Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Light offerings for feeder classes due to recent excessive rains, therefore, no comparisons available. Compared to same sale two weeks ago, slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 2.00 higher with slaughter bulls holding mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.47/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$118.47

20 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$541

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$21

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

$12.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.03

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	449	119.69	538	18thin
Small and Medium 1-2	520	107.50	559	2thin

One grade step is worth $12.19/cwt here — about −$21 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 sale20 hd

118.47

—

TN average9 barns · 1,032 hd

124.51

−6.03

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	1,873	82.38	1,542	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,622	62.84	1,019	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	59.86	707	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	952	51.83	494	8thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	—	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	121.94/cwt	119.00–125.00	437	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	8,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	154.10/cwt	150.00–158.00	593	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	150.69/cwt	149.00–153.00	734	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	139.00/cwt	137.00–140.00	720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	158.51/cwt	158.00–160.00	493	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	152.69/cwt	145.00–160.00	661	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	6,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	672	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	783.33/cwt	720.00–900.00	9,658	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	693.33/cwt	640.00–740.00	8,202	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	125.25/cwt	120.00–134.00	401	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	475	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	513	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	565	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	929	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	119.53/cwt	117.00–122.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	121.60/cwt	118.00–124.00	519	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	53.85/cwt	50.00–57.50	524	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	70.83/cwt	67.00–75.50	935	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	48.88/cwt	43.50–53.50	517	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	60.55/cwt	55.50–65.50	717	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	66.95/cwt	66.50–67.50	1,115	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	545	1
Bulls	—	—	1,980	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,792	1
Bulls	—	—	1,851	80.75/cwt	75.50–83.50	1,495	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	490	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	61.67/cwt	55.50–65.00	993	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	45.75/cwt	45.50–46.00	407	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	944	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,001	4

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 Feb 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 92Last week 313Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 90Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,300	640.00	640.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	640.00	640.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,233	720.00–900.00	783.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,183	640.00–740.00	693.33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	119.00–125.00	121.94
7	—	320	120.00–134.00	125.25
1	—	605	114.00	114.00
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
1	—	880	95.00	95.00
2	—	568	117.00–122.00	119.53
3	—	427	118.00–124.00	121.60
1	—	450	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	108.00	108.00
1	—	565	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
3	—	385	150.00–158.00	154.10
3	—	487	149.00–153.00	150.69
3	—	518	137.00–140.00	139.00
4	—	311	158.00–160.00	158.51
4	—	433	145.00–160.00	152.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	150.00	150.00
1	—	445	151.00	151.00
1	—	460	158.00	158.00
1	—	520	146.00	146.00
1	—	755	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	944	106.00	106.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	973	50.00–57.50	53.85
2	—	890	45.50–46.00	45.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,320	67.00–75.50	70.83
7	—	1,058	43.50–53.50	48.88
16	—	1,184	55.50–65.50	60.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,665	66.50–67.50	66.95
7	—	1,610	55.50–65.00	61.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,980	90.50	90.50
5	—	1,851	75.50–83.50	80.75

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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle