Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 4.00 to 6.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 10.00 to 12.00 lower with the exception of 450lbs Heifers being10.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 12.00 to 14.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Quality fair with steady demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $381.51/cwt on 38 head, up $0.10 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 29 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$381.51

▲ 0.10 vs prior sale

38 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,080

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$53.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.31

vs TN average

−32.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	389.92	2,104	32
Medium and Large 2-3	575	336.65	1,936	6thin

One grade step is worth $53.27/cwt here — about $168 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 sale38 hd

381.51

—

TN average15 barns · 471 hd

389.82

−8.31

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−32.27

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

+0.00

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	1,838	191.16	3,513	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,453	161.32	2,344	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	157.60	1,942	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	996	131.78	1,312	10

Every lot, as filed

53 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	850–900	864	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,652	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,444	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,227	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,062	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	356.61/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,186	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	629	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,689	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	784	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,783	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,350	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,112	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	567	384.88/cwt	375.00–405.00	2,182	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,567	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	262	538.75/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,412	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	409	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,779	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,446	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,316	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	511.31/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,611	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,553	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	445.33/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,038	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	329.93/cwt	312.50–345.00	2,055	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	318.99/cwt	315.00–324.00	2,131	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	437.82/cwt	418.00–447.00	2,018	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	138.50/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,278	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	163.95/cwt	158.00–170.00	2,182	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	152.63/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,320	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	177.51/cwt	172.00–182.00	2,579	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	163.29/cwt	159.00–170.00	2,307	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	150.82/cwt	144.00–156.00	1,762	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	124.01/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,233	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	148.39/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,592	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	178.95/cwt	174.00–187.00	2,402	3
Bulls	—	—	1,920	190.28/cwt	185.00–195.00	3,653	3
Bulls	—	—	1,937	208.20/cwt	202.00–213.00	4,033	3
Bulls	—	—	1,701	179.04/cwt	170.00–182.00	3,045	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	436	415.52/cwt	395.00–422.50	1,812	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,814	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	461	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,844	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	582	368.28/cwt	360.00–372.50	2,143	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,303	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,649	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	336.65/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,936	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,048	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	451.56/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,499	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,632	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	397.02/cwt	382.50–400.00	2,037	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	403.59/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,123	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	310.09/cwt	296.00–315.00	2,236	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 Mar 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 355Last week 540Year ago 441

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 80Year ago 84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	384	472.50	472.50
9	400–450	434	475.00	475.00
7	500–550	524	425.00	425.00
7	550–600	583	395.00	395.00
15	650–700	665	367.50	367.50
2	700–750	730	340.00	340.00
4	750–800	779	340.00	340.00
7	850–900	864	307.00	307.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	436	395.00–422.50	415.52
4	450–500	461	400.00	400.00
14	500–550	513	382.50–400.00	397.02
3	550–600	582	360.00–372.50	368.28
6	600–650	613	350.00–360.00	356.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	455.00	455.00
1	450–500	470	440.00	440.00
5	500–550	545	387.50	387.50
3	550–600	567	375.00–405.00	384.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	629	427.50	427.50
7	750–800	784	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	262	500.00–550.00	538.75
8	300–350	315	500.00–515.00	511.31
10	450–500	470	500.00	500.00
2	500–550	523	435.00–455.00	445.33
7	550–600	556	440.00	440.00
7	600–650	626	410.00	410.00
10	650–700	663	385.00	385.00
2	750–800	763	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	435.00	435.00
5	450–500	455	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	470.00	470.00
11	300–350	332	445.00–460.00	451.56
12	350–400	373	437.50	437.50
26	450–500	461	418.00–447.00	437.82
23	500–550	526	380.00–410.00	403.59
9	550–600	574	355.00	355.00
11	600–650	623	312.50–345.00	329.93
16	650–700	668	315.00–324.00	318.99
4	700–750	721	296.00–315.00	310.09
2	750–800	790	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	405.00	405.00
6	550–600	575	330.00–340.00	336.65

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	133.00–145.00	138.50
6	—	994	120.00–130.00	124.01
2	—	1,073	147.00–150.00	148.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,331	158.00–170.00	163.95
16	—	1,168	144.00–156.00	150.82
3	—	1,342	174.00–187.00	178.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,520	150.00–155.00	152.63
2	—	1,453	172.00–182.00	177.51
10	—	1,413	159.00–170.00	163.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,920	185.00–195.00	190.28
3	—	1,937	202.00–213.00	208.20
4	—	1,701	170.00–182.00	179.04

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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