Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale last week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.67/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −49.84 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$331.67

68 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$33.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.02

vs TN average

−38.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	340.60	1,905	50
Medium and Large 2-3	551	306.86	1,691	18thin

One grade step is worth $33.74/cwt here — about $214 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 sale68 hd

331.67

—

TN average15 barns · 920 hd

338.69

−7.02

National average194 barns · 19,992 hd

370.45

−38.78

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−49.84

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	1,760	179.60	3,161	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,513	157.60	2,384	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,318	153.11	2,017	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,108	135.97	1,507	15

Every lot, as filed

62 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	450–500	461	315.12/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	738	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,177	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	413	296.67/cwt	270.00–325.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,938	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,205	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,936	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	385.39/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,989	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	794	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,652	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	322.98/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,320	2
Steers	Small 1-2	400–450	425	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,550	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	332.16/cwt	325.00–335.50	2,179	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	725	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,393	2
Bulls	—	—	2,110	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	4,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	387	327.10/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,266	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,220	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,163	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	512	337.59/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,728	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	351.27/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,002	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,988	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,968	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,868	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,036	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,929	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,973	12
Bulls	Small 1-2	550–600	573	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,719	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,092	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	136.08/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,517	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	147.90/cwt	145.00–151.00	2,204	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	168.55/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,436	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	140.08/cwt	125.00–148.00	1,776	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,424	169.29/cwt	165.00–173.00	2,411	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,218	146.24/cwt	142.00–156.00	1,781	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	156.37/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,417	13
Bulls	—	—	1,586	167.90/cwt	155.00–175.00	2,663	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,615	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,338	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	953	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,335	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,236	3
Steers	Small 1-2	650–700	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	516	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	561	304.54/cwt	285.00–308.00	1,708	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	533	352.83/cwt	351.00–353.00	1,881	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	305.02/cwt	304.00–307.50	2,074	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	155.26/cwt	150.00–161.00	2,034	20
Bulls	—	—	1,868	186.92/cwt	180.00–194.00	3,492	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	329.79/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,567	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	359	392.38/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,409	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	422	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,435	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	277.50/cwt	257.50–287.50	1,873	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	933	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,468	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	691	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,935	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	267	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,015	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	283.74/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,518	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	569	298.10/cwt	270.00–307.50	1,696	4

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 Dec 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 437Last week 320Year ago 655

Slaughter CattleReceipts 127Last week 67Year ago 164

No trends could be established due to no sale last week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	267	380.00	380.00
7	350–400	387	320.00–330.00	327.10
2	400–450	413	270.00–325.00	296.67
5	450–500	461	300.00–320.00	315.12
4	500–550	516	315.00	315.00
14	550–600	561	285.00–308.00	304.54
4	650–700	691	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	533	351.00–353.00	352.83
14	650–700	680	304.00–307.50	305.02
5	700–750	738	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	382.50	382.50
11	350–400	389	377.50	377.50
42	450–500	456	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
25	550–600	585	331.00	331.00
22	600–650	646	300.00	300.00
2	900–950	933	251.00	251.00
2	950–1000	953	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	516	385.00–387.50	385.39
16	550–600	588	377.50	377.50
3	650–700	650	344.00	344.00
2	700–750	725	330.00	330.00
5	750–800	794	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	427.50	427.50
14	350–400	365	442.50	442.50
17	450–500	457	435.00	435.00
2	550–600	570	350.00–352.50	351.27
4	600–650	640	338.00	338.00
16	650–700	656	325.00–335.50	332.16
2	700–750	725	320.00	320.00
2	750–800	775	320.00–326.00	322.98
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	650	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	512	325.00–350.00	337.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	462	417.50	417.50
9	500–550	543	362.50	362.50
12	550–600	589	335.00	335.00
22	650–700	659	309.00	309.00
3	700–750	747	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	385.00–395.00	392.38
3	400–450	422	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	475	320.00–350.00	329.79
4	500–550	535	280.00–285.00	283.74
4	550–600	569	270.00–307.50	298.10
1	600–650	600	252.50	252.50
3	650–700	675	257.50–287.50	277.50
1	750–800	760	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,110	203.00	203.00
7	—	1,586	155.00–175.00	167.90
8	—	1,868	180.00–194.00	186.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	910	120.00	120.00
10	—	1,115	128.00–140.00	136.08
3	—	1,218	142.00–156.00	146.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,490	145.00–151.00	147.90
5	—	1,445	165.00–175.00	168.55
13	—	1,546	152.00–162.00	156.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,268	125.00–148.00	140.08
7	—	1,424	165.00–173.00	169.29
20	—	1,310	150.00–161.00	155.26

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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