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Carthage Livestock Auction

Name: Carthage Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Tennessee · Sat, Oct 24

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2062

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Feeder Cattle receipts

599 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 609▲ 60 vs year ago 539 · +11.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

102 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 134▼ 5 vs year ago 107 · −4.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 4.00 to 7.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 8.00 to 12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 10.00 to 20.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.73/cwt on 97 head, up $2.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −26.25 against this barn's trailing median of $366.98.

Average price

$340.73

▲ 2.76 vs prior sale

97 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$514

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

$66.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.44

vs TN average

−36.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	341.86	1,916	95
Medium and Large 2-3	585	300.00	1,755	1thin
Small 1-2	510	275.00	1,403	1thin

One grade step is worth $66.86/cwt here — about $514 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale97 hd

340.73

—

TN average16 barns · 726 hd

338.30

+2.44

National average186 barns · 22,034 hd

377.02

−36.29

This barn, trailing median32 sales

366.98

−26.25

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.39, low $305.42, median $366.98 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,827	175.10	3,199	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,518	130.50	1,981	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,285	129.97	1,670	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,089	117.23	1,277	19

Every lot, as filed

77 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	237	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,375	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	305	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,220	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	319	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,627	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	423.64/cwt	420.00–432.50	1,945	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	507	422.08/cwt	420.00–422.50	2,140	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	314.30/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,619	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	405.39/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,112	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	573	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,719	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	375.48/cwt	362.50–385.00	2,178	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,190	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,275	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	339.35/cwt	333.00–342.00	2,240	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	725	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,429	7
Steers	700–750	Small 1-2	730	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,643	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,325	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	745	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,198	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	770	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,503	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	309.98/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,542	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,656	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	952	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,856	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	200	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	940	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,276	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	303	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,364	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	374	366.86/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,372	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	442	318.58/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,408	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	451	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,682	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	458	334.57/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,532	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	510	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	1,803	5
Heifers	500–550	Small 1-2	510	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,403	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,781	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	539	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	1,932	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,914	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	336.71/cwt	325.00–338.50	1,953	56
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	585	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,755	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,980	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,946	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	297.22/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,959	46
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,700	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	709	301.89/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,140	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	285.08/cwt	270.00–291.00	2,078	27
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	761	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,245	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	898	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,133	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,014	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,261	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Small 1-2	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	450.33/cwt	432.50–452.50	1,752	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,856	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,556	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,896	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,997	23
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	543	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,846	4
Bulls	550–600	Small 1-2	563	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,731	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,053	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	583	299.58/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,747	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	646	294.75/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,904	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	317.49/cwt	302.50–320.00	2,114	35
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	703	272.51/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,916	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	747	300.74/cwt	295.00–301.00	2,247	22
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	754	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,141	7
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	887	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,226	9
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	970	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,037	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,658	166.12/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,754	8
Bulls	—	—	1,948	180.32/cwt	175.00–187.00	3,513	9
Bulls	—	—	2,085	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	4,170	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	129.72/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,375	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,079	119.04/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,284	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	109.39/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,218	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,257	121.82/cwt	119.00–125.00	1,531	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	132.59/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,704	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,432	139.66/cwt	139.00–140.00	2,000	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,455	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,183	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,494	125.41/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,874	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,600	134.40/cwt	132.00–137.00	2,150	6

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 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 599Last week 609Year ago 539

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 134Year ago 107

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 4.00 to 7.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 8.00 to 12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 10.00 to 20.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	475	327.50	327.50
4	500–550	543	340.00	340.00
6	550–600	583	297.50–300.00	299.58
10	600–650	646	292.50–295.00	294.75
2	700–750	703	270.00–275.00	272.51
4	950–1000	970	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	389	432.50–452.50	450.33
15	400–450	442	420.00	420.00
3	450–500	483	392.50	392.50
23	500–550	529	377.50	377.50
20	550–600	580	354.00	354.00
2	600–650	605	320.00	320.00
35	650–700	666	302.50–320.00	317.49
22	700–750	747	295.00–301.00	300.74
7	750–800	754	284.00	284.00
9	850–900	887	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	563	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	400.00	400.00
3	500–550	515	300.00–325.00	314.30
2	550–600	573	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	620	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	745	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	507	420.00–422.50	422.08
4	600–650	600	365.00	365.00
5	650–700	650	350.00	350.00
7	700–750	725	335.00	335.00
2	750–800	770	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	237	580.00	580.00
5	300–350	319	510.00	510.00
7	450–500	459	420.00–432.50	423.64
11	500–550	521	400.00–410.00	405.39
18	550–600	580	362.50–385.00	375.48
32	650–700	660	333.00–342.00	339.35
6	700–750	738	315.00	315.00
8	800–850	820	305.00–315.00	309.98
2	850–900	878	302.50	302.50
3	950–1000	952	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	510	353.50	353.50
2	550–600	550	348.00	348.00
3	600–650	600	330.00	330.00
8	700–750	709	300.00–305.00	301.89
4	750–800	761	295.00	295.00
6	1000–1050	1,014	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	360.00	360.00
3	350–400	374	350.00–375.00	366.86
3	400–450	442	300.00–327.50	318.58
12	450–500	458	332.50–335.00	334.57
1	550–600	585	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	680	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	470.00	470.00
1	250–300	290	440.00	440.00
3	300–350	303	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
24	450–500	451	373.00	373.00
14	500–550	530	336.00	336.00
56	550–600	580	325.00–338.50	336.71
2	600–650	638	305.00	305.00
46	650–700	659	285.00–300.00	297.22
27	700–750	729	270.00–291.00	285.08
6	850–900	898	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	539	358.50	358.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,432	139.00–140.00	139.66
6	—	1,600	132.00–137.00	134.40
10	—	1,494	120.00–129.00	125.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,113	105.00–110.00	109.39
4	—	1,060	127.00–134.00	129.72
7	—	1,079	117.00–120.00	119.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,257	119.00–125.00	121.82
1	—	1,455	150.00	150.00
11	—	1,285	130.00–138.00	132.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,948	175.00–187.00	180.32
1	—	2,085	200.00	200.00
8	—	1,658	160.00–172.00	166.12

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.