Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Calves 10.00 to 15.00 lower with instances of 30.00 lower with fair quality and lower demand; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.82/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −60.69 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$320.82

67 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,770

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$395

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

$60.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.79

vs TN average

−70.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	325.59	1,812	57
Medium and Large 2-3	523	296.82	1,552	9thin
Small 1-2	535	265.00	1,418	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.59/cwt here — about $395 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale67 hd

320.82

—

TN average13 barns · 660 hd

340.61

−19.79

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

−70.00

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−60.69

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	1,871	186.60	3,491	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,471	161.59	2,377	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,277	155.49	1,986	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,058	141.71	1,500	16

Every lot, as filed

69 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 1-2Value Added	500–550	532	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,403	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	317.02/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,308	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	857	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,292	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,012	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,316	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	322.27/cwt	321.00–322.50	1,685	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,866	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	332.78/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,260	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,486	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	324.12/cwt	324.00–327.00	1,893	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	767	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,592	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	296.12/cwt	294.00–297.00	1,937	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,892	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	282.78/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,076	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	806	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,525	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	340.47/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,260	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,688	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	345.21/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,785	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	348.08/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,991	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,968	2
Steers	Small 1-2	550–600	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	500–550	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	400–450	425	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,509	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,296	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	136.21/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,794	3
Bulls	—	—	2,225	205.52/cwt	205.00–206.00	4,573	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,611	152.35/cwt	143.00–157.00	2,454	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	161.17/cwt	157.00–167.00	2,271	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	175.46/cwt	171.00–184.00	2,655	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	152.33/cwt	144.00–158.00	1,907	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	163.55/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,118	11
Bulls	—	—	1,723	179.71/cwt	168.00–185.00	3,096	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	160.76/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,801	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	142.13/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,383	5
Bulls	—	—	2,026	192.65/cwt	188.00–196.00	3,903	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,748	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,937	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,893	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	130.53/cwt	121.00–136.00	1,415	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	307.50/cwt	275.00–337.50	1,153	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	453	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	571	283.28/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	350–400	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	444	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,554	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	352.77/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,605	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	329	357.93/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,178	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	362.00/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,339	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	296.82/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,552	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	575	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	1,906	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	351.45/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,835	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	448	315.45/cwt	312.50–316.00	1,413	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	654	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,700	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	303.44/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,587	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	955	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	552	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,042	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	871	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,700	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,078	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 Oct 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 539Last week 558Year ago 561

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 130Year ago 156

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	532	335.00	335.00
5	850–900	857	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	250	320.00–325.00	322.50
1	300–350	315	345.00	345.00
20	350–400	370	340.00–350.00	340.47
35	450–500	453	328.00	328.00
20	500–550	523	321.00–322.50	322.27
23	550–600	584	324.00–327.00	324.12
6	600–650	600	311.00	311.00
17	650–700	654	294.00–297.00	296.12
7	700–750	734	280.00–290.00	282.78
1	950–1000	955	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	275.00–337.50	307.50
19	400–450	448	312.50–316.00	315.45
1	450–500	460	287.50	287.50
9	500–550	523	290.00–302.50	296.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	575	331.50	331.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	445.00	445.00
5	300–350	329	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	440	385.00	385.00
8	450–500	466	375.00	375.00
30	500–550	522	345.00–360.00	351.45
19	550–600	572	345.00–360.00	348.08
6	600–650	649	310.00	310.00
9	650–700	679	325.00–335.00	332.78
8	700–750	728	300.00–320.00	317.02
6	750–800	763	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	552	370.00	370.00
7	750–800	767	338.00	338.00
4	850–900	871	310.00	310.00
3	950–1000	955	300.00	300.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	385.00	385.00
4	300–350	329	350.00–365.00	357.93
5	450–500	455	325.00–360.00	352.77
2	500–550	513	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	573	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	379	402.50	402.50
20	450–500	450	375.00	375.00
36	500–550	517	340.00–347.50	345.21
9	550–600	578	327.50	327.50
4	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
28	650–700	664	285.00	285.00
15	700–750	738	262.50	262.50
2	850–900	865	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	370	350.00–370.00	362.00
8	400–450	444	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	453	355.00	355.00
9	500–550	523	300.00–310.00	303.44
6	550–600	571	250.00–290.00	283.28
7	650–700	654	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	740	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	760	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	172.00	172.00
3	—	1,317	135.00–138.00	136.21
15	—	1,252	144.00–158.00	152.33
11	—	1,295	160.00–168.00	163.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,611	143.00–157.00	152.35
11	—	1,409	157.00–167.00	161.17
3	—	1,513	171.00–184.00	175.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,120	155.00–165.00	160.76
5	—	973	140.00–146.00	142.13
7	—	1,084	121.00–136.00	130.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,225	205.00–206.00	205.52
9	—	1,723	168.00–185.00	179.71
4	—	2,026	188.00–196.00	192.65

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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