Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaker and boning cows gauging 5.00 to 9.00 lower overall, with lean cows 1.00 to 4.00 lower, and no comparisons available for slaughter bulls due to limited comparable receipts, but a lower undertone was noted. Also, no comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts, but higher-quality offerings overall was noted.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $230.54/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −172.38 against this barn's trailing median of $402.92.

Average price

$230.54

10 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,261

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.00

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	230.54	1,261	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $433.51, low $351.44, median $402.92 across 7 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 sale10 hd

230.54

—

TN average14 barns · 406 hd

239.55

−9.00

This barn, trailing median7 sales

402.92

−172.38

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	1,863	167.80	3,126	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,403	138.56	1,944	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,128	135.77	1,531	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,008	122.28	1,233	5thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	120.00	1,296	1thin

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)	1,100	$1,675	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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	279.67/cwt	270.00–290.00	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	224.31/cwt	223.00–227.00	1,411	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,390	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	262.35/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,115	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,570	2
Steers	Large 1	500–550	520	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	228.28/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,242	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	996	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	252.27/cwt	240.00–260.00	812	3
Steers	Large 1	550–600	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	1
Steers	Large 1	450–500	485	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,285	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	251.22/cwt	249.00–255.00	937	3
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,177	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	235.52/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,105	5
Steers	Large 1	600–650	628	226.43/cwt	224.00–229.00	1,422	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,140	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	253.75/cwt	250.00–257.50	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	220.22/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,365	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	212.45/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,462	4
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	618	211.39/cwt	206.00–217.00	1,306	2
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	580	219.56/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,273	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	285.07/cwt	270.00–295.00	955	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,147	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	230.08/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,300	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	231.24/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,202	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	226.56/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,310	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bulls	—	—	1,863	167.80/cwt	165.00–172.00	3,126	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	134.97/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,517	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	144.56/cwt	144.00–145.00	1,691	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	138.56/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,944	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,149	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	118.85/cwt	116.00–129.00	1,247	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,296	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 Aug 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 126Last week 152Year ago 140

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 66Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 3Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	270.00–290.00	279.67
1	250–300	250	280.00	280.00
3	300–350	335	270.00–295.00	285.07
1	350–400	370	300.00	300.00
4	400–450	425	255.00–270.00	262.35
3	450–500	472	243.00	243.00
4	500–550	520	230.00–235.00	231.24
6	550–600	565	220.00–234.00	230.08
3	600–650	629	223.00–227.00	224.31
4	650–700	688	210.00–220.00	212.45
2	700–750	713	195.00	195.00
2	750–800	785	200.00	200.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	520	257.50	257.50
1	550–600	550	230.00	230.00
2	600–650	628	224.00–229.00	226.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	267.00	267.00
1	550–600	570	240.00	240.00
1	850–900	855	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	250.00–257.50	253.75
3	300–350	322	240.00–260.00	252.27
3	350–400	373	249.00–255.00	251.22
1	400–450	415	240.00	240.00
5	450–500	469	225.00–240.00	235.52
3	500–550	544	225.00–235.00	228.28
5	550–600	578	225.00–229.00	226.56
4	600–650	620	215.00–222.00	220.22
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	580	217.00–222.00	219.56
2	600–650	618	206.00–217.00	211.39

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,675.00	1,675.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,863	165.00–172.00	167.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,124	128.00–139.00	134.97
2	—	1,170	144.00–145.00	144.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,403	134.00–144.00	138.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	136.00	136.00
4	—	1,049	116.00–129.00	118.85
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	120.00	120.00

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

Bulls · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle