Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 6.00 to 9.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 5.00 to 12.00 higher with strong demand on Heifers over 400#; Feeder Bulls under 500# not well established, over 500# 4.00 to 12.00 higher; Good quality on all classes of feeders cattle; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.61/cwt on 52 head, up $18.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 30 comparable sales and sits −46.86 against this barn's trailing median of $381.46.

Average price

$334.61

▲ 18.89 vs prior sale

52 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$58.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.95

vs TN average

−19.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	531	341.31	1,812	46
Medium and Large 2-3	588	283.23	1,665	6thin

One grade step is worth $58.08/cwt here — about $147 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

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 sale52 hd

334.61

—

TN average15 barns · 751 hd

336.56

−1.95

National average171 barns · 9,246 hd

354.31

−19.70

This barn, trailing median30 sales

381.46

−46.86

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	1,750	191.70	3,355	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,441	153.54	2,213	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	151.02	1,895	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,125	135.21	1,521	9thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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	450–500	455	309.89/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,410	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,680	9
Bulls	Small 1-2	400–450	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	333.02/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,938	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	310.99/cwt	300.00–312.00	2,071	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,743	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,316	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,373	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	347.78/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,996	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,517	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	795	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,246	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	657	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,148	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	326.60/cwt	325.00–328.00	2,201	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	599	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,174	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,935	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	454	314.57/cwt	275.00–322.50	1,428	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	588	283.23/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,665	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,609	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	686	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,298	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	549	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,018	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,013	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,601	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	311	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,252	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	208	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,277	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	328.62/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,765	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,009	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	509	349.33/cwt	349.00–350.00	1,778	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	349.17/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,334	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	679	266.83/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,812	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	296.69/cwt	292.50–297.50	1,997	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,023	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	228	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	969	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	562	288.14/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,619	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,661	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,564	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,031	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	512	293.20/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,501	6
Bulls	—	—	1,820	207.19/cwt	205.00–210.00	3,771	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	150.29/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,934	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,235	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,680	1
Bulls	—	—	1,746	188.84/cwt	182.00–195.00	3,297	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	162.84/cwt	157.00–170.00	2,047	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	139.54/cwt	136.00–143.00	1,546	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	151.34/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,216	7
Bulls	—	—	1,630	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,853	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	135.36/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,478	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,728	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	120.27/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,359	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	160.14/cwt	156.00–166.00	2,322	5

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 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 320Last week 399Year ago 616

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 68Year ago 89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	455	300.00–320.00	309.89
6	500–550	512	275.00–315.00	293.20
4	550–600	562	275.00–292.50	288.14
8	650–700	679	260.00–280.00	266.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	400.00	400.00
6	400–450	443	375.00	375.00
18	450–500	498	350.00	350.00
9	500–550	517	325.00	325.00
18	550–600	582	330.00–335.00	333.02
12	650–700	666	300.00–312.00	310.99
8	700–750	719	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	495	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	208	440.00	440.00
1	300–350	305	450.00	450.00
3	450–500	463	410.00	410.00
9	550–600	574	325.00–355.00	347.78
17	650–700	674	325.00–328.00	326.60
5	700–750	723	315.00	315.00
2	850–900	870	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	549	367.50	367.50
4	550–600	599	363.00	363.00
4	650–700	686	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	425.00	425.00
1	250–300	290	415.00	415.00
6	300–350	311	402.50	402.50
9	350–400	382	345.00–360.00	349.17
10	400–450	410	370.00	370.00
10	450–500	464	345.00	345.00
8	500–550	537	310.00–335.00	328.62
10	550–600	588	329.00	329.00
12	650–700	673	292.50–297.50	296.69
2	700–750	733	276.00	276.00
1	850–900	855	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	509	349.00–350.00	349.33
9	650–700	657	327.00	327.00
4	700–750	700	287.50	287.50
3	750–800	795	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	430	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	454	275.00–322.50	314.57
6	550–600	588	280.00–300.00	283.23
2	600–650	628	272.50	272.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,820	205.00–210.00	207.19
5	—	1,746	182.00–195.00	188.84
1	—	1,630	175.00	175.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,287	145.00–154.00	150.29
5	—	1,257	157.00–170.00	162.84
4	—	1,108	136.00–143.00	139.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	136.00	136.00
7	—	1,464	147.00–155.00	151.34
5	—	1,450	156.00–166.00	160.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,092	134.00–137.00	135.36
3	—	1,152	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,130	116.00–125.00	120.27

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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