Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 550lbs 2.00 lower, over 550lbs 6.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 7.00 to 9.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 7.00 to 9.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 10.00 higher. Quality good, Demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $218.62/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −162.90 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$218.62

44 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,185

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

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

$9.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.33

vs TN average

−21.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	219.98	1,189	38
Medium and Large 2	551	210.00	1,157	6thin

One grade step is worth $9.98/cwt here — about $32 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale44 hd

218.62

—

TN average11 barns · 673 hd

225.95

−7.33

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−21.47

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−162.90

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	1,744	155.95	2,719	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,469	127.18	1,869	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,298	122.72	1,593	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	109.81	1,128	11

Every lot, as filed

50 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	—	—	1,736	153.94/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,672	4
Bulls	—	—	1,775	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,911	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	123.55/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,814	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	110.61/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,111	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	120.94/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,500	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,421	133.72/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,900	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,192	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	849	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,872	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,534	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	258	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,536	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	893	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	489	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,260	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	176.50/cwt	165.00–188.00	1,359	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,261	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	538	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,205	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	220.87/cwt	218.00–221.00	1,142	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,492	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,016	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	191.31/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,272	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,102	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,367	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,507	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	916	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	789	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	257.68/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,340	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,243	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	944	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,192	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,139	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,021	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	117.04/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,404	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	774	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	112.61/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,357	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	132.27/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,946	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	213.29/cwt	212.00–219.00	1,041	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	204.19/cwt	204.00–205.00	1,362	21

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 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 283Last week 633Year ago 775

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 139Year ago 241

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,736	150.00–158.00	153.94
1	—	1,775	164.00	164.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,468	121.00–126.00	123.55
5	—	1,471	130.00–138.00	132.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,004	108.00–113.00	110.61
2	—	1,200	116.00–118.00	117.04
1	—	870	89.00	89.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	120.00–122.00	120.94
4	—	1,421	130.00–136.00	133.72
4	—	1,205	110.00–116.00	112.61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	217.50	217.50
5	450–500	488	212.00–219.00	213.29
4	500–550	540	211.00	211.00
2	550–600	573	208.00	208.00
1	600–650	640	190.00	190.00
21	650–700	667	204.00–205.00	204.19
2	750–800	770	165.00–188.00	176.50
4	800–850	835	184.00	184.00
1	900–950	900	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	317	249.00	249.00
8	350–400	385	238.00	238.00
19	400–450	448	228.00	228.00
22	500–550	517	218.00–221.00	220.87
14	550–600	578	218.00	218.00
2	700–750	720	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	538	224.00	224.00
2	600–650	613	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	535	265.00	265.00
5	600–650	632	238.50	238.50
6	800–850	849	220.50	220.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	266.00	266.00
5	450–500	473	263.00	263.00
11	500–550	520	245.00–259.00	257.68
4	550–600	574	254.00	254.00
14	600–650	643	232.00	232.00
3	650–700	668	235.00	235.00
2	700–750	710	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	245.00	245.00
1	450–500	475	251.00	251.00
1	550–600	590	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	700	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	231.00	231.00
7	650–700	665	185.00–200.00	191.31
2	850–900	893	174.00	174.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	258.00	258.00
8	400–450	448	246.00	246.00
6	500–550	528	235.50	235.50
11	550–600	573	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	640	211.00	211.00
3	750–800	770	208.00	208.00

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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