Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 5.00 to 10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 9.00 to 12.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 5.00 to 10.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00 higher; slaughter Bulls steady. No sale July 6th. Next sale July 13th.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.25/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −147.27 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$234.25

64 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,307

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$3.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.80

vs TN average

−35.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	575	235.66	1,356	38
Medium and Large 2-3	532	232.18	1,235	26

One grade step is worth $3.47/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale64 hd

234.25

—

TN average11 barns · 456 hd

255.04

−20.80

National average153 barns · 8,958 hd

269.28

−35.03

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−147.27

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	1,595	159.65	2,546	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,384	153.86	2,130	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,173	145.72	1,709	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,088	120.76	1,314	22

Every lot, as filed

65 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	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	503	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,252	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	859	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,735	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	291.33/cwt	287.00–293.00	1,264	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	255.92/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,489	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	600	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	778	250.77/cwt	250.50–251.00	1,951	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	641	239.51/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,535	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,628	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	262.21/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,767	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,024	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,571	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	301.39/cwt	297.00–304.00	1,597	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	248	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	245.80/cwt	244.00–247.50	1,893	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	269.65/cwt	269.00–270.00	990	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,005	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,375	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,088	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	2,138	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	315.27/cwt	302.50–318.00	1,192	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	248.22/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,283	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	298	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	227.80/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,351	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	254.30/cwt	248.00–256.00	1,188	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	427	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,033	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,402	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	733	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	202.52/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,099	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,962	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	302	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	861	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	226.09/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,483	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	221.35/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,058	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	244.80/cwt	237.00–251.00	1,603	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	378	250.53/cwt	244.00–257.50	947	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	531	233.47/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,240	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,824	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	279.36/cwt	265.00–281.00	1,453	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,465	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	563	232.21/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,307	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	673	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,521	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	486	248.05/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,206	5
Bulls	—	—	1,670	143.40/cwt	132.00–150.00	2,395	2
Bulls	—	—	1,674	167.71/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,807	6
Bulls	—	—	1,525	157.89/cwt	154.00–163.00	2,408	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	158.18/cwt	154.00–168.00	2,229	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	106.50/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,083	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	116.98/cwt	113.00–121.00	1,314	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	128.27/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,415	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	145.28/cwt	141.00–152.00	1,684	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	157.38/cwt	153.00–164.00	1,964	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,357	149.09/cwt	145.00–153.00	2,023	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,735	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	135.74/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,522	20

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 Jun 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 452Last week 308Year ago 706

Slaughter CattleReceipts 161Last week 90Year ago 174

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	245.00	245.00
5	450–500	486	245.00–250.00	248.05
8	500–550	503	249.00	249.00
14	550–600	563	220.00–236.00	232.21
3	600–650	613	239.00	239.00
2	650–700	673	226.00	226.00
1	700–750	705	210.00	210.00
1	800–850	825	170.00	170.00
5	850–900	859	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	434	287.00–293.00	291.33
20	500–550	520	265.00–281.00	279.36
26	550–600	582	245.00–260.00	255.92
9	650–700	655	237.00–251.00	244.80
3	750–800	763	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	530	297.00–304.00	301.39
1	600–650	600	290.00	290.00
13	750–800	778	250.50–251.00	250.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	292.50	292.50
1	500–550	500	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	555	250.00	250.00
4	600–650	641	239.00–240.00	239.51
2	1000–1050	1,005	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	248	312.50	312.50
3	250–300	298	317.50	317.50
1	300–350	300	302.50	302.50
16	350–400	378	302.50–318.00	315.27
5	450–500	460	299.00	299.00
1	500–550	535	276.00	276.00
1	550–600	555	283.00	283.00
10	600–650	603	270.00	270.00
5	650–700	674	261.00–264.00	262.21
4	750–800	770	244.00–247.50	245.80
2	800–850	800	244.00	244.00
1	950–1000	980	200.00	200.00
18	1050–1100	1,088	196.50	196.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	302	285.00	285.00
3	350–400	367	269.00–270.00	269.65
30	450–500	467	248.00–256.00	254.30
9	500–550	517	245.00–251.00	248.22
15	550–600	593	225.00–228.00	227.80
2	600–650	643	228.00	228.00
19	650–700	656	225.00–230.00	226.09
2	700–750	730	200.00–205.00	202.52
8	1050–1100	1,099	178.50	178.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	235.00	235.00
2	350–400	378	244.00–257.50	250.53
5	400–450	427	242.00	242.00
4	450–500	478	210.00–225.00	221.35
25	500–550	531	220.00–238.00	233.47
1	550–600	560	200.00	200.00
1	650–700	675	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	594	236.00	236.00
3	700–750	733	210.00	210.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,670	132.00–150.00	143.40
6	—	1,674	165.00–175.00	167.71
9	—	1,525	154.00–163.00	157.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,409	154.00–168.00	158.18
16	—	1,357	145.00–153.00	149.09
1	—	1,285	135.00	135.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,017	100.00–110.00	106.50
5	—	1,123	113.00–121.00	116.98
12	—	1,103	125.00–132.00	128.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,159	141.00–152.00	145.28
18	—	1,248	153.00–164.00	157.38
20	—	1,121	130.00–140.00	135.74

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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