Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/Bulls mostly steady with 500-600lbs calves being 10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00 to 7.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 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 $308.96/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −72.56 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$308.96

69 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$33.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.99

vs TN average

−7.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	320.06	1,722	46
Medium and Large 2-3	547	286.75	1,567	23

One grade step is worth $33.31/cwt here — about $155 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 sale69 hd

308.96

—

TN average14 barns · 424 hd

301.96

+6.99

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−7.59

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−72.56

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	1,728	174.29	3,011	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,279	146.12	1,869	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,197	144.30	1,727	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,045	122.70	1,282	24

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,656	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	277.04/cwt	272.50–277.50	1,765	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,037	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	281	319.75/cwt	312.50–325.00	898	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	342.81/cwt	322.50–355.00	1,927	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	365.08/cwt	363.00–367.50	1,913	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	272.52/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,957	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,124	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,711	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,608	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,142	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,308	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	763	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,120	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,070	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,164	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	445	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	387.73/cwt	387.50–388.00	2,136	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	384.40/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,714	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,453	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,854	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	266.66/cwt	262.50–267.50	2,016	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,074	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,178	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	140.33/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,803	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	139.85/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,502	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	122.17/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,319	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	150.46/cwt	149.00–153.00	1,918	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	145.67/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,720	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,452	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	103.68/cwt	95.00–107.00	981	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	156.29/cwt	154.00–160.00	2,005	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	134.60/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,556	7
Bulls	—	—	1,770	176.16/cwt	170.00–182.00	3,118	11
Bulls	—	—	1,465	157.66/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,310	2
Bulls	—	—	1,785	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	3,338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	378	331.24/cwt	315.00–360.00	1,252	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	653	262.52/cwt	257.50–267.50	1,714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	603	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,667	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	552	256.64/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,417	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	288.00/cwt	270.00–332.50	1,166	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	299.56/cwt	295.00–302.50	1,447	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	383	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,226	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	344.39/cwt	342.50–352.50	1,288	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,872	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	536	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,629	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	309.18/cwt	270.00–315.00	1,462	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,843	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	290.88/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,652	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	527	282.97/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,491	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	327	333.52/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,091	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	331.71/cwt	327.00–337.50	1,513	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	421	277.60/cwt	240.00–285.00	1,169	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	313.04/cwt	304.00–315.00	1,791	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,817	1

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 Apr 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 440Last week 679Year ago 539

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 132Year ago 141

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	362.50	362.50
11	350–400	374	342.50–352.50	344.39
37	450–500	456	327.00–337.50	331.71
18	500–550	516	321.00	321.00
18	550–600	572	304.00–315.00	313.04
11	600–650	637	272.50–277.50	277.04
5	650–700	663	278.00	278.00
3	700–750	735	236.50	236.50
5	750–800	758	247.00	247.00
1	850–900	855	212.50	212.50
3	950–1000	970	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	281	312.50–325.00	319.75
3	300–350	327	330.00–340.00	333.52
3	350–400	383	320.00	320.00
6	400–450	421	240.00–285.00	277.60
5	450–500	483	295.00–302.50	299.56
12	500–550	527	250.00–300.00	282.97
11	550–600	568	285.00–297.50	290.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	517	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	425	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	473	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	525	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	565	297.50	297.50
1	600–650	620	282.50	282.50
1	700–750	740	235.00	235.00
2	750–800	763	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	465.00	465.00
4	300–350	323	405.00	405.00
15	400–450	446	375.00–385.00	384.40
9	500–550	524	363.00–367.50	365.08
10	550–600	562	322.50–355.00	342.81
1	600–650	615	310.00	310.00
5	650–700	661	324.00	324.00
6	700–750	718	267.50–275.00	272.52
2	800–850	800	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	401.00	401.00
13	550–600	551	387.50–388.00	387.73
8	600–650	608	356.00	356.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	375	387.50	387.50
17	450–500	463	360.00	360.00
16	500–550	518	358.00	358.00
8	550–600	581	357.00	357.00
4	650–700	650	335.00	335.00
6	750–800	756	262.50–267.50	266.66
1	900–950	900	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	315.00–360.00	331.24
7	400–450	405	270.00–332.50	288.00
8	450–500	473	270.00–315.00	309.18
4	500–550	536	304.00	304.00
3	550–600	552	250.00–270.00	256.64
2	600–650	603	292.50	292.50
2	650–700	653	257.50–267.50	262.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,285	138.00–142.00	140.33
4	—	1,275	149.00–153.00	150.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,074	135.00–148.00	139.85
11	—	1,080	115.00–130.00	122.17
6	—	946	95.00–107.00	103.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,181	140.00–152.00	145.67
1	—	1,320	110.00	110.00
6	—	1,283	154.00–160.00	156.29
7	—	1,156	129.00–139.00	134.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,770	170.00–182.00	176.16
2	—	1,465	155.00–160.00	157.66
1	—	1,785	187.00	187.00

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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