Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers steady to 8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 7.00 higher; Feeder Bulls under 600lbs 7.00 higher, over 600lbs mostly steady; Slaughter Cows 2.00 to 6.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $303.59/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −77.93 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$303.59

37 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$38.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.78

vs TN average

−17.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	317.21	1,753	24
Medium and Large 2-3	572	278.44	1,593	13thin

One grade step is worth $38.77/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale37 hd

303.59

—

TN average16 barns · 670 hd

307.37

−3.78

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−17.59

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−77.93

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	—	High	1,682	169.77	2,856	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,429	148.73	2,126	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,206	147.93	1,784	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	129.76	1,375	18

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1-2	450–500	471	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,860	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,770	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	742	295.71/cwt	294.00–301.00	2,194	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	813	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,203	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,792	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,103	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,168	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,085	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	391	378.73/cwt	367.50–402.50	1,481	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	267.33/cwt	237.50–285.00	1,778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	266.82/cwt	263.00–276.00	1,790	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	831	237.71/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,975	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	778	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,264	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	317	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,228	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	673	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	339.12/cwt	337.00–342.50	2,130	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	326.91/cwt	304.00–332.00	1,700	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	317.36/cwt	295.00–337.50	1,666	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	559	312.13/cwt	275.00–325.00	1,745	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	716	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,783	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	492	332.42/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,636	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	134.40/cwt	120.00–141.00	1,523	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	162.79/cwt	159.00–170.00	2,054	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	128.40/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,397	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	160.82/cwt	159.00–162.00	2,385	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	148.58/cwt	144.00–156.00	1,811	23
Bulls	—	—	2,100	187.68/cwt	185.00–190.00	3,941	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,379	149.85/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,066	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	139.37/cwt	135.00–141.00	2,024	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,906	7
Bulls	—	—	1,859	177.79/cwt	172.00–182.00	3,305	8
Bulls	—	—	1,401	157.27/cwt	145.00–168.00	2,203	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	105.42/cwt	100.00–113.00	997	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	145.03/cwt	138.00–151.00	1,590	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	402	305.91/cwt	290.00–308.00	1,230	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	363	324.55/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,178	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	278.31/cwt	240.00–292.00	1,609	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	467	302.12/cwt	291.00–307.00	1,411	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,665	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,060	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	549	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,081	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,542	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	434.15/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,641	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,928	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,359	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	274	413.53/cwt	380.00–450.00	1,133	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,992	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,033	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,074	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,150	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,384	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,858	5

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 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 413Last week 440Year ago 489

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 103Year ago 141

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	245	450.00	450.00
6	250–300	274	380.00–450.00	413.53
8	300–350	318	427.50	427.50
1	400–450	435	380.00	380.00
11	450–500	471	395.00	395.00
2	550–600	570	351.00	351.00
3	600–650	628	328.00	328.00
3	650–700	672	320.00	320.00
13	700–750	720	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	549	379.00	379.00
8	550–600	568	367.00	367.00
18	600–650	628	337.00–342.50	339.12
8	700–750	742	294.00–301.00	295.71
8	750–800	778	291.00	291.00
5	800–850	813	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	305.00	305.00
3	300–350	317	387.50	387.50
1	450–500	475	277.50	277.50
1	550–600	555	337.50	337.50
2	650–700	673	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	385.00	385.00
5	300–350	329	355.00	355.00
17	350–400	377	367.00	367.00
22	450–500	463	333.00	333.00
11	500–550	520	304.00–332.00	326.91
13	550–600	580	309.00	309.00
3	600–650	600	295.00	295.00
13	650–700	671	263.00–276.00	266.82
1	700–750	735	230.00	230.00
5	750–800	774	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	716	249.00	249.00
7	800–850	831	236.00–240.00	237.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	363	305.00–340.00	324.55
9	400–450	402	290.00–308.00	305.91
10	450–500	467	291.00–307.00	302.12
1	500–550	500	280.00	280.00
12	550–600	578	240.00–292.00	278.31
1	600–650	620	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	680	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	367.50–402.50	378.73
11	450–500	492	300.00–345.00	332.42
10	500–550	525	295.00–337.50	317.36
4	550–600	559	275.00–325.00	312.13
4	650–700	665	237.50–285.00	267.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	378	425.00–435.00	434.15
8	450–500	453	367.50	367.50
11	500–550	521	370.00	370.00
9	550–600	579	344.00	344.00
7	650–700	655	291.00	291.00
8	800–850	813	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,133	120.00–141.00	134.40
9	—	1,262	159.00–170.00	162.79
23	—	1,219	144.00–156.00	148.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,088	120.00–135.00	128.40
4	—	946	100.00–113.00	105.42
7	—	1,096	138.00–151.00	145.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,483	159.00–162.00	160.82
7	—	1,379	145.00–155.00	149.85
6	—	1,452	135.00–141.00	139.37
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,100	185.00–190.00	187.68
8	—	1,859	172.00–182.00	177.79
8	—	1,401	145.00–168.00	157.27

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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