Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to sale two weeks ago, slaughter cows gauging 3.00 to 5.00 higher overall, with slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. No comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $122.71/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −85.17 against this barn's trailing median of $207.88.

Average price

$122.71

52 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$11.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.50

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	563	123.41	694	44
Small and Medium 1-2	387	122.78	475	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	550	112.33	618	3thin

One grade step is worth $11.08/cwt here — about $76 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 sale52 hd

122.71

—

TN average8 barns · 1,156 hd

123.21

−0.50

This barn, trailing median2 sales

207.88

−85.17

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	1,482	71.96	1,067	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,128	59.39	670	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,294	58.44	756	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	51.58	497	3thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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 1-2	—	723	94.65/cwt	93.00–96.00	684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	110.32/cwt	109.00–113.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	114.58/cwt	110.00–116.00	534	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	122.52/cwt	122.00–123.00	263	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	113.50/cwt	109.00–118.00	834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	108.20/cwt	104.00–112.00	560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	108.33/cwt	107.00–110.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	118.77/cwt	115.00–129.00	511	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	124.95/cwt	120.00–130.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	138.23/cwt	129.00–143.00	720	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	415	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	415	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	385	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	481	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,300	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	645	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	632	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	5,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	620	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	293	139.44/cwt	133.00–146.00	409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	707	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	665	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	635	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	515	137.96/cwt	136.00–140.00	710	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	—	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,297	58.97/cwt	53.50–63.50	765	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	58.41/cwt	55.00–62.50	663	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	930	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	642	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	51.58/cwt	49.00–53.50	497	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,250	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	625	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	614	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	891	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,132	67.49/cwt	66.50–68.50	764	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	81.01/cwt	80.00–82.00	713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	397	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	437	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	122.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	322	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	819	3
Bulls	—	—	1,745	75.31/cwt	71.00–79.50	1,314	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	142.77/cwt	130.00–150.00	598	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	126.54/cwt	119.00–132.00	662	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	121.99/cwt	118.00–128.00	689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	107.58/cwt	106.00–110.00	615	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	122.54/cwt	118.00–127.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	151.28/cwt	140.00–159.00	587	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	134.53/cwt	127.00–138.00	638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	124.02/cwt	121.00–127.00	394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	126.33/cwt	124.00–130.00	474	3

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 Nov 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 199Last week 164Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 66Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 5Year ago 0

Compared to sale two weeks ago, slaughter cows gauging 3.00 to 5.00 higher overall, with slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. No comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	723	93.00–96.00	94.65
3	—	622	109.00–113.00	110.32
1	—	1,015	90.00	90.00
1	—	300	168.00	168.00
1	—	900	81.00	81.00
1	—	785	90.00	90.00
2	—	880	80.00–82.00	81.01
7	—	419	130.00–150.00	142.77
2	—	818	89.00	89.00
8	—	523	119.00–132.00	126.54
3	—	565	118.00–128.00	121.99
5	—	388	140.00–159.00	151.28
4	—	474	127.00–138.00	134.53
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	110.00	110.00
1	—	415	100.00	100.00
1	—	385	125.00	125.00
2	—	293	133.00–146.00	139.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	136.00–140.00	137.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	117.00	117.00
1	—	600	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	466	110.00–116.00	114.58
2	—	215	122.00–123.00	122.52
6	—	518	104.00–112.00	108.20
3	—	633	107.00–110.00	108.33
10	—	430	115.00–129.00	118.77
1	—	670	107.00	107.00
2	—	263	120.00–125.00	122.62
5	—	572	106.00–110.00	107.58
2	—	318	121.00–127.00	124.02
3	—	375	124.00–130.00	126.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	94.00	94.00
1	—	635	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	397	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	109.00–118.00	113.50
1	—	830	114.00	114.00
2	—	555	120.00–130.00	124.95
4	—	521	129.00–143.00	138.23
1	—	405	153.00	153.00
2	—	605	118.00–127.00	122.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	122.00	122.00
1	—	530	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	129.00	129.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	640.00	640.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	760.00	760.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	975.00	975.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,297	53.50–63.50	58.97
1	—	1,250	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,135	55.00–62.50	58.41
1	—	1,060	52.50	52.50
1	—	1,320	67.50	67.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	69.00	69.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	963	49.00–53.50	51.58
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,132	66.50–68.50	67.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,745	71.00–79.50	75.31

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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Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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