Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts, however, a higher undertone was noted for feeder bulls. Slaughter cows gauging 6.00 to 7.00 lower, with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls also due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $112.26/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −95.62 against this barn's trailing median of $207.88.

Average price

$112.26

40 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$40

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

$6.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.02

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 1-2	453	116.67	529	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	595	112.17	668	32
Medium and Large 2-3	516	110.21	569	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.46/cwt here — about −$40 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 sale40 hd

112.26

—

TN average10 barns · 886 hd

122.27

−10.02

This barn, trailing median2 sales

207.88

−95.62

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	1,688	66.20	1,117	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,301	49.05	638	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,435	47.13	676	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,009	39.04	394	4thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	645	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	581	1
Bulls	—	—	1,290	60.50/cwt	60.50–60.50	780	1
Bulls	—	—	1,820	68.10/cwt	62.50–72.00	1,239	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	451	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	127.03/cwt	123.00–129.00	737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	120.47/cwt	119.00–122.00	817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	86.95/cwt	84.00–90.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	469	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	56.92/cwt	55.50–57.50	797	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	48.69/cwt	44.50–53.50	619	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	36.39/cwt	34.50–38.00	372	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	47.13/cwt	42.50–50.50	676	12
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	330	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	106.96/cwt	104.00–111.00	661	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	117.53/cwt	112.00–124.00	673	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	104.60/cwt	103.00–105.00	690	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	690	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	42.04/cwt	41.50–42.50	535	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	310	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	422	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	112.02/cwt	109.00–115.00	547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	108.00/cwt	107.00–109.00	597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	147.69/cwt	145.00–153.00	564	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	495	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	545	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	690	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	570	104.87/cwt	100.00–110.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	480	101.94/cwt	99.00–105.00	489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	523	95.51/cwt	94.00–97.00	500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	575	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	815	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	742	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	965	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	454	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 Dec 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 116Last week 238Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 96Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	109.00	109.00
1	—	645	96.00	96.00
1	—	805	87.00	87.00
1	—	850	86.00	86.00
2	—	493	108.00	108.00
2	—	683	84.00–90.00	86.95
1	—	320	131.00	131.00
1	—	415	113.00	113.00
1	—	540	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	99.00–105.00	101.94
2	—	523	94.00–97.00	95.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	94.00	94.00
1	—	815	91.00	91.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	148.00	148.00
1	—	540	117.00	117.00
1	—	990	74.00	74.00
3	—	477	126.00	126.00
4	—	618	104.00–111.00	106.96
5	—	573	112.00–124.00	117.53
5	—	660	103.00–105.00	104.60
5	—	726	95.00	95.00
3	—	382	145.00–153.00	147.69
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	100.00	100.00
1	—	310	136.00	136.00
1	—	495	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	111.00	111.00
2	—	488	109.00–115.00	112.02
2	—	553	107.00–109.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	108.00	108.00
1	—	690	98.00	98.00
2	—	570	100.00–110.00	104.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	123.00–129.00	127.03
1	—	445	149.00	149.00
1	—	645	121.00	121.00
1	—	815	107.00	107.00
2	—	678	119.00–122.00	120.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	116.00	116.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	60.50	60.50
3	—	1,820	62.50–72.00	68.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,400	55.50–57.50	56.92
7	—	1,271	44.50–53.50	48.69
3	—	1,273	41.50–42.50	42.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,023	34.50–38.00	36.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,435	42.50–50.50	47.13
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	47.00	47.00

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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