Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaker and boning cows sharply lower overall, with lean cows 4.00 lower, and slaughter bulls 5.00 to 10.00 lower. 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 $145.50/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −62.37 against this barn's trailing median of $207.88.

Average price

$145.50

34 head · 443 lb average

Value per head Derived

$645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$39

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

$15.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.13

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	438	146.41	642	32
Medium and Large 2-3	520	131.00	681	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.41/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale34 hd

145.50

—

TN average8 barns · 949 hd

144.38

+1.13

This barn, trailing median2 sales

207.88

−62.37

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	1,961	110.84	2,173	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,180	85.05	1,004	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,429	83.40	1,192	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	74.02	771	5thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$950	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$915	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,395	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,050	2thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	134.47/cwt	129.00–137.00	578	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	139.70/cwt	136.00–143.00	793	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	153.05/cwt	144.00–160.00	712	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	154.09/cwt	149.00–160.00	576	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	138.40/cwt	131.00–142.00	746	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	314	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	138.95/cwt	138.00–140.00	518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	127.29/cwt	122.00–130.00	871	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	152.50/cwt	150.00–155.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	128.06/cwt	126.00–141.00	672	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	393	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	513	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	148.00/cwt	144.00–155.00	599	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	143.02/cwt	141.00–145.00	383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	130.52/cwt	130.00–131.00	411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	133.00/cwt	129.00–138.00	624	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,395.00/head	1,395.00–1,395.00	1,395	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	915.00/head	890.00–940.00	915	2
Bulls	—	—	2,033	105.78/cwt	102.50–108.50	2,151	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,374	91.55/cwt	90.50–93.50	1,258	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,407	82.43/cwt	77.00–89.50	1,160	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	92.09/cwt	90.50–93.50	1,501	2
Bulls	—	—	1,745	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,199	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	74.02/cwt	69.00–80.00	771	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	83.42/cwt	78.00–89.50	944	16

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 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 187Last week 66Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 58Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 11Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	129.00–137.00	134.47
2	—	373	138.00–140.00	138.95
2	—	565	142.00	142.00
3	—	684	122.00–130.00	127.29
7	—	525	126.00–141.00	128.06
1	—	205	137.00	137.00
2	—	315	130.00–131.00	130.52
4	—	469	129.00–138.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	120.00	120.00
1	—	350	127.50	127.50
1	—	545	123.00	123.00
1	—	325	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	146.50	146.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	160.00	160.00
1	—	525	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	150.00–155.00	152.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	136.00–143.00	139.70
5	—	465	144.00–160.00	153.05
1	—	315	160.00	160.00
6	—	374	149.00–160.00	154.09
8	—	539	131.00–142.00	138.40
3	—	205	153.00	153.00
3	—	405	144.00–155.00	148.00
1	—	760	120.00	120.00
2	—	268	141.00–145.00	143.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	128.00	128.00
1	—	480	134.00	134.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,395.00	1,395.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	900	890.00–940.00	915.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,033	102.50–108.50	105.78
1	—	1,745	126.00	126.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,374	90.50–93.50	91.55
16	—	1,132	78.00–89.50	83.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,407	77.00–89.50	82.43
2	—	1,630	90.50–93.50	92.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,041	69.00–80.00	74.02

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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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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