Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-30

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 $127.17/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$127.17

22 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$12.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.73

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	493	129.32	638	18thin
Medium and Large 2-3	435	120.00	522	1thin
Small and Medium 1-2	447	116.67	521	3thin

One grade step is worth $12.65/cwt here — about $116 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 sale22 hd

127.17

—

TN average8 barns · 2,186 hd

147.90

−20.73

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	1,840	102.46	1,885	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,338	68.58	918	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	67.44	815	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,096	57.34	629	9thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	685	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	136.36/cwt	128.00–139.00	661	4
Dairy Steers	Small 4	—	530	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	191.95/cwt	190.00–194.00	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	799	1
Bulls	—	—	1,840	102.46/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,885	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3Full	—	425	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	139.65/cwt	135.00–149.00	663	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	487	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	872	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	335	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	128.29/cwt	127.00–129.00	479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,204	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	605	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	653	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	395	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	128.01/cwt	124.00–130.00	719	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	340	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	153.46/cwt	151.00–156.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	611	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	127.00/cwt	122.00–132.00	648	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	126.68/cwt	119.00–134.00	798	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	68.75/cwt	65.50–75.50	835	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	50.53/cwt	50.00–51.00	502	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	661	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,338	68.58/cwt	63.50–74.50	918	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	60.74/cwt	55.00–64.00	697	6

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 Nov 30, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 96Last week 107Year ago 229

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 69Year ago 76

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	—	685	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	190.00–194.00	191.95
1	—	555	144.00	144.00
1	—	995	121.00	121.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	485	128.00–139.00	136.36
3	—	373	127.00–129.00	128.29
2	—	415	126.00	126.00
3	—	562	124.00–130.00	128.01
4	—	510	122.00–132.00	127.00
2	—	630	119.00–134.00	126.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	108.00	108.00
1	—	395	122.00	122.00
1	—	340	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	190.00	190.00
4	—	475	135.00–149.00	139.65
1	—	305	180.00	180.00
1	—	765	114.00	114.00
2	—	423	151.00–156.00	153.46
1	—	805	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	147.50	147.50
1	—	485	126.00	126.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,840	101.00–104.00	102.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,215	65.50–75.50	68.75
1	—	1,160	57.00	57.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	993	50.00–51.00	50.53
6	—	1,148	55.00–64.00	60.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,338	63.50–74.50	68.58

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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