Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 2.00 to 4.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher; Feeder Bulls mostly steady; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 higher. No sale next week in observance of Independance Day.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $310.37/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −71.14 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$310.37

43 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$25.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.14

vs TN average

−25.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	316.27	1,754	33
Medium and Large 2-3	558	290.89	1,624	10thin

One grade step is worth $25.38/cwt here — about $129 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale43 hd

310.37

—

TN average11 barns · 352 hd

314.51

−4.14

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

−25.54

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−71.14

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	1,805	189.61	3,423	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,276	166.29	2,122	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,441	165.62	2,387	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,106	145.97	1,614	11

Every lot, as filed

55 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 2-3	550–600	598	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,734	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,941	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,046	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,894	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	397.39/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,047	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,491	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,726	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,774	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,752	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,745	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,610	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,132	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	350–400	390	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,190	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	152.84/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,742	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,235	127.37/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,573	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	140.22/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,423	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	155.04/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,718	6
Bulls	—	—	1,899	186.99/cwt	185.00–190.00	3,551	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	170.83/cwt	167.00–174.00	2,366	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,899	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	166.69/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,187	12
Bulls	—	—	1,530	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,678	2
Bulls	—	—	1,845	210.79/cwt	200.00–220.00	3,889	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,415	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	173.66/cwt	173.00–175.00	2,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	532	291.49/cwt	285.00–304.00	1,551	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,305	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,492	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	390.89/cwt	390.00–391.00	1,454	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,921	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	471	307.44/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,448	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	434	302.20/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,312	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	529	313.32/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,657	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	626	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	288	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,022	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	443	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	313.77/cwt	280.00–342.50	1,472	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	587	279.41/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	658	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,777	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,268	12

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 Jun 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 258Last week 272Year ago 452

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 90Year ago 161

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	288	355.00	355.00
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
5	400–450	434	290.00–305.00	302.20
6	450–500	471	305.00–310.00	307.44
6	500–550	532	285.00–304.00	291.49
4	550–600	598	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	675	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	750	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	621	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	395.00	395.00
12	350–400	373	340.00	340.00
24	450–500	466	320.00	320.00
15	500–550	531	325.00	325.00
18	550–600	574	309.00	309.00
2	650–700	688	275.00	275.00
2	750–800	768	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	445.00	445.00
1	250–300	285	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	330	395.00–400.00	397.39
7	400–450	446	361.00	361.00
4	500–550	521	335.00	335.00
4	550–600	586	320.00	320.00
7	600–650	626	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	735	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	443	353.00	353.00
1	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	529	300.00–320.00	313.32
1	650–700	660	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	651	354.00	354.00
1	700–750	700	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	372	390.00–391.00	390.89
2	400–450	418	357.00	357.00
5	500–550	521	325.00	325.00
8	550–600	591	325.00	325.00
8	600–650	600	292.00	292.00
8	650–700	657	289.00	289.00
2	750–800	775	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	469	280.00–342.50	313.77
3	500–550	505	306.00	306.00
5	550–600	587	277.00–280.00	279.41
4	600–650	626	275.00	275.00
4	650–700	658	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	151.00–155.00	152.84
12	—	1,312	161.00–169.00	166.69
3	—	1,222	173.00–175.00	173.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	125.00–130.00	127.37
3	—	1,015	135.00–146.00	140.22
6	—	1,108	150.00–161.00	155.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	167.00–174.00	170.83
1	—	1,610	150.00	150.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,899	185.00–190.00	186.99
2	—	1,530	175.00	175.00
2	—	1,845	200.00–220.00	210.79

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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