Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale last week in observance of Labor Day;

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $316.85/cwt on 45 head, up $0.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −84.89 against this barn's trailing median of $401.73.

Average price

$316.85

▲ 0.55 vs prior sale

45 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$307

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

$70.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.65

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	546	320.85	1,752	38
Medium and Large 2-3	565	313.20	1,770	5thin
Small 1-2	578	250.00	1,445	2thin

One grade step is worth $70.85/cwt here — about $307 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

32 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $474.79, low $316.29, median $401.73 across 32 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 sale45 hd

316.85

—

TN average12 barns · 219 hd

326.49

−9.65

This barn, trailing median32 sales

401.73

−84.89

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	1,794	188.43	3,379	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,294	152.55	1,975	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,487	149.17	2,218	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,057	126.73	1,339	7thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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	700–750	744	279.64/cwt	279.00–280.00	2,081	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	332.76/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,544	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,154	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	280.47/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,192	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,186	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	323.04/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,887	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	287.91/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,966	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	360.17/cwt	352.50–380.00	1,322	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,122	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	318.48/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,032	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,964	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,422	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	445	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	287	449.44/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,290	4
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	465	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	297.48/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,127	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,233	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	407.47/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,891	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	346.41/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,846	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,178	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,948	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	873	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	648	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,171	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,847	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,502	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	758	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,895	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	253.32/cwt	252.50–255.00	1,799	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	624	269.81/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,684	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	316.45/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,519	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	292.25/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,897	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,081	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	683	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	566	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,528	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	600–650	645	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,516	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	318.05/cwt	295.00–332.00	1,673	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	321.46/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,691	22
Bulls	Small 1-2	700–750	745	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	372.06/cwt	352.50–381.00	1,764	18
Bulls	Small 1-2	550–600	578	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,700	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,999	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,118	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,837	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	299.30/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,874	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,847	4
Bulls	—	—	2,165	205.72/cwt	203.00–208.00	4,454	2
Bulls	—	—	1,665	175.77/cwt	160.00–185.00	2,927	3
Bulls	—	—	1,722	189.11/cwt	185.00–195.00	3,256	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	164.31/cwt	160.00–171.00	2,154	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,590	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	154.43/cwt	146.00–165.00	1,994	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	117.23/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,230	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	137.96/cwt	127.00–145.00	1,770	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	149.42/cwt	142.00–155.00	2,309	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,359	161.53/cwt	159.00–165.00	2,195	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	140.14/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,945	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	138.08/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,436	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 Sep 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 399Last week 367Year ago 739

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 61Year ago 71

No trends could be established due to no sale last week in observance of Labor Day;

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	405.00	405.00
1	300–350	325	355.00	355.00
7	350–400	367	352.50–380.00	360.17
19	450–500	464	325.00–335.00	332.76
24	500–550	526	295.00–332.00	318.05
23	550–600	584	310.00–326.00	323.04
16	600–650	649	290.00–302.00	292.25
7	650–700	683	275.00–290.00	287.91
11	700–750	744	279.00–280.00	279.64
2	750–800	778	281.00	281.00
1	800–850	840	237.50	237.50
3	850–900	858	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	425	260.00–300.00	280.47
2	500–550	530	295.00	295.00
4	550–600	566	270.00	270.00
2	650–700	683	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	645	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	287	445.00–465.00	449.44
3	300–350	327	435.00	435.00
4	400–450	444	416.00	416.00
6	450–500	464	405.00–410.00	407.47
19	500–550	533	342.50–350.00	346.41
7	550–600	581	338.00	338.00
9	600–650	638	310.00–325.00	318.48
15	650–700	663	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	715	295.00–300.00	297.48
1	750–800	770	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	425.00	425.00
5	500–550	530	367.50	367.50
3	600–650	648	335.00	335.00
8	650–700	664	328.00	328.00
3	850–900	873	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	351.00	351.00
2	550–600	590	300.00	300.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	390	385.00	385.00
6	450–500	480	310.00–330.00	316.45
1	500–550	545	270.00	270.00
4	550–600	570	324.00	324.00
6	600–650	624	265.00–275.00	269.81
1	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
3	700–750	710	252.50–255.00	253.32
3	750–800	758	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	432.50	432.50
18	450–500	474	352.50–381.00	372.06
22	500–550	526	312.50–330.00	321.46
16	550–600	574	320.00	320.00
18	600–650	626	285.00–302.50	299.30
8	700–750	727	275.00	275.00
9	800–850	839	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	578	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	745	237.50	237.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,165	203.00–208.00	205.72
3	—	1,665	160.00–185.00	175.77
5	—	1,722	185.00–195.00	189.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,311	160.00–171.00	164.31
6	—	1,291	146.00–165.00	154.43
4	—	1,283	127.00–145.00	137.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	142.00	142.00
4	—	1,049	110.00–125.00	117.23
2	—	1,040	137.00–139.00	138.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,545	142.00–155.00	149.42
4	—	1,359	159.00–165.00	161.53
6	—	1,388	135.00–145.00	140.14

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