Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows 1.00 higher with lean cows 4.00 higher, and limited receipts for slaughter bulls, but a higher undertone noted. 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 $145.38/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −62.50 against this barn's trailing median of $207.88.

Average price

$145.38

41 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$128

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

$8.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.86

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	383	153.02	586	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	492	144.99	714	39

One grade step is worth $8.03/cwt here — about −$128 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 sale41 hd

145.38

—

TN average8 barns · 727 hd

134.52

+10.86

This barn, trailing median2 sales

207.88

−62.50

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	1,625	106.31	1,728	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,216	74.36	904	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,475	69.48	1,025	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,139	66.71	760	11

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,375	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	9,240	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	787.50/cwt	750.00–825.00	6,497	2
Bulls	—	—	1,663	106.96/cwt	106.50–107.50	1,779	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,102	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,157	66.03/cwt	62.50–71.50	764	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	129.47/cwt	124.00–131.00	700	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	128.96/cwt	126.00–132.00	729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	910	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	983	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	826	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	80.28/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,051	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	63.01/cwt	62.50–63.50	931	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	69.60/cwt	66.00–76.00	1,029	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	134.98/cwt	130.00–139.00	497	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	146.11/cwt	140.00–156.00	691	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	405	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	518	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	383	153.02/cwt	150.00–156.00	586	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	135.42/cwt	133.00–140.00	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	143.27/cwt	136.00–150.00	814	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	147.97/cwt	144.00–150.00	481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	132.85/cwt	127.00–134.00	622	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	705	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	148.77/cwt	147.50–150.00	536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	125.00/cwt	124.00–126.00	794	4
Bulls	—	—	1,550	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,628	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	702	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	71.23/cwt	66.00–76.00	831	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	135.12/cwt	131.00–140.00	563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	167.46/cwt	164.00–171.00	625	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	138.73/cwt	135.00–145.00	724	9
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	493	94.02/cwt	90.00–98.00	464	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	365	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	348	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	152.23/cwt	148.00–160.00	647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	160.98/cwt	160.00–162.00	520	2

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 Jul 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 146Last week 133Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 85Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 5Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	750.00	750.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	825	750.00–825.00	787.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	840.00	840.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,663	106.50–107.50	106.96
1	—	1,550	105.00	105.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	79.00	79.00
2	—	1,478	62.50–63.50	63.01
28	—	1,478	66.00–76.00	69.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,157	62.50–71.50	66.03
1	—	955	73.50	73.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,309	77.00–85.00	80.28
17	—	1,167	66.00–76.00	71.23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	541	124.00–131.00	129.47
1	—	730	109.00	109.00
4	—	368	130.00–139.00	134.98
3	—	325	144.00–150.00	147.97
7	—	468	127.00–134.00	132.85
1	—	565	124.00	124.00
1	—	655	113.00	113.00
6	—	417	131.00–140.00	135.12
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	147.50–150.00	148.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	126.00–132.00	128.96
1	—	765	108.00	108.00
8	—	473	140.00–156.00	146.11
1	—	815	98.00	98.00
4	—	635	124.00–126.00	125.00
4	—	373	164.00–171.00	167.46
9	—	522	135.00–145.00	138.73
4	—	425	148.00–160.00	152.23
2	—	323	160.00–162.00	160.98
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	150.00–156.00	153.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	177.50	177.50
2	—	348	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	153.00	153.00
3	—	622	133.00–140.00	135.42
13	—	568	136.00–150.00	143.27
1	—	470	149.00	149.00
1	—	515	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	90.00–98.00	94.02

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

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Slaughter Cattle

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