Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to sale two weeks ago, slaughter cows gauging 4.00 higher overall, with no comparisons available for feeder classes and slaughter bulls, however, a higher undertone was noted for slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.03/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$124.03

39 head · 411 lb average

Value per head Derived

$510

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

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

$16.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.48

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	404	126.43	511	33
Medium and Large 2-3	425	115.00	489	1thin
Small and Medium 1-2	452	110.00	497	5thin

One grade step is worth $16.43/cwt here — about $14 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 sale39 hd

124.03

—

TN average7 barns · 586 hd

122.55

+1.48

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	1,502	93.63	1,406	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,181	66.79	789	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,371	66.59	913	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,004	56.49	567	20

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	340	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	506	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	132.01/cwt	129.00–135.00	671	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	121.46/cwt	119.00–124.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	155.09/cwt	150.00–165.00	578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	350	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	275	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	352	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	435	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	548	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	387	135.45/cwt	130.00–138.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	629	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	140.93/cwt	140.00–142.00	378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	134.70/cwt	134.00–136.00	438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	129.49/cwt	128.00–131.00	467	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	108.72/cwt	104.00–113.00	624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	217	142.60/cwt	130.00–150.00	309	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	127.20/cwt	123.00–129.00	523	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	117.46/cwt	112.00–123.00	614	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	489	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	270	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	348	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	370	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	451	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	420	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	504	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	595	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	565	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	605	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	467	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	750	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	4,575	1
Bulls	—	—	1,710	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,719	1
Bulls	—	—	1,598	95.27/cwt	94.50–96.00	1,522	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,100	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	919	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	57.45/cwt	55.00–58.50	666	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	77.05/cwt	73.50–81.50	955	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	65.88/cwt	60.00–72.00	771	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,175	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	887	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,353	75.04/cwt	74.50–75.50	1,015	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	65.86/cwt	61.50–72.50	904	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	56.49/cwt	52.50–61.50	567	20

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 Mar 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 95Last week 211Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 140Last week 49Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 18Year 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	—	340	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	158.00	158.00
1	—	400	154.00	154.00
1	—	480	138.00	138.00
1	—	615	114.00	114.00
2	—	508	129.00–135.00	132.01
2	—	570	119.00–124.00	121.46
3	—	373	150.00–165.00	155.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	140.00	140.00
1	—	410	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	128.00	128.00
1	—	435	126.00	126.00
3	—	387	130.00–138.00	135.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	121.00	121.00
1	—	605	104.00	104.00
2	—	268	140.00–142.00	140.93
4	—	325	134.00–136.00	134.70
4	—	361	128.00–131.00	129.49
4	—	574	104.00–113.00	108.72
5	—	217	130.00–150.00	142.60
5	—	411	123.00–129.00	127.20
6	—	523	112.00–123.00	117.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	129.00	129.00
1	—	370	122.00	122.00
1	—	420	120.00	120.00
1	—	595	95.00	95.00
1	—	605	84.00	84.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	121.00	121.00
2	—	285	164.00	164.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	130.00	130.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	610.00	610.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	100.50	100.50
2	—	1,598	94.50–96.00	95.27
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	83.50	83.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,159	55.00–58.50	57.45
8	—	1,239	73.50–81.50	77.05
28	—	1,170	60.00–72.00	65.88
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	75.50	75.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	74.50–75.50	75.04
23	—	1,373	61.50–72.50	65.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,004	52.50–61.50	56.49

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle