Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 20.00 to 25.00 lower on a light test; Feeder Heifers 18.00 to 25.00 lower with instances of 30.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 8.00 to 20.00 lower with; Slaughter Cows 7.00 to 9.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls lightly tested being 7.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $316.29/cwt on 47 head, down $13.42 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −85.72 against this barn's trailing median of $402.01.

Average price

$316.29

▼ 13.42 vs prior sale

47 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$37.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.18

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	320.26	1,761	42
Medium and Large 2-3	557	283.00	1,576	5thin

One grade step is worth $37.26/cwt here — about $185 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

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $474.79, low $316.29, median $402.01 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 sale47 hd

316.29

—

TN average13 barns · 348 hd

323.48

−7.18

This barn, trailing median30 sales

402.01

−85.72

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	1,770	213.32	3,776	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,271	158.88	2,019	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,463	157.28	2,301	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,054	136.38	1,437	9thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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	600–650	625	251.74/cwt	235.00–272.50	1,573	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	466	303.97/cwt	225.00–325.00	1,417	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	333.03/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,382	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	672	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	378	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	870	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	634	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,124	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	750	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,348	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	367.50/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,136	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	243	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	996	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,109	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	326.74/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	588	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	988	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	591	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,021	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	331.17/cwt	317.50–338.00	1,901	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,096	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	269.57/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,798	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,695	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	296.70/cwt	283.00–310.00	1,730	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	325.88/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,515	28
Heifers	Small 1-2	450–500	485	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,091	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	537	270.08/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,675	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	443	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,289	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,054	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	353.87/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,309	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,822	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,937	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	322.18/cwt	307.50–327.50	1,882	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,680	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	662	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	489	294.39/cwt	282.50–300.00	1,440	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	261.14/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,940	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,910	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	319.19/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,695	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	650–700	652	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,467	3
Bulls	—	—	1,810	207.30/cwt	205.00–210.00	3,752	3
Bulls	—	—	1,710	222.36/cwt	220.00–225.00	3,802	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	146.31/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,763	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	127.42/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,307	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	158.10/cwt	153.00–165.00	2,002	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,344	172.70/cwt	167.00–179.00	2,321	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	156.98/cwt	153.00–162.00	2,369	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	167.49/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,342	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	145.52/cwt	140.00–151.00	2,135	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	137.72/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,352	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,218	152.29/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,855	2

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 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 367Last week 376Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 51Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	305.00	305.00
3	400–450	415	325.00–350.00	333.03
5	450–500	466	225.00–325.00	303.97
3	500–550	545	285.00	285.00
2	550–600	575	280.00	280.00
4	600–650	625	235.00–272.50	251.74
3	650–700	672	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	730	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	448	375.00	375.00
27	500–550	531	305.00–325.00	319.19
15	550–600	584	307.50–327.50	322.18
22	650–700	654	292.00	292.00
19	700–750	743	250.00–265.00	261.14
6	800–850	842	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	652	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	395	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	470	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	525	312.50	312.50
2	550–600	588	272.50	272.50
1	600–650	640	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	591	342.00	342.00
4	600–650	634	335.00	335.00
11	750–800	750	313.00	313.00
2	850–900	870	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	243	410.00	410.00
2	450–500	495	360.00–375.00	367.50
3	500–550	514	325.00–330.00	326.74
6	550–600	574	317.50–338.00	331.17
11	600–650	643	326.00	326.00
1	650–700	665	300.00	300.00
3	700–750	740	285.00	285.00
2	750–800	763	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	820	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	370	350.00–360.00	353.87
28	450–500	465	320.00–327.50	325.88
17	500–550	528	321.00	321.00
26	550–600	583	283.00–310.00	296.70
4	600–650	609	275.00	275.00
14	650–700	667	260.00–275.00	269.57
7	750–800	759	240.00	240.00
3	800–850	830	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	512	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	291.00	291.00
3	450–500	489	282.50–300.00	294.39
3	500–550	537	265.00–272.50	270.08
1	700–750	730	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	662	242.50	242.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,810	205.00–210.00	207.30
2	—	1,710	220.00–225.00	222.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,205	141.00–149.00	146.31
8	—	1,266	153.00–165.00	158.10
5	—	1,344	167.00–179.00	172.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,026	125.00–130.00	127.42
3	—	982	135.00–142.00	137.72
2	—	1,218	150.00–155.00	152.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,509	153.00–162.00	156.98
6	—	1,398	165.00–170.00	167.49
5	—	1,467	140.00–151.00	145.52

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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