Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to sale two weeks ago, slaughter cows gauging 6.00 to 8.00 lower overall, with slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. No comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts from last reported sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.38/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$111.38

72 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$41

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

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.74

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	308	112.00	344	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	560	111.38	623	69
Medium and Large 2-3	350	110.00	385	1thin

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about −$41 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 sale72 hd

111.38

—

TN average10 barns · 1,899 hd

118.12

−6.74

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	1,646	74.67	1,229	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,199	50.43	604	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,444	47.54	686	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	47.04	489	9thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	114.58/cwt	113.00–116.00	544	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	699	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	124.99/cwt	119.00–129.00	587	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	118.99/cwt	117.00–121.00	666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	131.31/cwt	129.00–136.00	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	114.03/cwt	111.00–120.00	604	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	710	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	650	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	735	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	107.98/cwt	106.00–110.00	781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	519	136.31/cwt	135.00–137.00	707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	122.60/cwt	122.00–125.00	785	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	897	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	112.74/cwt	106.00–115.50	645	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	103.34/cwt	98.00–108.00	644	10
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	390	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	472	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	850	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,100	1
Dairy Steers	Small 4	—	690	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	730	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	129.49/cwt	129.00–130.00	606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	877	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	240	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	271	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	375	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	416	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	625	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	495	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	673	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	465	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	428	3
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	595	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	506	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	415	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	394	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	555	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	505	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	645	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	593	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	40.50/cwt	40.50–40.50	508	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	722	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	47.54/cwt	45.00–50.50	686	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	48.56/cwt	42.00–52.50	595	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,009	61.73/cwt	53.00–79.00	623	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	41.48/cwt	39.50–43.50	461	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	951	53.98/cwt	48.50–65.00	513	4
Bulls	—	—	1,646	74.67/cwt	70.50–79.00	1,229	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	746	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	796.67/cwt	780.00–810.00	9,162	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	675	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	565	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	117.50/cwt	117.00–118.00	503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	120.76/cwt	116.00–129.00	455	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	135.74/cwt	130.00–141.00	443	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	716	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	716	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	105.16/cwt	104.00–110.00	724	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	118.48/cwt	118.00–119.00	335	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	99.71/cwt	95.00–103.00	777	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	800	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	110.10/cwt	104.00–114.00	741	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	390	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	132.52/cwt	127.00–134.00	565	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	130.05/cwt	129.00–131.00	349	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	125.17/cwt	120.00–130.00	672	5

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 Oct 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 275Last week 132Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 62Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 17Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	119.00	119.00
1	—	555	126.00	126.00
3	—	545	129.00–136.00	131.31
1	—	435	129.00	129.00
1	—	715	118.00	118.00
5	—	640	122.00–125.00	122.60
5	—	801	112.00	112.00
2	—	468	129.00–130.00	129.49
1	—	790	111.00	111.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	139.00	139.00
4	—	655	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	475	113.00–116.00	114.58
7	—	530	111.00–120.00	114.03
2	—	723	106.00–110.00	107.98
17	—	572	106.00–115.50	112.74
10	—	623	98.00–108.00	103.34
2	—	428	117.00–118.00	117.50
5	—	377	116.00–129.00	120.76
1	—	775	104.00	104.00
2	—	283	118.00–119.00	118.48
1	—	320	114.00	114.00
7	—	673	104.00–114.00	110.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	113.00	113.00
1	—	375	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	115.50	115.50
1	—	800	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	624	112.00	112.00
4	—	470	119.00–129.00	124.99
6	—	560	117.00–121.00	118.99
1	—	820	96.00	96.00
3	—	710	105.00	105.00
4	—	326	130.00–141.00	135.74
6	—	688	104.00–110.00	105.16
1	—	240	131.00	131.00
4	—	779	95.00–103.00	99.71
7	—	426	127.00–134.00	132.52
2	—	268	129.00–131.00	130.05
5	—	537	120.00–130.00	125.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	101.00	101.00
1	—	735	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	519	135.00–137.00	136.31
1	—	495	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	121.00	121.00
1	—	625	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	125.00	125.00
1	—	515	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	716	100.00	100.00
1	—	390	127.00	127.00
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	84.00	84.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	92.00	92.00
1	—	595	85.00	85.00
1	—	415	95.00	95.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	91.00	91.00
1	—	645	92.00	92.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,150	780.00–810.00	796.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	725.00	725.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	40.50	40.50
1	—	1,325	54.50	54.50
21	—	1,226	42.00–52.50	48.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,444	45.00–50.50	47.54
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,009	53.00–79.00	61.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,112	39.50–43.50	41.48
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	951	48.50–65.00	53.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,646	70.50–79.00	74.67

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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