Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 10.00 to 12.00 lower on a light test; Feeder Heifers 30.00 to 35.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 15.00 to 18.00 lower; Slaughter Cows/Bulls mostly steady. No sale next week in observance of Thanksgiving holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $302.30/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −79.21 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$302.30

48 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$525

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

$92.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.87

vs TN average

−54.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	312.27	1,757	35
Medium and Large 2-3	555	280.09	1,554	12thin
Small 1-2	560	220.00	1,232	1thin

One grade step is worth $92.27/cwt here — about $525 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 sale48 hd

302.30

—

TN average15 barns · 999 hd

324.17

−21.87

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−54.59

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−79.21

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	—	Low	2,056	180.29	3,707	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,522	151.52	2,305	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,283	150.33	1,929	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,081	124.52	1,346	26

Every lot, as filed

54 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	850–900	895	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	562	279.54/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,571	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	323.01/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,718	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	300.89/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,790	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	689	326.11/cwt	323.50–326.50	2,247	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	218	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,133	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,168	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,615	21
Heifers	Small 1-2	550–600	560	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	321.28/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,462	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	278.81/cwt	276.00–293.00	1,837	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,021	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	109.90/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,184	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	145.37/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,545	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	128.48/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,411	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,643	137.30/cwt	135.00–140.00	2,256	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	166.48/cwt	161.00–172.00	2,451	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	149.70/cwt	144.00–157.00	2,262	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	136.66/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,685	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	161.28/cwt	155.00–167.00	1,955	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	150.59/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,989	21
Bulls	—	—	1,955	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,324	1
Bulls	—	—	2,000	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	3,920	1
Bulls	—	—	2,135	177.57/cwt	175.00–180.00	3,791	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,527	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,772	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,830	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,712	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,848	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	285.31/cwt	251.00–300.00	1,350	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	746	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	266.67/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,287	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	608	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,611	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	307.97/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,356	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	322.72/cwt	322.00–325.00	2,027	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	374	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,150	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	534	281.72/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,504	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	534	287.82/cwt	257.50–300.00	1,537	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	294	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,176	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	301.39/cwt	296.00–307.00	1,893	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	263	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	921	2

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 Nov 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 320Last week 509Year ago 618

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 88Year ago 108

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	307.50	307.50
7	450–500	473	251.00–300.00	285.31
3	500–550	534	275.00–285.00	281.72
9	550–600	562	275.00–285.00	279.54
4	700–750	746	231.00	231.00
1	750–800	750	210.00	210.00
2	850–900	895	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	375.00	375.00
1	250–300	280	325.00	325.00
6	350–400	353	321.00	321.00
16	450–500	455	320.00–330.00	321.28
18	500–550	532	320.00–325.00	323.01
17	550–600	595	300.00–301.00	300.89
10	600–650	628	296.00–307.00	301.39
12	650–700	659	276.00–293.00	278.81
2	700–750	735	275.00	275.00
2	800–850	848	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	628	322.00–325.00	322.72
15	650–700	689	323.50–326.50	326.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	405.00	405.00
4	250–300	294	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	465	361.00	361.00
3	500–550	537	341.00	341.00
1	550–600	560	341.00	341.00
6	700–750	735	295.00	295.00
5	750–800	765	300.00–310.00	307.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	377	405.00	405.00
21	450–500	455	355.00	355.00
11	500–550	515	332.50	332.50
11	550–600	581	315.00	315.00
7	650–700	653	283.00	283.00
12	750–800	779	227.50	227.50
2	850–900	888	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	420	340.00	340.00
5	500–550	534	257.50–300.00	287.82
3	550–600	575	250.00–300.00	266.67
5	600–650	608	265.00	265.00
3	650–700	660	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,077	100.00–120.00	109.90
6	—	1,063	140.00–152.00	145.37
9	—	1,098	125.00–135.00	128.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,643	135.00–140.00	137.30
3	—	1,472	161.00–172.00	166.48
9	—	1,511	144.00–157.00	149.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,233	130.00–142.00	136.66
7	—	1,212	155.00–167.00	161.28
21	—	1,321	145.00–157.00	150.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,955	170.00	170.00
1	—	2,000	196.00	196.00
2	—	2,135	175.00–180.00	177.57

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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