Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 500lbs mostly steady, 500lbs to 600lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher, over 600lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower; Feeder Heifers under 500lbs 10.00 lower over 500lbs mostly steady; Feeder Bulls 8.00 to 12.00 higher with instances of 20.00 higher with good quality; Slaughter Cows 5.00 lower with Lean Cows being 2.00 to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $296.66/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −84.85 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$296.66

73 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$40.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.56

vs TN average

−25.08 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	312.14	1,722	45
Medium and Large 2-3	533	271.78	1,449	28

One grade step is worth $40.37/cwt here — about $273 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale73 hd

296.66

—

TN average13 barns · 738 hd

301.22

−4.56

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−25.08

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−84.85

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	1,666	160.14	2,667	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,523	139.11	2,118	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,274	137.18	1,747	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,026	115.99	1,190	56

Every lot, as filed

74 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	450–500	454	367.29/cwt	365.00–372.50	1,667	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	241.40/cwt	241.00–242.00	1,839	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	667	319.98/cwt	318.00–322.00	2,134	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	254.55/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,698	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	468	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,830	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	355.21/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,858	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	528	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,033	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,873	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,395	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	890	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,891	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	342.55/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,973	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	759	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,920	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	683	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	453	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,382	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	527	293.42/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	673	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	421	277.84/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,170	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	650–700	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	531	270.79/cwt	232.50–285.00	1,438	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	953	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,144	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	318.15/cwt	265.00–350.00	1,521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	357	330.70/cwt	280.00–347.50	1,181	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	343	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,201	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	500–550	523	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,308	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	450–500	482	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,205	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,535	151.33/cwt	150.00–153.00	2,323	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	121.18/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,270	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	141.23/cwt	137.00–146.00	2,169	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	140.30/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,780	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	118.58/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,449	3
Bulls	—	—	1,783	170.71/cwt	160.00–175.00	3,044	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	105.18/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,036	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	134.28/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,469	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	130.89/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,590	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	131.57/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,929	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	154.12/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,558	3
Bulls	—	—	1,419	143.75/cwt	135.00–157.00	2,040	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	318	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,121	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	297.66/cwt	282.50–305.00	1,717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	658	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	394	319.13/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,257	9
Bulls	—	—	2,300	193.99/cwt	193.00–195.00	4,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	335.32/cwt	332.50–338.00	1,532	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	260.82/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,972	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,918	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,566	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	465	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,465	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,299	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,026	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	247	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	995	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,135	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	246	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	913	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	442	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,503	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,476	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,714	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	299.20/cwt	297.50–299.50	1,765	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,163	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	292.97/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,948	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	848	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,324	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,320	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,488	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,680	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	236.00/cwt	235.00–237.50	2,034	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	405.64/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,189	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	318.92/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,505	10

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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 550Last week 591Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 178Last week 93Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	372	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	412	380.00	380.00
13	450–500	454	365.00–372.50	367.29
22	500–550	523	340.00–367.50	355.21
18	550–600	576	322.50–345.00	342.55
14	650–700	655	286.00	286.00
5	700–750	717	267.50	267.50
11	750–800	756	260.00–261.00	260.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	345.00	345.00
9	350–400	394	315.00–322.50	319.13
10	450–500	472	315.00–325.00	318.92
1	500–550	525	247.50	247.50
2	550–600	573	287.50	287.50
1	600–650	600	232.50	232.50
5	650–700	673	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	740	237.50	237.50
2	850–900	890	212.50	212.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	246	371.00	371.00
11	300–350	308	377.50	377.50
23	350–400	377	350.00	350.00
7	400–450	444	332.50	332.50
29	450–500	457	332.50–338.00	335.32
20	550–600	590	297.50–299.50	299.20
14	650–700	667	250.00–259.00	254.55
6	700–750	727	247.00	247.00
5	750–800	762	241.00–242.00	241.40
5	850–900	862	235.00–237.50	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	442	340.00	340.00
25	500–550	521	322.50	322.50
8	750–800	759	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	352.50	352.50
4	350–400	357	280.00–347.50	330.70
9	400–450	421	260.00–300.00	277.84
4	450–500	453	305.00	305.00
25	500–550	531	232.50–285.00	270.79
3	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
2	650–700	658	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	675	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	465	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	391.00	391.00
11	500–550	528	385.00	385.00
8	650–700	667	318.00–322.00	319.98
3	800–850	848	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	430	325.00	325.00
3	450–500	478	265.00–350.00	318.15
3	500–550	527	290.00–300.00	293.42
3	550–600	577	282.50–305.00	297.66
2	650–700	683	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	700	215.00	215.00
3	950–1000	953	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	247	403.00	403.00
8	250–300	293	400.00–407.50	405.64
8	450–500	454	377.50	377.50
3	500–550	503	355.00	355.00
3	550–600	588	360.00	360.00
5	650–700	665	285.00–295.00	292.97
2	700–750	730	277.50	277.50
4	750–800	785	272.00	272.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,535	150.00–153.00	151.33
26	—	1,269	135.00–146.00	140.30
3	—	1,222	115.00–122.00	118.58
13	—	1,215	127.00–134.00	130.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,048	115.00–126.00	121.18
28	—	985	95.00–110.00	105.18
12	—	1,094	128.00–139.00	134.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,536	137.00–146.00	141.23
13	—	1,466	125.00–135.00	131.57
3	—	1,660	150.00–160.00	154.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,783	160.00–175.00	170.71
8	—	1,419	135.00–157.00	143.75
2	—	2,300	193.00–195.00	193.99

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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