Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/ Bulls 25.00 to 30.00 Higher; Feeder Heifers 35.00 higher with instances of 50.00 higher with strong buyer presence; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls steady to 4.00 higher. Quality good with strong demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $292.52/cwt on 138 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −88.99 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$292.52

138 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$33.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.34

vs TN average

−14.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	298.07	1,645	115
Medium and Large 2-3	579	264.77	1,533	23

One grade step is worth $33.30/cwt here — about $112 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 sale138 hd

292.52

—

TN average13 barns · 807 hd

282.18

+10.34

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−14.49

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−88.99

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	1,825	171.51	3,130	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,450	145.01	2,102	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,278	141.64	1,810	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	122.46	1,308	35

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	132.58/cwt	125.00–139.00	1,571	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,454	156.32/cwt	154.00–160.00	2,273	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	144.50/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,880	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	118.89/cwt	113.00–123.00	1,289	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	342.27/cwt	340.00–348.50	1,992	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	542	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,864	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	398	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,580	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	312.94/cwt	275.00–325.00	1,477	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	291.24/cwt	269.00–302.50	1,675	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,542	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	879	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,855	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,698	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	522	287.72/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,502	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	581	271.48/cwt	245.00–289.00	1,577	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	491	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,473	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	472	363.21/cwt	362.50–365.00	1,714	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,745	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	322	386.80/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,245	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	324.71/cwt	311.00–337.00	1,874	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	296.21/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,857	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	257	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,176	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,028	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,370	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,033	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	307	430.06/cwt	412.50–432.50	1,320	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	257.00/cwt	256.00–257.50	1,897	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,576	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	287.99/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,878	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	337.49/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,492	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,077	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	344	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,084	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	579	264.77/cwt	225.00–279.00	1,533	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	106.07/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,102	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	130.01/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,383	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	135.34/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,945	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	154.96/cwt	153.00–157.00	2,231	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	148.15/cwt	143.00–152.00	2,163	15
Bulls	—	—	1,951	178.57/cwt	175.00–181.00	3,484	10
Bulls	—	—	1,667	156.82/cwt	142.00–167.00	2,614	8
Bulls	—	—	1,828	194.95/cwt	192.00–198.00	3,564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	345.98/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,519	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	679	246.35/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,673	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	875	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,475	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,826	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,825	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	454	295.21/cwt	279.00–305.00	1,340	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	382	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,117	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	450–500	483	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,208	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,610	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	310.16/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,827	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	224.61/cwt	211.00–232.50	1,712	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	267	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	961	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,903	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	272.06/cwt	262.00–287.00	1,703	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	295.17/cwt	292.00–296.50	1,801	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	293	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	337.63/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,246	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	292.35/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,701	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	304.09/cwt	295.00–308.00	1,581	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	228.81/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	250.03/cwt	243.00–254.50	1,675	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	331.07/cwt	327.50–334.00	1,510	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	411	274.92/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,130	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,318	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 Mar 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 867Last week 180Year ago 634

Slaughter CattleReceipts 169Last week 47Year ago 127

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,185	125.00–139.00	132.58
6	—	1,454	154.00–160.00	156.32
23	—	1,301	140.00–150.00	144.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,084	113.00–123.00	118.89
5	—	1,039	100.00–112.00	106.07
17	—	1,064	124.00–135.00	130.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,437	130.00–141.00	135.34
4	—	1,440	153.00–157.00	154.96
15	—	1,460	143.00–152.00	148.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,951	175.00–181.00	178.57
8	—	1,667	142.00–167.00	156.82
2	—	1,828	192.00–198.00	194.95

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	398	397.00	397.00
21	450–500	472	362.50–365.00	363.21
15	500–550	542	344.00	344.00
19	550–600	582	340.00–348.50	342.27
4	650–700	660	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	355.00–395.00	386.80
1	350–400	365	300.00	300.00
4	450–500	472	275.00–325.00	312.94
2	500–550	528	290.00	290.00
3	550–600	575	269.00–302.50	291.24
1	600–650	600	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	790	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	257	457.50	457.50
16	300–350	307	412.50–432.50	430.06
2	350–400	378	362.50	362.50
2	400–450	440	357.50	357.50
5	450–500	469	336.00	336.00
3	500–550	547	319.00	319.00
14	550–600	577	311.00–337.00	324.71
15	600–650	627	290.00–297.00	296.21
5	650–700	652	280.00–290.00	287.99
3	700–750	738	256.00–257.50	257.00
3	750–800	777	261.00	261.00
1	900–950	900	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	383	385.00	385.00
46	400–450	439	337.50–352.50	345.98
10	450–500	470	328.00	328.00
23	500–550	526	306.00	306.00
49	550–600	589	310.00–314.00	310.16
3	600–650	613	277.00	277.00
20	650–700	664	275.00	275.00
12	700–750	730	250.00	250.00
7	850–900	879	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	491	300.00	300.00
12	500–550	522	275.00–291.00	287.72
14	550–600	581	245.00–289.00	271.48
6	650–700	679	235.00–255.00	246.35
1	850–900	875	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	267	360.00	360.00
5	300–350	310	347.50	347.50
33	350–400	369	327.00–340.00	337.63
39	400–450	442	325.00–340.00	337.49
13	450–500	456	327.50–334.00	331.07
56	500–550	520	295.00–308.00	304.09
59	550–600	582	280.00–300.00	292.35
28	600–650	626	262.00–287.00	272.06
20	650–700	670	243.00–254.50	250.03
5	700–750	743	220.00–231.00	228.81
9	750–800	762	211.00–232.50	224.61
3	850–900	877	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	327.50	327.50
8	300–350	344	315.00	315.00
3	350–400	382	292.50	292.50
5	400–450	411	270.00–295.00	274.92
36	450–500	454	279.00–305.00	295.21
23	550–600	579	225.00–279.00	264.77
3	650–700	680	230.00	230.00
3	750–800	775	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	610	292.00–296.50	295.17

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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