Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows 5.00 to sharply higher, with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls and feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts, however, a higher undertone was noted for both.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.83/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$132.83

38 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$818

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$340

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

$4.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.95

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	375	136.74	513	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	645	132.37	853	34

One grade step is worth $4.36/cwt here — about −$340 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 sale38 hd

132.83

—

TN average8 barns · 1,561 hd

149.78

−16.95

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	1,293	110.29	1,425	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,316	94.02	1,237	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,143	92.92	1,062	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,091	78.83	860	23

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)	850	$750	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	850	$700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1-2Fancy	—	515	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	986	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	181.96/cwt	181.00–183.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	154.92/cwt	145.00–158.50	837	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	93.90/cwt	92.50–98.00	912	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	970	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	144.23/cwt	140.00–149.00	738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	969	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	151.73/cwt	148.00–153.00	665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	157.92/cwt	155.00–161.00	608	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	840	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,025	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	710	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,020	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	732	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	89.98/cwt	85.00–97.00	999	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	78.83/cwt	72.00–84.00	860	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	102.72/cwt	98.00–110.50	1,288	6
Bulls	—	—	1,430	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,687	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,358	100.96/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,371	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,307	92.56/cwt	86.00–97.00	1,210	19
Bulls	—	—	1,610	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	2,045	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,065	98.08/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,045	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	850	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	118.60/cwt	114.00–123.00	789	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	135.45/cwt	131.00–140.00	834	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	333	134.47/cwt	130.00–139.00	448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	129.49/cwt	129.00–130.00	855	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	176.75/cwt	170.00–183.00	756	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	626	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	911	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	549	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 Aug 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 172Last week 130Year ago 175

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 39Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 2Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	836	118.00	118.00
2	—	370	181.00–183.00	181.96
6	—	540	145.00–158.50	154.92
1	—	280	193.00	193.00
5	—	971	92.50–98.00	93.90
4	—	616	131.00–140.00	135.45
1	—	465	171.00	171.00
8	—	428	170.00–183.00	176.75
1	—	680	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	114.00–123.00	118.60
1	—	535	136.00	136.00
1	—	310	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	161.00	161.00
1	—	810	106.00	106.00
4	—	512	140.00–149.00	144.23
4	—	438	148.00–153.00	151.73
2	—	385	155.00–161.00	157.92
8	—	927	110.00	110.00
1	—	450	154.00	154.00
1	—	765	114.00	114.00
2	—	550	133.00	133.00
2	—	660	129.00–130.00	129.49
3	—	708	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	139.00	139.00
2	—	333	130.00–139.00	134.47
1	—	395	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	155.00	155.00
4	—	626	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	171.00	171.00
1	—	630	154.00	154.00
3	—	668	145.00	145.00
1	—	435	195.00	195.00
1	—	790	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	840	122.00	122.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	129.00	129.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,110	85.00–97.00	89.98
6	—	1,254	98.00–110.50	102.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,091	72.00–84.00	78.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,358	99.00–105.00	100.96
19	—	1,307	86.00–97.00	92.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,610	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	96.00–100.00	98.08

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	700.00	700.00

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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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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle