Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available due to reporter absence last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.48/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$127.48

67 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$12.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.66

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	514	128.10	659	63
Medium and Large 2-3	525	120.00	630	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	483	115.50	557	2thin

One grade step is worth $12.60/cwt here — about $102 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 sale67 hd

127.48

—

TN average9 barns · 2,002 hd

138.14

−10.66

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	1,706	99.97	1,705	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,128	70.52	796	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,416	68.33	968	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,086	60.50	657	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)	1,075	$785	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	975	$755	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,025	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	800	$620	1thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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 2-3	—	780	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	137.96/cwt	133.00–143.00	466	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	840	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	784	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,083	84.53/cwt	82.00–87.00	915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	139.00/cwt	137.00–142.00	852	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,175	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,034	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,240	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,091	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	108.66/cwt	108.00–110.00	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	690	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	966	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	490	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	905	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	557	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	98.48/cwt	95.00–102.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	148.06/cwt	146.00–154.00	770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	122.13/cwt	120.00–128.00	639	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	500	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	122.49/cwt	120.00–127.00	701	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	136.06/cwt	131.00–141.00	513	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	117.98/cwt	114.00–122.00	717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	488	125.45/cwt	122.00–129.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	122.26/cwt	119.00–126.00	807	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	121.92/cwt	118.00–124.00	752	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	132.48/cwt	126.00–137.50	755	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	905	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,358	79.24/cwt	79.00–79.50	1,076	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	68.43/cwt	64.50–75.50	984	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	61.99/cwt	61.50–62.50	743	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,011	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	60.50/cwt	56.00–68.00	657	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,391	61.82/cwt	60.00–63.00	860	7
Bulls	—	—	1,706	99.97/cwt	90.00–106.00	1,705	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,089	71.36/cwt	67.50–79.50	777	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	785.00/head	770.00–800.00	785	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	850	740.00/head	740.00–740.00	740	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	770.00/head	770.00–770.00	770	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	620.00/head	620.00–620.00	620	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	147.61/cwt	145.00–152.00	720	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	463	129.35/cwt	124.00–135.00	599	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	370	138.50/cwt	131.00–146.00	512	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	154.84/cwt	149.00–161.00	669	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	435	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	350	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	377	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	330	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	542	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	134.40/cwt	129.00–140.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	166.01/cwt	164.00–168.00	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	902	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	515	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	139.37/cwt	130.00–142.00	677	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	135.36/cwt	132.00–140.00	581	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	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 Oct 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 196Last week 86Year ago 204

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 66Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 8Year ago 42

No comparisons available due to reporter absence last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	121.00	121.00
1	—	475	140.00	140.00
1	—	400	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	114.00	114.00
1	—	580	149.00	149.00
1	—	475	165.00	165.00
4	—	613	137.00–142.00	139.00
1	—	420	175.00	175.00
4	—	520	146.00–154.00	148.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	140.00	140.00
2	—	580	156.00	156.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	123.00	123.00
2	—	338	133.00–143.00	137.96
2	—	810	95.00–102.00	98.48
6	—	523	120.00–128.00	122.13
1	—	870	99.00	99.00
9	—	572	120.00–127.00	122.49
9	—	377	131.00–141.00	136.06
2	—	608	114.00–122.00	117.98
13	—	486	130.00–142.00	139.37
5	—	429	132.00–140.00	135.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
2	—	488	122.00–129.00	125.45
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
1	—	500	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	105.00	105.00
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
1	—	520	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	125.00	125.00
1	—	590	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	137.00	137.00
1	—	375	146.00	146.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	63.00	63.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,083	82.00–87.00	84.53
1	—	1,175	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,240	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	108.00–110.00	108.66
4	—	660	119.00–126.00	122.26
1	—	290	151.00	151.00
3	—	617	118.00–124.00	121.92
6	—	570	126.00–137.50	132.48
3	—	488	145.00–152.00	147.61
3	—	432	149.00–161.00	154.84
1	—	345	157.00	157.00
1	—	700	118.00	118.00
2	—	525	129.00–140.00	134.40
2	—	373	164.00–168.00	166.01
1	—	940	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	124.00–135.00	129.35
2	—	370	131.00–146.00	138.50
1	—	435	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	144.00	144.00
1	—	330	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	145.00	145.00
1	—	505	126.00	126.00
1	—	440	140.00	140.00
1	—	395	159.00	159.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,358	79.00–79.50	79.24
19	—	1,438	64.50–75.50	68.43
7	—	1,391	60.00–63.00	61.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	61.50–62.50	61.99
1	—	1,225	82.50	82.50
6	—	1,089	67.50–79.50	71.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,086	56.00–68.00	60.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,706	90.00–106.00	99.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,075	770.00–800.00	785.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	770.00	770.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	740.00	740.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	620.00	620.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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