Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 2.00 to 5.00 higher overall. with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls due to limited comparable receipts, however a higher undertone was noted. Also no comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts, but a higher undertone was noted for steers and heifers.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.24/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −62.63 against this barn's trailing median of $207.88.

Average price

$145.24

58 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$116

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

$12.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.75

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	297	155.67	462	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	510	144.72	738	53
Medium and Large 2-3	403	143.50	578	2thin

One grade step is worth $12.17/cwt here — about −$116 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 sale58 hd

145.24

—

TN average9 barns · 888 hd

138.49

+6.75

This barn, trailing median2 sales

207.88

−62.63

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	1,771	94.02	1,665	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,564	69.37	1,085	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	67.71	801	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	59.96	585	18

Every lot, as filed

69 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	—	950	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	530	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	795	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	128.33/cwt	128.00–129.00	870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	123.06/cwt	119.00–127.00	892	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	140.44/cwt	135.00–143.00	456	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	93.50/cwt	90.00–97.00	809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	137.34/cwt	134.00–139.00	586	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	230	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	368	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	350	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	128.17/cwt	125.00–133.00	468	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	136.36/cwt	135.00–139.00	855	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	58.82/cwt	54.50–63.00	580	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	121.01/cwt	116.00–124.00	639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	689	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	64.25/cwt	58.00–68.00	738	19
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,685	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,693	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	725	675.00/cwt	600.00–750.00	4,894	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	260	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	423	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	600	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	615	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	756	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,136	1
Bulls	—	—	1,780	92.04/cwt	90.50–92.50	1,638	3
Bulls	—	—	1,830	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,711	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	750	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,000	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,000.00/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	10,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	7,280	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,625	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,343	74.54/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,001	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	747	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	—	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	71.81/cwt	69.00–76.50	870	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,110	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	816	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	133.88/cwt	130.00–138.00	689	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,696	65.44/cwt	63.00–68.00	1,110	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	1,123	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,355	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,003	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	917	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	174.95/cwt	167.50–180.00	586	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,720	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,419	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,140	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	912	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	920	65.99/cwt	64.00–68.00	607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	108.00/cwt	107.00–109.00	781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	151.94/cwt	145.00–161.00	713	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	110.16/cwt	104.00–116.00	736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	337	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	155.10/cwt	145.00–165.00	667	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	118.16/cwt	113.00–123.50	672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	135.39/cwt	133.00–137.00	623	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	166.30/cwt	162.50–170.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	121.52/cwt	117.00–126.00	742	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	837	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	162.33/cwt	155.00–177.00	690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	168.50/cwt	162.00–175.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	476	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 Mar 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 176Last week 115Year ago 95

Slaughter CattleReceipts 116Last week 97Year ago 140

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 20Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	95.00	95.00
2	—	865	90.00–97.00	93.50
1	—	260	205.00	205.00
1	—	680	113.00	113.00
2	—	515	130.00–138.00	133.88
1	—	1,030	89.00	89.00
3	—	335	167.50–180.00	174.95
2	—	723	107.00–109.00	108.00
8	—	469	145.00–161.00	151.94
2	—	573	130.00–132.00	131.00
18	—	430	145.00–165.00	155.10
2	—	360	162.50–170.00	166.30
7	—	611	117.00–126.00	121.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	150.00	150.00
2	—	360	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	160.00	160.00
1	—	350	147.00	147.00
1	—	310	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	135.00	135.00
1	—	325	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	144.00	144.00
3	—	678	128.00–129.00	128.33
2	—	725	119.00–127.00	123.06
3	—	627	135.00–139.00	136.36
2	—	530	158.00	158.00
3	—	425	155.00–177.00	162.33
2	—	475	162.00–175.00	168.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	325	135.00–143.00	140.44
3	—	427	134.00–139.00	137.34
7	—	365	125.00–133.00	128.17
1	—	615	108.00	108.00
3	—	528	116.00–124.00	121.01
1	—	705	106.00	106.00
2	—	668	104.00–116.00	110.16
5	—	569	113.00–123.50	118.16
1	—	255	151.00	151.00
5	—	460	133.00–137.00	135.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	125.00	125.00
1	—	245	137.50	137.50
1	—	410	116.00	116.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	986	54.50–63.00	58.82
1	—	920	65.00	65.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,148	58.00–68.00	64.25
8	—	1,211	69.00–76.50	71.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	74.00	74.00
1	—	1,715	65.50	65.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	74.00–75.00	74.54
4	—	1,696	63.00–68.00	65.44
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	73.50	73.50
1	—	1,720	82.50	82.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	74.00	74.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	80.00	80.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	64.00–68.00	65.99
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	100.50	100.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,780	90.50–92.50	92.04
1	—	1,830	93.50	93.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	725	600.00–750.00	675.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	750	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,075	900.00–1,100.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	910.00	910.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	625.00	625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,025.00	1,025.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

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Slaughter Cattle

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