Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available for feeder and slaughter classes due to limited comparable receipts, however, a significantly higher undertone was noted for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.38/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −117.60 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$257.38

11 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$239

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

$30.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.60

vs TN average

−19.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	260.12	1,400	10thin
Medium and Large 2-3	505	230.00	1,162	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.12/cwt here — about $239 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.81, low $340.56, median $374.98 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

257.38

—

TN average10 barns · 486 hd

261.98

−4.60

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−19.08

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

−117.60

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	1,698	162.52	2,760	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,408	142.99	2,013	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,125	133.20	1,498	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	993	115.72	1,149	6thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,030	126.00	1,298	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,214	118.84	1,442	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$1,500	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$1,440	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$1,425	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	900	$1,140	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$1,500	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,500.00/head	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,440.00/head	1,400.00–1,480.00	1,440	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	900	1,140.00/head	1,140.00–1,140.00	1,140	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,915	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	137.74/cwt	131.00–143.00	1,873	4
Bulls	—	—	1,978	168.07/cwt	167.00–169.00	3,324	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	119.36/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,380	7
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,030	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,298	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	115.72/cwt	109.00–122.00	1,149	6
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	340	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	927	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Value Added	350–400	350	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	541	261.74/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,416	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	253.25/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,160	6
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,184	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	275.23/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,027	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,061	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	468	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,324	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	292.42/cwt	287.50–297.50	1,339	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	293.04/cwt	282.50–312.50	1,272	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,334	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,041	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,114	130.55/cwt	126.00–141.00	1,454	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	153.48/cwt	153.00–154.00	2,307	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,310	1
Bulls	—	—	1,418	156.98/cwt	153.00–161.00	2,226	2
Steers	Large 1	600–650	600	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,470	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	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 May 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 82Last week 72Year ago 61

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 41Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 10Year ago 16

No comparisons available for feeder and slaughter classes due to limited comparable receipts, however, a significantly higher undertone was noted for slaughter classes.

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,075	1,400.00–1,480.00	1,440.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,140.00	1,140.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	950	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	157.00	157.00
9	—	1,114	126.00–141.00	130.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,360	131.00–143.00	137.74
2	—	1,503	153.00–154.00	153.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	993	109.00–122.00	115.72
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,978	167.00–169.00	168.07
2	—	1,418	153.00–161.00	156.98
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,156	110.00–125.00	119.36
1	—	1,570	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,260	104.00	104.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	126.00	126.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	272.50	272.50
1	550–600	585	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	370	312.50	312.50
10	400–450	434	282.50–312.50	293.04
2	450–500	458	287.50–297.50	292.42
1	550–600	580	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	890	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	630	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	283.00	283.00
7	500–550	541	260.00–263.00	261.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	270.00–280.00	275.23
1	400–450	445	266.00	266.00
6	450–500	458	250.00–268.00	253.25
2	500–550	523	255.00	255.00
1	550–600	550	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	307.50	307.50
1	650–700	690	265.00	265.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	600	245.00	245.00

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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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle