Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 3.00 higher, with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls or feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.06/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$137.06

28 head · 465 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$8.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.09

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	481	138.15	664	24
Medium and Large 2-3	357	130.67	466	3thin
Small and Medium 1-2	400	130.00	520	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.15/cwt here — about $144 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 sale28 hd

137.06

—

TN average9 barns · 1,727 hd

149.15

−12.09

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	1,766	105.89	1,870	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,237	86.52	1,070	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,418	83.74	1,188	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	74.89	805	13

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	535	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	142.41/cwt	136.00–149.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	132.62/cwt	128.00–140.00	822	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,041	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	143.04/cwt	140.00–149.00	684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	135.54/cwt	130.00–143.00	773	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	146.20/cwt	140.00–149.00	485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	362	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	139.32/cwt	138.00–141.00	609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,032	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	135.77/cwt	134.00–139.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	147.28/cwt	140.00–156.00	754	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	120.94/cwt	117.00–125.00	859	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	175.36/cwt	164.00–182.00	642	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	250	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	415	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	145.96/cwt	138.00–154.00	807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	136.83/cwt	130.00–144.00	848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	118.39/cwt	116.00–119.00	913	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,140.00/cwt	1,140.00–1,140.00	15,960	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,070.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,130.00	12,840	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,285.00/cwt	1,285.00–1,285.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	875	787.50/cwt	725.00–850.00	6,891	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	7,505	1
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,210	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	2,221	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,225	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,237	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	94.47/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,259	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	90.46/cwt	88.50–92.50	1,208	2
Bulls	—	—	1,815	111.03/cwt	107.50–114.00	2,015	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	80.56/cwt	77.50–84.50	939	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	82.95/cwt	79.50–85.00	1,185	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	73.00/cwt	68.50–76.50	805	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	81.19/cwt	79.50–83.50	798	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 May 11, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 138Last week 135Year ago 125

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 80Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 13Year ago 30

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 3.00 higher, with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls or feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	184.00	184.00
1	—	645	160.00	160.00
1	—	385	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	136.00–149.00	142.41
3	—	620	128.00–140.00	132.62
3	—	478	140.00–149.00	143.04
3	—	570	130.00–143.00	135.54
3	—	332	140.00–149.00	146.20
1	—	230	157.50	157.50
3	—	437	138.00–141.00	139.32
4	—	523	134.00–139.00	135.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	136.00	136.00
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	117.00	117.00
2	—	475	150.00	150.00
5	—	512	140.00–156.00	147.28
2	—	710	117.00–125.00	120.94
1	—	300	200.00	200.00
2	—	670	134.00	134.00
4	—	366	164.00–182.00	175.36
2	—	553	138.00–154.00	145.96
2	—	620	130.00–144.00	136.83
1	—	440	166.00	166.00
5	—	771	116.00–119.00	118.39
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	166.00	166.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,140.00	1,140.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,010.00–1,130.00	1,070.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	875	725.00–850.00	787.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	790.00	790.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,285.00	1,285.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,210	100.50	100.50
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	101.00	101.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,815	107.50–114.00	111.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,333	94.00–95.00	94.47
4	—	1,165	77.50–84.50	80.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	88.50–92.50	90.46
17	—	1,428	79.50–85.00	82.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,103	68.50–76.50	73.00
3	—	983	79.50–83.50	81.19

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