Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls holding mostly steady overall, with exception of breaker cows 4.00 higher. 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 $215.60/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 3 of 2 comparable sales and sits +7.73 against this barn's trailing median of $207.88.

Average price

$215.60

58 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$32

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

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.91

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 1-2	397	222.50	883	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	533	215.86	1,151	49
Large 1	459	213.60	981	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	475	192.50	914	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about −$32 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 sale58 hd

215.60

—

TN average11 barns · 1,238 hd

220.51

−4.91

This barn, trailing median2 sales

207.88

+7.73

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	1,942	130.14	2,527	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,442	107.73	1,553	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,210	103.90	1,258	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	88.62	877	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)	—	$1,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,125	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	—	$1,525	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$950	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$875	1thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	—	618	205.78/cwt	205.00–206.00	1,272	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	297	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	624	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	201.16/cwt	193.00–217.00	1,076	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	170.31/cwt	160.00–180.00	1,231	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	220.82/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,067	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	450	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	380	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	320	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	460	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	938	1
Dairy Steers	Small 4	—	500	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	200.55/cwt	193.00–205.00	1,143	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	445	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	908	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	197.19/cwt	189.00–206.00	1,331	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Value Added	—	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,308	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	234.75/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,007	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	210.24/cwt	200.00–217.00	1,213	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	179.70/cwt	175.00–182.00	1,296	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	355	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,065	1
Bulls	Large 1	—	467	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	962	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3Full	—	475	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	655	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,179	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	214.72/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,009	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	218.84/cwt	203.00–230.00	1,129	12
Bulls	Large 1	—	448	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,008	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	208.32/cwt	203.00–211.00	1,275	6
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	290	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	395	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	869	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	545	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,090	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	355	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,291	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	242.51/cwt	240.00–245.00	914	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bulls	—	—	1,942	130.14/cwt	127.50–134.50	2,527	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	90.77/cwt	84.00–94.00	924	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	700	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	116.09/cwt	112.50–119.00	1,513	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	1,093	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	102.81/cwt	95.50–110.00	1,229	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	107.73/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,553	11

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 Sep 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 182Last week 244Year ago 216

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 63Year ago 98

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	618	205.00–206.00	205.78
6	—	535	193.00–217.00	201.16
2	—	723	160.00–180.00	170.31
5	—	483	219.00–225.00	220.82
4	—	570	193.00–205.00	200.55
1	—	850	176.00	176.00
8	—	675	189.00–206.00	197.19
1	—	380	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	297	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	220.00	220.00
1	—	420	210.00	210.00
1	—	395	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	230.00	230.00
1	—	580	210.00	210.00
2	—	545	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	220.00	220.00
1	—	380	207.50	207.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	200.00	200.00
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	234.00–235.00	234.75
7	—	577	200.00–217.00	210.24
4	—	721	175.00–182.00	179.70
7	—	470	210.00–222.00	214.72
12	—	516	203.00–230.00	218.84
6	—	612	203.00–211.00	208.32
1	—	755	171.00	171.00
2	—	688	180.00	180.00
1	—	335	267.50	267.50
4	—	377	240.00–245.00	242.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	206.00	206.00
2	—	448	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	237.50	237.50
1	—	545	200.00	200.00
1	—	355	230.00	230.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,942	127.50–134.50	130.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,018	84.00–94.00	90.77
1	—	875	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,303	112.50–119.00	116.09
1	—	1,195	91.50	91.50
11	—	1,195	95.50–110.00	102.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,442	100.00–114.00	107.73

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

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

Slaughter Cattle