Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00 to 8.00 lower; Feeder Bulls mostly steady; Slaughter Cows/Bulls 16.00 to 22.00 lower. Quality fair. Demand average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $210.68/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −170.83 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$210.68

80 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,178

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$427

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

$66.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.14

vs TN average

−26.33 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	216.60	1,207	58
Medium and Large 2	566	197.20	1,116	21
Small 1	520	150.00	780	1thin

One grade step is worth $66.60/cwt here — about $427 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale80 hd

210.68

—

TN average15 barns · 838 hd

225.82

−15.14

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−26.33

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−170.83

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	—	High	1,687	143.53	2,421	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	115.52	1,682	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,259	113.82	1,433	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,091	104.06	1,136	34

Every lot, as filed

72 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	400–450	413	222.29/cwt	217.00–225.00	918	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	190.44/cwt	189.00–196.00	1,091	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	966	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	243	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,330	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	965	207.25/cwt	207.25–207.25	2,000	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	509	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,336	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	787	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,786	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	723	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	822	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	463	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,134	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,690	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,243	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	215.51/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,567	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	243.65/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,503	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	840	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	255.12/cwt	251.00–257.00	1,342	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	228.93/cwt	225.50–234.00	1,044	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	211.81/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,245	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	222.93/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,153	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	200.87/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,334	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	230.07/cwt	230.00–230.50	1,528	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,607	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	227.25/cwt	227.25–227.25	1,323	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,422	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	1,219	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,061	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	929	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,858	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,238	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	923	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,222	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	248.21/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,109	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	200.89/cwt	175.00–205.00	1,348	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	878	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	238.74/cwt	231.00–244.00	1,380	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	217.40/cwt	200.00–223.00	1,396	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	252.56/cwt	242.50–257.50	727	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	191.73/cwt	170.00–199.00	1,425	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	1,158	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,060	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,269	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	196.79/cwt	180.00–203.00	1,153	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	206.71/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,505	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	187.51/cwt	185.00–191.00	1,286	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	198.23/cwt	185.00–205.00	1,021	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	215.19/cwt	210.00–225.00	798	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	224.04/cwt	220.00–225.00	699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	201.22/cwt	200.00–202.50	952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	222.66/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,483	9
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,082	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	876	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,498	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	163.95/cwt	153.00–175.00	1,203	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	106.34/cwt	97.00–110.00	1,298	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	124.55/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,679	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	115.18/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,444	25
Bulls	—	—	1,764	153.68/cwt	150.00–156.00	2,711	6
Bulls	—	—	1,864	142.58/cwt	139.00–148.00	2,658	9
Bulls	—	—	1,392	136.06/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,894	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	960	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	114.64/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,599	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	122.69/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,824	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,627	106.78/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,737	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	106.97/cwt	100.00–111.00	1,177	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	114.50/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,206	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	88.94/cwt	85.00–95.00	977	8

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 Sep 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 633Last week 635Year ago 1,082

Slaughter CattleReceipts 139Last week 134Year ago 153

Compared to last week Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00 to 8.00 lower; Feeder Bulls mostly steady; Slaughter Cows/Bulls 16.00 to 22.00 lower. Quality fair. Demand average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	217.00–225.00	222.29
2	450–500	483	200.00	200.00
5	550–600	573	189.00–196.00	190.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	383	277.00	277.00
12	500–550	518	235.25	235.25
25	550–600	582	227.25	227.25
18	600–650	648	219.50	219.50
9	750–800	769	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	250.00	250.00
22	400–450	447	240.00–250.00	248.21
11	450–500	492	220.00	220.00
2	500–550	543	225.00	225.00
4	550–600	568	218.00	218.00
12	650–700	671	175.00–205.00	200.89
4	700–750	743	170.00–199.00	191.73
4	850–900	876	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	243	225.00	225.00
5	300–350	312	220.00–225.00	224.04
6	350–400	371	210.00–225.00	215.19
1	400–450	400	220.00	220.00
4	450–500	473	200.00–202.50	201.22
6	500–550	515	185.00–205.00	198.23
15	550–600	586	180.00–203.00	196.79
18	600–650	641	198.00	198.00
8	650–700	686	185.00–191.00	187.51
13	700–750	734	153.00–175.00	163.95
2	750–800	760	175.00	175.00
1	900–950	935	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	377	233.00	233.00
48	450–500	456	225.50–234.00	228.93
25	500–550	517	220.00–224.00	222.93
33	550–600	588	210.00–214.00	211.81
14	650–700	664	200.00–203.00	200.87
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	509	262.50	262.50
4	700–750	723	220.00	220.00
3	750–800	787	227.00	227.00
3	800–850	822	220.00	220.00
10	950–1000	965	207.25	207.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	314	267.50	267.50
9	450–500	478	260.00	260.00
30	500–550	526	251.00–257.00	255.12
4	550–600	566	258.00	258.00
6	600–650	617	243.00–245.00	243.65
22	650–700	664	230.00–230.50	230.07
6	700–750	727	215.00–216.00	215.51
10	750–800	779	217.00	217.00
4	900–950	929	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	242.50–257.50	252.56
1	300–350	315	225.00	225.00
7	450–500	462	250.75	250.75
5	550–600	578	231.00–244.00	238.74
4	600–650	642	200.00–223.00	217.40
9	650–700	666	222.00–225.00	222.66
5	700–750	728	200.00–211.00	206.71
2	800–850	800	203.00	203.00
1	850–900	890	185.00	185.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,221	97.00–110.00	106.34
8	—	1,348	120.00–130.00	124.55
25	—	1,254	111.00–120.00	115.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,395	111.00–118.00	114.64
5	—	1,487	120.00–126.00	122.69
3	—	1,627	101.00–110.00	106.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,100	100.00–111.00	106.97
6	—	1,053	112.00–118.00	114.50
8	—	1,099	85.00–95.00	88.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,764	150.00–156.00	153.68
9	—	1,864	139.00–148.00	142.58
7	—	1,392	131.00–138.00	136.06

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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