Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available due to no sale last week in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $211.13/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 3 of 2 comparable sales and sits +3.25 against this barn's trailing median of $207.88.

Average price

$211.13

29 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,174

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$20.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.20

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	569	215.34	1,224	23
Small and Medium 1-2	509	195.00	993	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.34/cwt here — about $231 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 sale29 hd

211.13

—

TN average3 barns · 300 hd

220.33

−9.20

This barn, trailing median2 sales

207.88

+3.25

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	1,624	121.72	1,977	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,567	94.66	1,483	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,202	90.11	1,083	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,163	80.67	938	10

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,200	$1,225	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	975	$990	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$825	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	900	$740	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	775	$788	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,225	$1,420	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	424	219.09/cwt	212.50–226.00	929	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	209.17/cwt	207.50–212.50	638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	365	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,068	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	430	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	590	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,047	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	219.36/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,272	8
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	444	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	932	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	237.50/cwt	230.00–245.00	950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	619	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	825	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	222.57/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,068	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	986	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	704	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,281	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	840	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,202	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,204	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	640	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,056	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	588	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,117	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	182.57/cwt	182.00–185.00	1,260	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,420.00/head	1,420.00–1,420.00	1,420	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	990.00/head	990.00–990.00	990	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	900	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	900	740.00/head	740.00–740.00	740	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	775	787.50/head	725.00–850.00	788	2
Bulls	—	—	1,666	124.06/cwt	119.00–130.00	2,067	8
Bulls	—	—	1,290	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,329	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	82.75/cwt	81.00–84.00	1,335	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,145	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	73.21/cwt	71.00–75.00	802	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,187	82.26/cwt	80.00–85.50	976	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	99.07/cwt	97.00–101.00	1,124	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	88.69/cwt	82.00–95.00	1,075	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	95.57/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,503	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,435	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 Jan 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 99Last week 58Year ago 71

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 40Year ago 93

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 11Year ago 2

No comparisons available due to no sale last week in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	424	212.50–226.00	219.09
3	—	305	207.50–212.50	209.17
4	—	480	218.00–230.00	222.57
1	—	640	190.00	190.00
2	—	375	224.00	224.00
1	—	540	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	704	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	292.50	292.50
1	—	430	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	580	216.00–225.00	219.36
2	—	400	230.00–245.00	237.50
1	—	360	251.00	251.00
3	—	527	228.00	228.00
1	—	860	140.00	140.00
5	—	690	182.00–185.00	182.57
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	444	210.00	210.00
2	—	640	165.00	165.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	107.50	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	232.00	232.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,225	1,420.00	1,420.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	975	990.00	990.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	740.00	740.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	775	725.00–850.00	787.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,666	119.00–130.00	124.06
1	—	1,290	103.00	103.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,613	81.00–84.00	82.75
16	—	1,573	90.00–101.00	95.57
1	—	1,380	104.00	104.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	93.50	93.50
3	—	1,095	71.00–75.00	73.21
6	—	1,187	80.00–85.50	82.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,135	97.00–101.00	99.07
19	—	1,212	82.00–95.00	88.69

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

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Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

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