Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 4.00-12.00 higher with instances of 20.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 4.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 600 lbs. 4.00-10.00 lower, over 600 lbs. 5.00-10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00-4.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.20/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −147.31 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$234.20

50 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,297

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$37.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.09

vs TN average

−29.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	237.28	1,309	41
Medium and Large 2-3	565	222.72	1,258	8thin
Small 1-2	540	200.00	1,080	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.28/cwt here — about $229 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale50 hd

234.20

—

TN average9 barns · 394 hd

249.29

−15.09

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−29.76

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−147.31

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	1,773	144.49	2,562	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	134.77	1,661	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,440	130.05	1,873	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	106.93	1,133	23

Every lot, as filed

68 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,341	121.50/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,629	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	138.55/cwt	135.00–142.00	2,045	5
Bulls	—	—	1,548	130.10/cwt	125.00–135.00	2,014	5
Bulls	—	—	1,808	143.02/cwt	138.00–148.00	2,586	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	134.88/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,608	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	129.12/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,890	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	109.95/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,194	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	145.40/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,881	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	123.90/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,560	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	600–650	600	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	500–550	510	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,084	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	222.72/cwt	200.00–226.00	1,258	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	374	270.28/cwt	257.50–287.00	1,011	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	506	253.72/cwt	242.50–257.50	1,284	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	658	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,461	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	500–550	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	906	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	87.65/cwt	80.00–95.00	875	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	120.69/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,296	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	481	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,164	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	429	229.12/cwt	220.00–233.00	983	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	900	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,369	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	409	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,419	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	285.85/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,394	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	458	258.33/cwt	257.00–261.00	1,183	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,495	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	298.55/cwt	287.50–307.50	985	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	250.61/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,138	34
Bulls	—	—	1,898	159.16/cwt	155.00–163.00	3,021	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	319.40/cwt	297.00–330.00	1,204	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	547	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,329	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,503	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	592	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,376	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	289.36/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,204	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,546	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	296.15/cwt	295.00–297.50	808	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	236.24/cwt	234.00–238.00	1,252	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	213.62/cwt	213.00–216.00	1,406	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	260.58/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,160	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	308.87/cwt	307.50–309.00	1,449	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	311.00/cwt	301.00–316.00	983	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,583	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	235.26/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,393	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	221.33/cwt	221.00–222.00	1,715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	192.11/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,414	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	289.46/cwt	270.00–294.00	1,317	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	272.40/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,436	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	269.55/cwt	261.00–283.00	1,453	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	292.08/cwt	289.00–302.00	1,084	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,147	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	259.22/cwt	259.00–259.50	1,719	9

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 Apr 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 539Last week 942Year ago 981

Slaughter CattleReceipts 141Last week 180Year ago 224

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,341	120.00–123.00	121.50
5	—	1,476	135.00–142.00	138.55
9	—	1,464	125.00–133.00	129.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,192	130.00–140.00	134.88
5	—	1,294	143.00–148.00	145.40
5	—	1,259	120.00–128.00	123.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,086	105.00–115.00	109.95
6	—	998	80.00–95.00	87.65
6	—	1,074	118.00–124.00	120.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,548	125.00–135.00	130.10
11	—	1,808	138.00–148.00	143.02
6	—	1,898	155.00–163.00	159.16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	200.00	200.00
1	600–650	600	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	250.00	250.00
5	300–350	345	262.50	262.50
17	400–450	429	220.00–233.00	229.12
8	550–600	565	200.00–226.00	222.72
1	650–700	650	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	458	257.00–261.00	258.33
3	500–550	547	243.00	243.00
4	550–600	570	244.50	244.50
5	650–700	665	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	273	295.00–297.50	296.15
4	300–350	330	287.50–307.50	298.55
31	350–400	371	289.00–302.00	292.08
18	400–450	445	249.00–262.00	260.58
34	450–500	454	240.00–253.00	250.61
23	500–550	530	234.00–238.00	236.24
11	550–600	592	228.00–238.00	235.26
15	650–700	658	213.00–216.00	213.62
10	700–750	736	185.00–195.00	192.11
1	950–1000	980	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	212.50	212.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	374	257.50–287.00	270.28
3	400–450	433	265.00	265.00
4	450–500	481	242.00	242.00
14	500–550	506	242.50–257.50	253.72
3	550–600	592	232.50	232.50
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00
3	650–700	658	222.00	222.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	377	297.00–330.00	319.40
10	400–450	416	285.00–292.50	289.36
22	450–500	455	270.00–294.00	289.46
27	500–550	527	260.00–276.00	272.40
9	550–600	576	259.50	259.50
2	600–650	623	231.00	231.00
7	650–700	654	242.00	242.00
7	700–750	747	207.00	207.00
2	800–850	818	185.00	185.00
2	900–950	913	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	500	242.50	242.50
1	600–650	620	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	710	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	315.00	315.00
11	300–350	316	301.00–316.00	311.00
3	400–450	418	327.50	327.50
11	450–500	469	307.50–309.00	308.87
10	500–550	539	261.00–283.00	269.55
4	550–600	573	279.00	279.00
2	600–650	635	256.00	256.00
1	650–700	650	248.00	248.00
3	750–800	775	221.00–222.00	221.33
1	1000–1050	1,005	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	409	347.00	347.00
7	550–600	581	285.00–288.00	285.85
9	650–700	663	259.00–259.50	259.22

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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