Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 2.00 lower overall, with slaughter bulls mostly steady, 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 $132.04/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −75.83 against this barn's trailing median of $207.88.

Average price

$132.04

49 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$7.98/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	541	132.98	720	42
Small and Medium 1-2	473	127.50	602	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	493	125.00	617	3thin

One grade step is worth $7.98/cwt here — about $103 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 sale49 hd

132.04

—

TN average9 barns · 1,010 hd

133.18

−1.13

This barn, trailing median2 sales

207.88

−75.83

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	1,859	101.54	1,888	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	76.14	900	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,416	69.79	989	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,071	66.00	707	9thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$925	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$700	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	750	$650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,125	1thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1-2Fancy	—	418	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	500	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	475	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	127.28/cwt	124.00–136.00	661	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	345	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	438	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	360	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	127.73/cwt	125.00–130.00	538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	739	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	645	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	916	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	766	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	928	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	928	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	825	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	131.03/cwt	128.00–132.00	898	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	104.99/cwt	104.00–106.00	875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	147.64/cwt	146.00–151.00	868	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	472	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	760	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	144.96/cwt	140.00–150.00	623	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	119.15/cwt	116.00–125.00	808	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	760	98.47/cwt	96.00–101.00	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	652	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	73.85/cwt	73.00–74.50	792	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	62.07/cwt	54.00–67.00	664	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,318	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	78.87/cwt	76.00–82.50	922	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	71.78/cwt	67.50–75.50	864	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,404	69.42/cwt	63.00–75.50	975	22
Bulls	—	—	2,013	109.05/cwt	108.00–110.00	2,195	2
Bulls	—	—	1,808	99.04/cwt	91.50–104.00	1,791	6
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	900	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	750	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	925.00/head	900.00–950.00	925	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	350	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	797	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	645	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	140.95/cwt	136.00–146.00	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	125.19/cwt	124.00–130.00	764	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	470	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	106.49/cwt	105.00–108.00	820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	255	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	153.36/cwt	149.00–158.00	592	7
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	425	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	120.53/cwt	118.00–123.00	739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	128.50/cwt	128.00–129.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	150.24/cwt	150.00–151.00	485	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	667	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 Oct 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 190Last week 196Year ago 202

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 79Year ago 59

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 15Year ago 12

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 2.00 lower overall, with slaughter bulls mostly steady, No comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	114.00	114.00
1	—	475	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	145.00	145.00
8	—	519	124.00–136.00	127.28
4	—	421	125.00–130.00	127.73
1	—	575	125.00	125.00
2	—	833	104.00–106.00	104.99
2	—	613	118.00–123.00	120.53
1	—	470	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	110.00	110.00
1	—	345	127.00	127.00
1	—	360	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	131.00	131.00
4	—	685	128.00–132.00	131.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	159.00	159.00
1	—	765	130.00	130.00
1	—	650	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	142.00	142.00
1	—	825	132.00	132.00
1	—	725	134.00	134.00
6	—	588	146.00–151.00	147.64
3	—	472	161.00	161.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	140.00–150.00	144.96
1	—	845	95.00	95.00
7	—	678	116.00–125.00	119.15
1	—	745	107.00	107.00
2	—	515	136.00–146.00	140.95
5	—	610	124.00–130.00	125.19
2	—	770	105.00–108.00	106.49
7	—	386	149.00–158.00	153.36
2	—	588	128.00–129.00	128.50
4	—	323	150.00–151.00	150.24
2	—	480	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	760	96.00–101.00	98.47
1	—	605	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	125.00	125.00
1	—	645	118.00	118.00
1	—	470	133.00	133.00
1	—	425	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	125.00	125.00
1	—	690	107.00	107.00
1	—	255	143.00	143.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,072	73.00–74.50	73.85
6	—	1,070	54.00–67.00	62.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	78.00	78.00
22	—	1,404	63.00–75.50	69.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,169	76.00–82.50	78.87
5	—	1,204	67.50–75.50	71.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,013	108.00–110.00	109.05
6	—	1,808	91.50–104.00	99.04

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	—	900	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,075	900.00–950.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00

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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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

Slaughter Cattle

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