Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.56/cwt on 36 head, up $12.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 30 comparable sales and sits −45.91 against this barn's trailing median of $381.46.

Average price

$335.56

▲ 12.79 vs prior sale

36 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$26.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.12

vs TN average

−15.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	337.73	1,891	33
Medium and Large 2-3	530	311.67	1,653	3thin

One grade step is worth $26.06/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.39, low $305.42, median $381.46 across 30 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 sale36 hd

335.56

—

TN average17 barns · 565 hd

350.67

−15.12

National average160 barns · 5,295 hd

350.92

−15.36

This barn, trailing median30 sales

381.46

−45.91

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	1,823	209.04	3,810	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,207	171.91	2,075	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,354	169.23	2,292	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,036	157.66	1,634	9thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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 2-3	500–550	513	316.45/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,623	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	818	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,922	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	661	277.99/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,838	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	360.00/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,404	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,931	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,219	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	744	275.55/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,050	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,989	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,174	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	783	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	349.66/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,234	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,874	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,038	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	607	306.02/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,858	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,405	4
Steers	Small 1-2	600–650	645	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	607	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,378	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	508	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	413	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	356.95/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,674	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	327.14/cwt	315.00–329.00	2,058	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,081	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,548	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,332	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,829	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,125	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,371	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	303.93/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,216	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	459	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,377	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	600–650	610	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,962	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	280.28/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,987	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,940	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,573	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,038	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,144	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,207	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,917	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	600–650	610	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	646	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,873	7
Bulls	—	—	1,891	208.28/cwt	200.00–215.00	3,939	5
Bulls	—	—	1,530	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,907	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	153.52/cwt	153.00–154.00	1,824	2
Bulls	—	—	1,945	230.00/cwt	225.00–235.00	4,474	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	167.46/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,948	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	165.11/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,778	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	152.14/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,461	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	179.84/cwt	175.00–187.00	2,239	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,316	166.08/cwt	161.00–170.00	2,186	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,421	174.75/cwt	173.00–176.00	2,483	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,172	1

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 Aug 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 376Last week 231Year ago 578

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 32Year ago 93

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	390	350.00–380.00	360.00
1	450–500	455	380.00	380.00
11	500–550	513	300.00–320.00	316.45
3	550–600	565	270.00–295.00	280.28
7	600–650	646	290.00	290.00
5	650–700	661	275.00–280.00	277.99
2	800–850	818	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	415.00	415.00
15	400–450	449	442.50	442.50
3	450–500	462	415.00	415.00
7	500–550	523	371.00	371.00
18	550–600	585	330.00	330.00
19	650–700	652	312.50	312.50
9	700–750	722	297.00	297.00
6	850–900	862	256.00	256.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	610	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	460.00	460.00
4	300–350	323	435.00	435.00
13	450–500	455	448.00	448.00
12	500–550	527	377.50	377.50
8	550–600	593	351.00	351.00
21	600–650	639	342.50–350.00	349.66
4	650–700	669	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	740	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	750	300.00	300.00
3	800–850	820	290.00	290.00
1	900–950	925	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	413	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	490	385.00	385.00
4	500–550	510	367.50	367.50
5	600–650	607	302.50–320.00	306.02
9	700–750	744	275.00–280.00	275.55
2	750–800	783	275.00	275.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	400.00	400.00
9	350–400	388	399.00	399.00
21	450–500	469	352.50–360.00	356.95
18	500–550	534	342.50	342.50
15	550–600	591	332.00	332.00
22	600–650	629	315.00–329.00	327.14
18	700–750	729	295.00–305.00	303.93
2	750–800	765	292.50	292.50
1	900–950	935	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	375.00	375.00
3	350–400	373	367.50	367.50
5	450–500	459	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	508	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	575	275.00	275.00
3	600–650	607	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,891	200.00–215.00	208.28
2	—	1,530	190.00	190.00
2	—	1,945	225.00–235.00	230.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,188	153.00–154.00	153.52
6	—	1,163	165.00–170.00	167.46
8	—	1,245	175.00–187.00	179.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,077	160.00–170.00	165.11
2	—	960	150.00–154.00	152.14
1	—	945	124.00	124.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,316	161.00–170.00	166.08
4	—	1,421	173.00–176.00	174.75

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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