Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 5.00 to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 10.00 to 12.00 lower; Feeder Bulls under 550lbs 8.00 to 12.00 higher, over 550lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower; Slaughter Cows and Bulls mostly steady. Quality fair with steady demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $385.49/cwt on 73 head, down $20.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 29 comparable sales and sits +3.98 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$385.49

▼ 20.47 vs prior sale

73 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,129

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

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

$30.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.49

vs TN average

−44.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	393.44	2,157	54
Medium and Large 2-3	564	362.90	2,046	19thin

One grade step is worth $30.54/cwt here — about $111 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 sale73 hd

385.49

—

TN average14 barns · 501 hd

402.98

−17.49

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−44.92

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

+3.98

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	1,752	185.34	3,247	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,543	173.92	2,684	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,254	162.29	2,034	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,095	137.42	1,505	19

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,514	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,324	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,379	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,351	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	316.77/cwt	300.00–327.50	2,316	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	387.54/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,701	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	955	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	541	401.98/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,175	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	395.17/cwt	375.00–460.00	1,917	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	436	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,897	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,364	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,755	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,234	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,245	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,983	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	411.06/cwt	350.00–425.00	1,768	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	437.06/cwt	400.00–460.00	2,098	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	371.45/cwt	370.00–372.50	1,920	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	413	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,549	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	350–400	375	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,425	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	450–500	455	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,615	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	124.76/cwt	120.00–137.00	1,276	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,322	157.64/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,084	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	145.04/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,581	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	180.65/cwt	178.00–182.50	2,320	4
Bulls	—	—	1,861	191.41/cwt	186.00–200.00	3,562	7
Bulls	—	—	1,599	176.84/cwt	170.00–183.00	2,828	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,296	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	190.57/cwt	184.00–197.50	2,782	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,603	167.92/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,692	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,904	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	167.09/cwt	161.00–172.00	2,144	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	150.75/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,788	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	591	357.91/cwt	357.50–362.50	2,115	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	381.84/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,756	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	404.65/cwt	375.00–430.00	2,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,401	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	444.41/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,546	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	370.92/cwt	370.00–372.50	2,200	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,158	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	405.66/cwt	405.00–412.50	2,126	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,288	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	223	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,160	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,234	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,419	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	430.95/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,000	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,272	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,504	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,760	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,559	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,882	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	967	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,650	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,848	21

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 Feb 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 409Last week 559Year ago 867

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 105Year ago 169

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	385	480.00	480.00
28	450–500	453	505.00	505.00
14	500–550	530	472.50	472.50
14	550–600	576	420.00	420.00
13	600–650	628	370.00	370.00
6	700–750	732	325.00	325.00
2	750–800	798	315.00	315.00
1	800–850	815	290.00	290.00
5	950–1000	967	274.00	274.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	450.00	450.00
4	400–450	436	435.00	435.00
4	450–500	485	375.00–460.00	395.17
5	500–550	541	400.00–410.00	401.98
3	550–600	555	402.50	402.50
3	600–650	615	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	710	302.50	302.50
2	950–1000	955	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	455	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	520.00	520.00
4	300–350	328	490.00	490.00
20	400–450	400	440.00	440.00
28	450–500	464	430.00–435.00	430.95
35	500–550	524	405.00–412.50	405.66
19	550–600	593	370.00–372.50	370.92
8	600–650	631	360.00	360.00
9	650–700	657	340.00	340.00
11	700–750	731	300.00–327.50	316.77
3	850–900	863	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	420.00	420.00
1	350–400	395	410.00	410.00
5	400–450	430	350.00–425.00	411.06
11	450–500	460	380.00–400.00	381.84
7	500–550	517	370.00–372.50	371.45
12	550–600	591	357.50–362.50	357.91
1	600–650	610	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	650	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	600.00	600.00
4	300–350	319	590.00	590.00
8	450–500	461	510.00	510.00
6	500–550	517	495.00	495.00
9	550–600	573	440.00–450.00	444.41
6	650–700	697	375.00–390.00	387.54
2	700–750	748	350.00	350.00
1	900–950	900	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	450.00	450.00
6	450–500	480	400.00–460.00	437.06
3	500–550	530	375.00–430.00	404.65
2	550–600	575	417.50	417.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	670	405.00	405.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,023	120.00–137.00	124.76
3	—	1,322	152.00–162.00	157.64
7	—	1,090	140.00–150.00	145.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,284	178.00–182.50	180.65
1	—	1,400	136.00	136.00
7	—	1,283	161.00–172.00	167.09
7	—	1,186	145.00–157.00	150.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	160.00	160.00
3	—	1,460	184.00–197.50	190.57
6	—	1,603	165.00–170.00	167.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,861	186.00–200.00	191.41
5	—	1,599	170.00–183.00	176.84

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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