Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed last week in observance of the Independence Day Holiday July 4th.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.52/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −148.99 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$232.52

117 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,296

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$22.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.17

vs TN average

−36.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	232.91	1,298	115
Medium and Large 2-3	560	210.00	1,176	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.91/cwt here — about $122 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 sale117 hd

232.52

—

TN average10 barns · 929 hd

251.69

−19.17

National average164 barns · 12,328 hd

268.86

−36.34

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−148.99

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	1,800	160.67	2,892	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,282	147.57	1,892	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,423	147.41	2,098	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,050	126.67	1,330	17

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1-2	650–700	662	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,519	17
Bulls	—	—	1,805	162.95/cwt	158.00–168.00	2,941	11
Bulls	—	—	1,945	172.00/cwt	170.00–174.00	3,345	5
Bulls	—	—	1,669	147.04/cwt	142.00–152.00	2,454	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	114.81/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,134	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	161.67/cwt	155.00–169.00	2,076	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	130.00/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,612	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	159.46/cwt	152.00–167.00	2,261	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	131.89/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,910	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	143.99/cwt	140.00–148.00	2,037	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	133.14/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,443	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	146.91/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,914	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	803	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,927	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	769	249.05/cwt	244.50–255.00	1,915	60
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,887	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	252.80/cwt	250.00–258.50	1,598	15
Steers	Small 1-2	700–750	720	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	305.75/cwt	303.00–313.00	1,400	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	317	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	885	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	668	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,590	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	293.38/cwt	281.00–296.00	1,514	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	281.72/cwt	279.00–287.50	1,651	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	506	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,265	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,475	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	450–500	465	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,046	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	240.16/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,160	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	662	211.95/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,403	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,342	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	600–650	630	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,355	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,679	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	276.58/cwt	265.00–278.00	1,452	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	320.54/cwt	294.00–324.00	1,250	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,438	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	369	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	886	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,176	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	260.16/cwt	256.00–261.00	1,538	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,248	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	285.02/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,297	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	235.53/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,241	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	251.99/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,157	41
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	395	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	889	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	880	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	230.97/cwt	228.00–232.00	1,340	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	203.89/cwt	200.00–204.50	1,580	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,341	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,108	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	930	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	215.64/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,423	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,405	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	267.70/cwt	264.50–269.50	1,687	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	459	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,033	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	195.96/cwt	180.00–207.00	1,333	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	233.70/cwt	228.00–241.00	1,556	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	328	264.32/cwt	250.00–266.00	867	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	206.39/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,496	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	244.24/cwt	238.50–245.50	1,751	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	295.16/cwt	290.00–297.00	936	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	313.43/cwt	311.50–316.00	1,646	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,139	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 Jul 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 843Last week 452Year ago 546

Slaughter CattleReceipts 252Last week 161Year ago 161

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed last week in observance of the Independence Day Holiday July 4th.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	390	294.00–324.00	320.54
8	400–450	423	295.00	295.00
20	450–500	455	270.00–290.00	285.02
28	500–550	525	265.00–278.00	276.58
29	550–600	591	256.00–261.00	260.16
5	600–650	639	225.00	225.00
17	650–700	662	229.50	229.50
3	700–750	740	210.00	210.00
16	750–800	763	220.00	220.00
3	850–900	878	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	225.00	225.00
2	600–650	630	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	260.00	260.00
8	450–500	483	235.00–245.00	240.16
3	600–650	610	220.00	220.00
10	650–700	662	200.00–215.00	211.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	525	311.50–316.00	313.43
14	600–650	630	264.50–269.50	267.70
60	750–800	769	244.50–255.00	249.05
3	800–850	803	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	250.00	250.00
3	300–350	317	273.00	273.00
4	500–550	506	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	615	224.00	224.00
3	650–700	668	238.00	238.00
1	850–900	885	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	330.00	330.00
8	300–350	317	290.00–297.00	295.16
11	450–500	458	303.00–313.00	305.75
23	500–550	516	281.00–296.00	293.38
19	550–600	586	279.00–287.50	281.72
15	600–650	632	250.00–258.50	252.80
2	650–700	658	240.00	240.00
13	700–750	717	238.50–245.50	244.24
9	800–850	803	235.00	235.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	250.00–266.00	264.32
4	350–400	369	240.00	240.00
11	450–500	459	225.00	225.00
2	550–600	560	210.00	210.00
5	650–700	680	180.00–207.00	195.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	250	266.00	266.00
9	300–350	326	270.00	270.00
17	350–400	362	257.00	257.00
3	400–450	443	250.00	250.00
41	450–500	459	245.00–253.00	251.99
49	500–550	527	231.00–241.00	235.53
66	550–600	580	228.00–232.00	230.97
5	600–650	603	233.00	233.00
22	650–700	660	215.00–222.00	215.64
20	700–750	725	200.00–210.00	206.39
15	750–800	775	200.00–204.50	203.89
6	850–900	871	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	650–700	666	228.00–241.00	233.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,805	158.00–168.00	162.95
5	—	1,945	170.00–174.00	172.00
6	—	1,669	142.00–152.00	147.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	988	110.00–120.00	114.81
11	—	1,084	128.00–138.00	133.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,284	155.00–169.00	161.67
6	—	1,240	125.00–135.00	130.00
11	—	1,303	142.00–152.00	146.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,418	152.00–167.00	159.46
5	—	1,448	128.00–135.00	131.89
9	—	1,415	140.00–148.00	143.99

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