Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Heifer mostly steady; Feeder Bulls unevenly steady; no trends on Feeder Steers due to lack of comparable data; Slaughter Cows 4.00 to 6.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder Cattle Quality fair with fleshier and unweaned calves receiving a considerable discount.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $327.21/cwt on 60 head, down $2.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 32 comparable sales and sits −74.52 against this barn's trailing median of $401.73.

Average price

$327.21

▼ 2.15 vs prior sale

60 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$30.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.53

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	554	330.98	1,834	46
Medium and Large 2-3	523	315.98	1,654	13thin
Small 1-2	555	300.00	1,665	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.98/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale60 hd

327.21

—

TN average15 barns · 601 hd

339.74

−12.53

This barn, trailing median32 sales

401.73

−74.52

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	—	Low	1,817	187.58	3,409	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,377	142.57	1,963	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,230	138.54	1,704	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	126.42	1,353	7thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	151.33/cwt	150.00–153.00	2,131	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,445	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	120.74/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,189	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,115	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,472	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	141.80/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,984	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	138.52/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,751	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	151.44/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,951	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,883	1
Bulls	—	—	1,757	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,092	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	130.83/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,485	5
Bulls	—	—	1,898	196.18/cwt	194.00–201.00	3,723	6
Bulls	—	—	1,779	185.48/cwt	181.00–191.00	3,300	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	897	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,018	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,974	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,639	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,561	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,763	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	318.89/cwt	300.00–323.00	1,649	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,591	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,689	18
Bulls	Small 1-2	700–750	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	850	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,019	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	450	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,721	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,970	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,078	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	550–600	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	334.40/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,729	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	968	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,888	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	423	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,417	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	527	309.36/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,630	8
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	350–400	355	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,154	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	255.71/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,099	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	310.94/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,943	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,096	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	296.25/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	514	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,748	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	466	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,771	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	454	317.47/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,441	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	298	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,162	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	335.67/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,111	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,508	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	311.38/cwt	310.00–312.50	2,370	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	354.32/cwt	354.00–355.00	2,137	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,567	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	221	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,227	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	323.21/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,195	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	284	453.10/cwt	335.00–490.00	1,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	694	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,412	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,927	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,959	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	653	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,877	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,350	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 Oct 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 438Last week 427Year ago 606

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 86Year ago 80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	150.00–153.00	151.33
1	—	1,115	132.00	132.00
9	—	1,399	137.00–146.00	141.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	131.00	131.00
4	—	985	120.00–121.00	120.74
1	—	1,345	140.00	140.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,264	136.00–146.00	138.52
3	—	1,288	150.00–154.00	151.44
5	—	1,135	128.00–133.00	130.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,757	176.00	176.00
6	—	1,898	194.00–201.00	196.18
8	—	1,779	181.00–191.00	185.48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	432.50	432.50
3	400–450	408	390.00	390.00
21	450–500	470	375.00	375.00
18	500–550	508	332.50	332.50
28	550–600	584	330.00	330.00
5	600–650	600	315.00	315.00
29	650–700	664	295.00	295.00
14	750–800	752	262.50	262.50
3	850–900	897	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	415	370.00	370.00
3	450–500	473	330.00	330.00
11	500–550	517	300.00–323.00	318.89
2	550–600	558	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	685	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	745	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	760	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	700	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	653	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	850	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	450	382.50	382.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	400.00	400.00
8	350–400	377	400.00	400.00
17	500–550	517	330.00–335.00	334.40
14	550–600	572	330.00	330.00
39	600–650	625	302.50–320.00	310.94
3	650–700	655	320.00	320.00
4	700–750	737	250.00–257.50	255.71
5	750–800	765	257.50	257.50
2	800–850	848	247.50	247.50
2	950–1000	968	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	385	280.00	280.00
4	400–450	423	335.00	335.00
8	450–500	454	300.00–322.50	317.47
8	500–550	527	305.00–310.00	309.36
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	221	555.00	555.00
1	300–350	305	525.00	525.00
1	550–600	585	350.00	350.00
7	600–650	629	330.00–340.00	335.67
12	650–700	679	320.00–330.00	323.21
9	750–800	761	310.00–312.50	311.38
4	800–850	844	295.00–300.00	296.25
2	850–900	893	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	466	380.00	380.00
8	500–550	514	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	284	335.00–490.00	453.10
1	400–450	440	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	525	322.50	322.50
1	550–600	565	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	603	354.00–355.00	354.32
13	650–700	694	347.50	347.50

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Carthage Livestock Auction