,385	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	491	271.38/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,332	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,126	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,398	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	762	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	545	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	230.24/cwt	226.50–232.50	1,356	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	456	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,564	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	252.27/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,657	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	222.81/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,825	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,494	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	329.92/cwt	308.00–335.00	1,250	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,741	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	124.74/cwt	118.00–130.00	1,466	41
Bulls	—	—	1,576	142.68/cwt	136.00–148.00	2,249	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	94.49/cwt	90.00–100.00	892	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	115.29/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,227	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	106.19/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,142	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,166	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	371	268.91/cwt	267.50–272.50	998	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	669	218.44/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,461	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	972	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	1,557	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,373	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,524	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,409	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,104	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	322.76/cwt	319.00–324.00	1,013	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,689	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,288	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,486	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	296.49/cwt	296.00–300.00	1,106	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	271.83/cwt	266.00–283.00	1,520	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	255.95/cwt	244.00–263.00	1,346	32

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 Mar 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 479Last week 737Year ago 782

Slaughter CattleReceipts 184Last week 233Year ago 126

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	128.00–132.00	130.82
8	—	1,766	149.00–160.00	152.72
14	—	1,576	136.00–148.00	142.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,154	131.00–136.00	133.00
16	—	1,171	105.00–117.00	113.11
41	—	1,175	118.00–130.00	124.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,343	133.00–146.00	136.26
11	—	1,427	122.00–132.00	126.94
1	—	1,450	116.00	116.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	944	90.00–100.00	94.49
7	—	1,064	112.00–118.00	115.29
10	—	1,075	101.00–110.00	106.19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	371	267.50–272.50	268.91
9	400–450	433	225.00–242.00	233.87
1	450–500	495	200.00	200.00
1	550–600	585	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	517	270.50	270.50
13	800–850	817	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	255	299.00	299.00
2	300–350	328	315.00	315.00
23	350–400	373	296.00–300.00	296.49
6	400–450	433	255.00	255.00
22	450–500	461	272.00	272.00
32	500–550	526	244.00–263.00	255.95
49	550–600	589	226.50–232.50	230.24
1	600–650	625	215.00	215.00
6	650–700	664	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	700	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	753	204.00	204.00
2	850–900	895	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	210.00	210.00
1	450–500	465	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	379	308.00–335.00	329.92
14	400–450	431	327.00	327.00
7	450–500	455	283.00	283.00
22	500–550	511	284.50	284.50
15	550–600	572	266.50	266.50
16	650–700	657	250.00–254.00	252.27
1	700–750	725	214.00	214.00
8	750–800	761	222.00	222.00
3	950–1000	972	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	285.00	285.00
3	400–450	420	277.50	277.50
6	450–500	491	265.00–277.50	271.38
10	550–600	580	236.00–250.00	238.84
4	650–700	669	210.00–228.00	218.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	456	343.00	343.00
4	500–550	545	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	314	319.00–324.00	322.76
15	400–450	449	331.00	331.00
6	450–500	456	301.00	301.00
8	500–550	518	300.50	300.50
12	550–600	559	266.00–283.00	271.83
2	600–650	630	261.00	261.00
3	650–700	680	256.00	256.00
7	800–850	819	214.00–225.00	222.81
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	322.50	322.50
1	400–450	445	285.00	285.00

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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