Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 9.00 to 12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 10.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 10.00 to 12.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 to 8.00 higher on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.96/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −53.55 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$327.96

55 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$18.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.37

vs TN average

−1.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	328.29	1,806	54
Medium and Large 2-3	505	310.00	1,566	1thin

One grade step is worth $18.29/cwt here — about $240 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale55 hd

327.96

—

TN average14 barns · 610 hd

315.59

+12.37

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−1.38

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−53.55

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	1,681	174.37	2,930	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,505	162.00	2,438	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,216	153.26	1,864	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	129.76	1,365	12

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	553	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,107	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,022	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	354.15/cwt	353.00–357.50	1,679	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	345.73/cwt	342.50–347.50	2,043	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,860	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	490	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	400.54/cwt	395.00–401.00	2,051	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,909	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	326.24/cwt	326.00–330.00	1,778	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	269.44/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,808	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	814	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	2,357	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	323.15/cwt	315.00–326.00	2,033	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	327.39/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,866	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	276.39/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,761	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,414	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,304	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,951	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,262	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	355	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,065	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	400–450	448	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,254	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,152	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,062	2
Bulls	—	—	1,671	177.73/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,970	4
Bulls	—	—	2,110	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	4,389	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,437	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	975	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	115.78/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,187	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	144.00/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,547	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	460	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,509	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	152.20/cwt	148.00–158.00	1,863	8
Bulls	—	—	1,485	150.82/cwt	140.00–165.00	2,240	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,438	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,729	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	164.13/cwt	161.00–168.00	1,929	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	358	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,307	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	255.00/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,785	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,727	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	387.49/cwt	381.00–390.00	1,600	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,043	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,945	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,185	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	586	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,773	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	377	353.92/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,334	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	434	305.94/cwt	302.50–314.00	1,328	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	532	335.46/cwt	331.00–350.00	1,785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,337	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,114	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,332	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,218	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	501	348.74/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,747	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	863	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,166	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	448	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,523	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	723	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,169	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,934	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	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 May 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 362Last week 628Year ago 546

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 111Year ago 113

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
1	450–500	490	395.00	395.00
13	500–550	512	395.00–401.00	400.54
6	550–600	553	381.00	381.00
3	700–750	723	300.00	300.00
4	800–850	814	289.50	289.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	387.50	387.50
2	450–500	475	360.00	360.00
4	500–550	532	331.00–350.00	335.46
1	550–600	595	312.50	312.50
1	600–650	625	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	780	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	435.00	435.00
7	300–350	321	415.00	415.00
8	450–500	477	390.00	390.00
4	500–550	510	382.50	382.50
14	550–600	591	342.50–347.50	345.73
8	600–650	629	315.00–326.00	323.15
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
3	700–750	722	280.00	280.00
3	750–800	780	290.00	290.00
4	850–900	881	248.00	248.00
1	900–950	925	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	400.00	400.00
4	300–350	305	427.50	427.50
9	350–400	377	375.00	375.00
20	450–500	474	353.00–357.50	354.15
32	500–550	545	326.00–330.00	326.24
18	550–600	570	325.00–330.00	327.39
9	600–650	637	275.00–285.00	276.39
9	650–700	671	267.50–270.00	269.44
8	700–750	700	250.00–260.00	255.00
2	800–850	828	240.00	240.00
3	850–900	850	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	460	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	332.50	332.50
5	350–400	377	350.00–360.00	353.92
10	400–450	434	302.50–314.00	305.94
1	500–550	505	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	501	345.00–350.00	348.74
2	850–900	863	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	413	381.00–390.00	387.49
11	450–500	452	382.00	382.00
17	500–550	516	370.00	370.00
9	550–600	569	359.00	359.00
6	650–700	657	296.00	296.00
2	750–800	778	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	365.00	365.00
3	400–450	448	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	518	335.00	335.00
5	550–600	586	302.50	302.50
1	700–750	745	252.50	252.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,671	175.00–180.00	177.73
1	—	2,110	208.00	208.00
2	—	1,485	140.00–165.00	150.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	130.00	130.00
1	—	975	100.00	100.00
4	—	1,025	110.00–121.00	115.78
6	—	1,074	140.00–149.00	144.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,224	148.00–158.00	152.20
1	—	1,235	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,175	161.00–168.00	164.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	162.00	162.00

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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