Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale two weeks ago, slaughter cows remaining mostly steady overall, with slaughter bulls measuring 2.00 lower. No comparisons available for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.95/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$112.95

45 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$15.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.96

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	508	114.07	579	39
Small and Medium 1-2	393	109.00	428	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	385	99.00	381	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.07/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale45 hd

112.95

—

TN average10 barns · 2,620 hd

113.90

−0.96

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	1,688	80.61	1,360	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,610	58.13	936	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	55.74	703	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,135	45.50	516	1thin

Every lot, as filed

60 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, 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 1-2Fancy	—	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	577	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	98.98/cwt	94.00–104.00	661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	91.54/cwt	89.00–94.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	119.28/cwt	112.00–126.00	623	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	107.41/cwt	103.00–115.00	610	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	107.01/cwt	103.00–110.00	672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	133.62/cwt	127.00–140.00	486	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	128.19/cwt	125.00–131.00	532	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	422	111.88/cwt	109.00–117.00	472	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	425	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	442	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	465	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	540	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	112.96/cwt	110.00–116.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	100.46/cwt	95.00–106.00	713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	117.76/cwt	116.00–119.00	452	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	115.80/cwt	113.00–120.00	492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	113.34/cwt	109.00–116.00	528	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	116.17/cwt	112.00–118.00	613	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	545	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	347	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	516	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	58.13/cwt	56.00–60.50	936	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	56.57/cwt	51.00–61.50	713	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	44.09/cwt	42.50–45.50	538	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	844	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,595	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	1,252	1
Bulls	—	—	1,747	81.88/cwt	78.00–83.50	1,430	5
Bulls	—	—	1,850	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,582	1
Bulls	—	—	1,320	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	944	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	693.33/cwt	640.00–760.00	7,509	3
Dairy Steers	Small 4	—	800	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	480	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	673	102.99/cwt	100.00–106.00	693	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	126.36/cwt	124.00–129.00	796	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	128.96/cwt	126.00–133.00	735	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	124.39/cwt	122.00–128.00	827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	107.48/cwt	106.00–109.00	897	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	132.58/cwt	126.00–139.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	925	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	925	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	615	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	597	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	420	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	466	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	325	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	354	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	210	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	413	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 →

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Wed Sep 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 183Last week 263Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 98Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 22Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	124.00	124.00
1	—	485	119.00	119.00
1	—	785	87.00	87.00
1	—	810	84.00	84.00
2	—	668	94.00–104.00	98.98
2	—	713	89.00–94.00	91.54
3	—	522	112.00–126.00	119.28
3	—	568	103.00–115.00	107.41
3	—	628	103.00–110.00	107.01
4	—	364	127.00–140.00	133.62
4	—	415	125.00–131.00	128.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	98.00	98.00
3	—	422	109.00–117.00	111.88
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	104.00	104.00
1	—	465	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	117.00	117.00
1	—	650	103.00	103.00
1	—	840	89.50	89.50
2	—	578	110.00–116.00	112.96
2	—	710	95.00–106.00	100.46
4	—	384	116.00–119.00	117.76
5	—	425	113.00–120.00	115.80
6	—	466	109.00–116.00	113.34
13	—	528	112.00–118.00	116.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	123.00	123.00
1	—	545	122.00	122.00
1	—	575	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	102.00	102.00
1	—	430	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	97.00	97.00
1	—	420	111.00	111.00
1	—	325	109.00	109.00
1	—	210	119.00	119.00
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	60.00	60.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	100.00–106.00	102.99
2	—	375	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	630	124.00–129.00	126.36
5	—	570	126.00–133.00	128.96
3	—	665	122.00–128.00	124.39
2	—	873	100.00	100.00
2	—	835	106.00–109.00	107.48
2	—	488	121.50	121.50
2	—	425	126.00–139.00	132.58
1	—	950	98.00	98.00
1	—	380	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	45.50	45.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,610	56.00–60.50	58.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,260	51.00–61.50	56.57
2	—	1,220	42.50–45.50	44.09
1	—	1,350	62.50	62.50
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	78.50	78.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,747	78.00–83.50	81.88
1	—	1,850	85.50	85.50
1	—	1,320	71.50	71.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,083	640.00–760.00	693.33

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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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle