Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could established due to light receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $267.90/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −135.35 against this barn's trailing median of $403.25.

Average price

$267.90

9 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$39.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.25

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	519	281.00	1,458	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	582	241.70	1,407	3thin

One grade step is worth $39.30/cwt here — about $52 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

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $474.79, low $327.80, median $403.25 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 sale9 hd

267.90

—

TN average13 barns · 166 hd

277.15

−9.25

This barn, trailing median29 sales

403.25

−135.35

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	1,706	148.03	2,525	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,256	135.51	1,702	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,572	135.30	2,127	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	112.01	1,142	16

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	284.98/cwt	281.00–291.00	1,046	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,483	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,458	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,589	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	688	225.57/cwt	206.00–245.00	1,552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,017	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,303	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	262.52/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,219	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	894	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,779	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	261.41/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,341	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,318	3
Bulls	—	—	1,490	136.71/cwt	116.00–150.00	2,037	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	126.48/cwt	115.00–132.00	1,637	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,174	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	633	228.29/cwt	202.50–234.50	1,445	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	132.16/cwt	127.00–135.00	2,095	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	115.26/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,096	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	133.63/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,457	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	102.58/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,097	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	582	241.70/cwt	220.00–252.50	1,407	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,277	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,243	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	142.54/cwt	136.00–148.00	1,749	9
Bulls	—	—	2,030	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	3,350	2

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 Feb 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 142Last week 644Year ago 653

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 154Year ago 105

No trends could established due to light receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	327.50	327.50
1	350–400	380	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	420	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	535	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	610	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	310.00	310.00
4	500–550	541	291.00	291.00
2	550–600	558	296.00	296.00
4	650–700	692	260.00–265.00	262.52
2	700–750	738	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	300.00	300.00
5	350–400	367	281.00–291.00	284.98
3	450–500	473	270.00	270.00
7	500–550	513	260.00–270.00	261.41
5	550–600	584	254.00	254.00
1	650–700	665	225.00	225.00
1	800–850	805	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	257.50	257.50
3	400–450	435	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	480	254.00	254.00
3	500–550	518	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	590	212.50	212.50
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	401	325.00	325.00
5	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
6	500–550	519	281.00	281.00
9	600–650	602	264.00	264.00
5	850–900	894	199.00	199.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	582	220.00–252.50	241.70
15	600–650	633	202.50–234.50	228.29
2	650–700	688	206.00–245.00	225.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,490	116.00–150.00	136.71
2	—	2,030	165.00	165.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,294	115.00–132.00	126.48
9	—	1,227	136.00–148.00	142.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,553	140.00	140.00
3	—	1,585	127.00–135.00	132.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	951	110.00–120.00	115.26
2	—	1,090	131.00–136.00	133.63
7	—	1,069	100.00–110.00	102.58

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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