Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 7.00 to 12.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 3.00 higher; Feeder Bulls under 600lbs mostly steady, over 600lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.17/cwt on 73 head, up $21.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 29 comparable sales and sits −3.34 against this barn's trailing median of $381.51.

Average price

$378.17

▲ 21.88 vs prior sale

73 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,078

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$43.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.65

vs TN average

−26.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	384.07	2,116	63
Medium and Large 2-3	540	341.00	1,842	10thin

One grade step is worth $43.07/cwt here — about $273 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

378.17

—

TN average17 barns · 781 hd

385.82

−7.65

National average170 barns · 11,904 hd

404.76

−26.59

This barn, trailing median29 sales

381.51

−3.34

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	1,739	203.74	3,544	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,449	172.88	2,505	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,315	172.36	2,267	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,047	154.60	1,619	8thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	574	367.00/cwt	350.00–400.00	2,107	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	314	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,287	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	377	376.33/cwt	320.00–400.00	1,419	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,234	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	531	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,859	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	430.90/cwt	425.00–432.50	2,508	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	371.01/cwt	367.50–375.00	2,178	34
Heifers	Small 1-2	450–500	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,395	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	520.43/cwt	500.00–535.00	1,645	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	466.47/cwt	450.00–467.50	2,118	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	501	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,054	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	750	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	652	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,184	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	727	361.63/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,629	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,603	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	312	413.22/cwt	395.00–450.00	1,289	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	366.67/cwt	366.00–370.00	2,442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,498	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	446.45/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,375	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,985	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,533	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	487	371.86/cwt	355.00–376.00	1,811	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,367	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	663	326.28/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,163	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,209	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	383	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	591	340.81/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,014	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	162.72/cwt	155.00–170.00	2,322	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	193.56/cwt	190.00–197.00	2,464	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	162.54/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,741	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	146.65/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,500	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	185.98/cwt	185.00–188.00	2,594	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	176.48/cwt	172.00–180.00	2,644	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	161.31/cwt	151.00–171.00	2,070	10
Bulls	—	—	1,832	220.90/cwt	218.00–225.00	4,047	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	179.92/cwt	176.00–185.00	2,449	9
Bulls	—	—	1,748	205.01/cwt	195.00–215.00	3,584	2
Bulls	—	—	1,619	181.66/cwt	174.00–190.00	2,941	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	400.54/cwt	375.00–425.00	1,754	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,853	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,005	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,071	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,336	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,325	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,978	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,814	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	369.08/cwt	327.50–402.50	1,624	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	342.73/cwt	327.50–345.00	2,098	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	562	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,168	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	330.15/cwt	327.50–331.00	2,202	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	633	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,216	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,142	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	391.88/cwt	390.00–392.00	2,014	17

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 Jun 6, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 406Last week 540Year ago 452

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 112Year ago 62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	395.00–450.00	413.22
1	500–550	510	385.00	385.00
3	550–600	574	350.00–400.00	367.00
2	600–650	633	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	640.00	640.00
7	300–350	316	500.00–535.00	520.43
4	350–400	395	502.50	502.50
17	450–500	454	450.00–467.50	466.47
7	500–550	532	445.00–450.00	446.45
9	550–600	582	425.00–432.50	430.90
17	600–650	638	408.00	408.00
6	650–700	666	366.00–370.00	366.67
2	750–800	770	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	465.00	465.00
20	550–600	573	436.00	436.00
5	600–650	614	412.50	412.50
3	700–750	727	360.00–365.00	361.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	410.00	410.00
10	350–400	377	320.00–400.00	376.33
9	400–450	440	327.50–402.50	369.08
2	450–500	480	310.00	310.00
7	500–550	531	350.00	350.00
3	550–600	562	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	735	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	250	530.00	530.00
2	300–350	300	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	432	420.00	420.00
13	450–500	460	430.00	430.00
17	500–550	514	390.00–392.00	391.88
34	550–600	587	367.50–375.00	371.01
8	600–650	612	327.50–345.00	342.73
4	650–700	667	327.50–331.00	330.15
2	800–850	835	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	501	410.00	410.00
2	600–650	605	354.00	354.00
8	650–700	652	335.00	335.00
3	750–800	750	331.00	331.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	452.50	452.50
6	400–450	438	375.00–425.00	400.54
5	450–500	487	355.00–376.00	371.86
2	500–550	538	385.00	385.00
6	550–600	591	340.00–342.50	340.81
4	650–700	663	310.00–332.50	326.28
1	750–800	760	277.50	277.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	380	487.50	487.50
6	400–450	443	452.50	452.50
14	500–550	522	447.50	447.50
8	550–600	593	372.50	372.50
23	650–700	654	362.00	362.00
5	700–750	732	346.00	346.00
1	900–950	925	277.50	277.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,427	155.00–170.00	162.72
3	—	1,395	185.00–188.00	185.98
6	—	1,498	172.00–180.00	176.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	190.00–197.00	193.56
10	—	1,283	151.00–171.00	161.31
9	—	1,361	176.00–185.00	179.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,071	160.00–167.00	162.54
4	—	1,023	140.00–151.00	146.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,832	218.00–225.00	220.90
2	—	1,748	195.00–215.00	205.01
4	—	1,619	174.00–190.00	181.66

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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