Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers lightly tested at 10.00 to 12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers well tested at 12.00 t0 20.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 20.00 higher with instances of 30.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 8.00 to 11.00 higher with Lean Cows sharply higher due to strong demand; Slaughter Bulls 10.00 higher due to good quality.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $403.74/cwt on 48 head, up $22.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 29 comparable sales and sits +22.22 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$403.74

▲ 22.22 vs prior sale

48 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,182

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$21.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.62

vs TN average

−12.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	405.94	2,205	43
Medium and Large 2-3	517	384.78	1,989	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.16/cwt here — about $215 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 sale48 hd

403.74

—

TN average15 barns · 557 hd

404.35

−0.62

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

−12.38

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

+22.22

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	1,694	192.02	3,254	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,228	176.74	2,171	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,474	175.02	2,579	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	952	153.51	1,462	13

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	378.83/cwt	377.50–385.00	2,212	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,762	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	384.78/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,989	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	505.38/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,193	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,390	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	351.66/cwt	342.50–359.00	2,187	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	415.26/cwt	402.50–432.50	2,197	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,306	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	414.94/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,220	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,175	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,089	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,514	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,820	1
Steers	Small 1-2	300–350	345	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,637	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,130	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	394.89/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,666	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,588	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,589	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,407	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,930	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	149.06/cwt	140.00–161.00	1,407	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	176.08/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,576	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	164.22/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,931	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	188.09/cwt	184.00–204.00	2,361	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	174.03/cwt	168.00–180.00	2,137	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	177.99/cwt	176.00–180.00	1,776	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	159.08/cwt	155.00–164.00	2,256	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,547	189.20/cwt	184.00–198.00	2,927	3
Bulls	—	—	2,075	200.45/cwt	195.00–206.00	4,159	2
Bulls	—	—	1,509	179.65/cwt	170.00–189.00	2,711	6
Bulls	—	—	1,870	220.70/cwt	210.00–230.00	4,127	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	380.72/cwt	365.00–450.00	1,846	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	586	359.72/cwt	350.00–400.00	2,108	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,316	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	473.87/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,113	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	539	399.94/cwt	360.00–405.00	2,156	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,318	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	623	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,994	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,138	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	395.94/cwt	395.00–397.50	1,425	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,020	25

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 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 319Last week 355Year ago 591

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 92Year ago 93

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	450.00	450.00
9	400–450	405	435.00	435.00
25	450–500	467	432.50	432.50
32	500–550	529	402.50–432.50	415.26
11	550–600	584	377.50–385.00	378.83
7	600–650	622	342.50–359.00	351.66
8	650–700	653	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	710	320.00	320.00
2	750–800	773	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	360	395.00–397.50	395.94
1	450–500	455	400.00	400.00
5	500–550	517	365.00–390.00	384.78
4	600–650	623	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	615	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	450	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	434	500.00–520.00	505.38
4	500–550	514	465.00	465.00
6	550–600	578	435.00	435.00
5	650–700	675	375.00–400.00	394.89
1	750–800	755	345.00	345.00
2	850–900	860	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	650.00	650.00
1	300–350	305	600.00	600.00
3	500–550	535	400.00–425.00	414.94
3	550–600	565	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	600	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	685	305.00	305.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	651	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	386	500.00	500.00
17	400–450	446	465.00–475.00	473.87
7	500–550	509	455.00	455.00
14	550–600	580	415.00	415.00
9	600–650	647	400.00	400.00
2	650–700	683	365.00	365.00
5	700–750	745	347.50	347.50
2	900–950	915	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	375.00	375.00
10	450–500	485	365.00–450.00	380.72
9	500–550	539	360.00–405.00	399.94
7	550–600	586	350.00–400.00	359.72
1	650–700	650	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	944	140.00–161.00	149.06
2	—	998	176.00–180.00	177.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,463	170.00–181.00	176.08
3	—	1,418	155.00–164.00	159.08
3	—	1,547	184.00–198.00	189.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,176	162.00–166.00	164.22
8	—	1,255	184.00–204.00	188.09
15	—	1,228	168.00–180.00	174.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,075	195.00–206.00	200.45
6	—	1,509	170.00–189.00	179.65
2	—	1,870	210.00–230.00	220.70

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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