Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale last week in observance of Independance Day.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.10/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −61.41 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$320.10

46 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$25.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.18

vs TN average

−21.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	325.75	1,778	36
Medium and Large 2-3	538	299.76	1,611	10thin

One grade step is worth $25.99/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale46 hd

320.10

—

TN average15 barns · 823 hd

323.28

−3.18

National average157 barns · 9,726 hd

341.53

−21.43

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−61.41

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	1,569	190.24	2,985	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,251	155.25	1,942	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,388	150.23	2,084	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	135.04	1,486	21

Every lot, as filed

67 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	300–350	304	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,208	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,706	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,604	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,109	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,769	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	291.90/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	879	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,118	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	328.10/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,453	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	275.65/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,772	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	355.90/cwt	355.00–356.00	1,374	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	398.27/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,000	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,160	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	270.24/cwt	268.00–274.00	2,043	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	327.60/cwt	325.00–332.00	2,182	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,168	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,887	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	894	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,029	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	168.27/cwt	164.00–172.00	2,182	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	140.21/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,577	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	121.23/cwt	110.00–130.00	1,321	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	149.09/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,634	7
Bulls	—	—	1,700	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	3,825	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	154.86/cwt	152.00–160.00	2,036	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,773	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	157.58/cwt	153.00–161.00	1,984	21
Bulls	—	—	1,685	195.36/cwt	190.00–200.00	3,292	2
Bulls	—	—	1,388	167.75/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,328	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	145.60/cwt	145.00–147.00	2,126	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	145.24/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,766	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	521	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,589	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,303	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,521	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	708	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,393	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	406.34/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,751	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	350.68/cwt	350.00–356.00	1,810	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	458	361.35/cwt	330.00–382.50	1,655	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	333.77/cwt	305.00–350.00	1,218	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	314.99/cwt	301.00–317.50	1,477	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	554	294.52/cwt	282.50–302.50	1,632	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	334.92/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,718	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,027	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	336.79/cwt	330.00–338.00	2,021	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,988	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,994	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	337.46/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,130	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	589	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,779	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	662	270.66/cwt	250.00–276.00	1,792	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	409	358.58/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,467	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	255	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	496	342.99/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,701	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,836	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	284.95/cwt	265.00–292.00	1,633	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,883	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	290.92/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,908	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	351.85/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,858	8

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 Jul 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 491Last week 258Year ago 843

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 49Year ago 252

No trends could be established due to no sale last week in observance of Independance Day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	304	397.50	397.50
18	350–400	386	355.00–356.00	355.90
26	400–450	443	325.00–330.00	328.10
9	500–550	533	320.00	320.00
12	550–600	581	316.00	316.00
4	600–650	630	290.00–292.50	291.90
28	650–700	656	290.00–296.00	290.92
5	700–750	740	285.00	285.00
8	750–800	756	268.00–274.00	270.24
7	800–850	834	259.00	259.00
4	850–900	879	241.00	241.00
3	900–950	917	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	525	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	375.00	375.00
2	300–350	335	335.00–340.00	337.46
3	350–400	365	305.00–350.00	333.77
1	400–450	435	305.00	305.00
18	450–500	469	301.00–317.50	314.99
5	500–550	521	305.00	305.00
5	550–600	554	282.50–302.50	294.52
4	600–650	620	287.00	287.00
1	700–750	720	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	420.00	420.00
3	400–450	433	390.00–415.00	398.27
11	450–500	462	407.50	407.50
8	500–550	528	350.00–355.00	351.85
1	550–600	555	350.00	350.00
18	600–650	600	330.00–338.00	336.79
26	650–700	666	325.00–332.00	327.60
1	700–750	705	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	755	305.00	305.00
2	900–950	910	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	708	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	458	330.00–382.50	361.35
3	500–550	520	325.00	325.00
4	550–600	589	319.00	319.00
2	600–650	625	318.00	318.00
1	650–700	690	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	373	430.00	430.00
7	400–450	431	405.00–410.00	406.34
18	450–500	466	405.00	405.00
17	500–550	516	350.00–356.00	350.68
11	550–600	599	296.00	296.00
14	600–650	643	275.00–276.00	275.65
9	750–800	752	266.00	266.00
10	850–900	894	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	375.00	375.00
4	400–450	409	340.00–365.00	358.58
10	450–500	496	342.50–345.00	342.99
8	500–550	513	330.00–340.00	334.92
16	550–600	573	265.00–292.00	284.95
1	600–650	635	252.50	252.50
5	650–700	662	250.00–276.00	270.66
1	700–750	730	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	785	254.00	254.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,297	164.00–172.00	168.27
21	—	1,259	153.00–161.00	157.58
14	—	1,216	140.00–151.00	145.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,125	135.00–143.00	140.21
9	—	1,090	110.00–130.00	121.23
7	—	1,096	146.00–151.00	149.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,315	152.00–160.00	154.86
3	—	1,460	145.00–147.00	145.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	225.00	225.00
2	—	1,685	190.00–200.00	195.36
2	—	1,388	165.00–170.00	167.75

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