Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available due to reporter absence last week, therefore, no market trends are available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $218.60/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −156.38 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$218.60

13 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,166

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$15.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.03

vs TN average

−28.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	219.82	1,177	12thin
Small and Medium 1	510	204.00	1,040	1thin

One grade step is worth $15.82/cwt here — about $137 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale13 hd

218.60

—

TN average14 barns · 765 hd

229.63

−11.03

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−28.18

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

−156.38

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	1,922	142.86	2,746	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	113.08	1,702	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,110	107.98	1,198	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,095	104.00	1,139	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,520	105.34	1,601	3thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,665	104.01	1,732	3thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,165	99.75	1,162	2thin

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$1,410	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1	300–350	345	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	710	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,392	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,203	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	966	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	264.49/cwt	255.00–269.00	971	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	206.76/cwt	204.00–215.00	1,497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	750	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,313	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	241.08/cwt	232.00–253.00	1,377	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	262.67/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,161	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	240.52/cwt	238.00–243.00	1,477	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1	500–550	518	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,191	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	253.07/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,184	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	214.90/cwt	208.00–216.00	1,352	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	212.97/cwt	207.00–219.00	1,210	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	500–550	510	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	222.32/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,176	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	230.60/cwt	226.00–242.50	879	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	450–500	478	209.35/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	653	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	235.09/cwt	227.50–239.00	771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	228.57/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,051	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	797	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,410.00/head	1,410.00–1,410.00	1,410	1
Bulls	—	—	1,922	142.86/cwt	138.50–147.50	2,746	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,139	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	920	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	929	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	113.08/cwt	105.50–119.50	1,702	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	108.98/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,239	7
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,564	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,264	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,064	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,520	105.34/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,601	3
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,708	106.51/cwt	106.00–107.00	1,819	2

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 Oct 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 118Last week 141Year ago 199

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 51Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 4Year ago 10

No comparisons available due to reporter absence last week, therefore, no market trends are available.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	261.00	261.00
1	350–400	375	292.50	292.50
3	400–450	442	260.00–264.00	262.67
8	450–500	468	240.00–270.00	253.07
2	500–550	545	241.00	241.00
7	550–600	571	232.00–253.00	241.08
8	600–650	614	238.00–243.00	240.52
2	650–700	695	213.00	213.00
1	750–800	760	218.00	218.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	213.00	213.00
2	700–750	710	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	270.00	270.00
3	350–400	367	255.00–269.00	264.49
1	400–450	420	230.00	230.00
4	700–750	724	204.00–215.00	206.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	211.00	211.00
2	650–700	653	201.00	201.00
1	750–800	750	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	227.50–239.00	235.09
7	350–400	381	226.00–242.50	230.60
1	400–450	410	235.00	235.00
7	450–500	460	228.00–230.00	228.57
9	500–550	529	220.00–227.00	222.32
2	550–600	568	207.00–219.00	212.97
7	600–650	629	208.00–216.00	214.90
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	200.00–219.00	209.35
1	500–550	510	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	220.00	220.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,410.00	1,410.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,922	138.50–147.50	142.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	104.00	104.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	101.00	101.00
7	—	1,137	105.00–117.00	108.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,505	105.50–119.50	113.08
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	99.00	99.00
2	—	1,708	106.00–107.00	106.51
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	104.50	104.50
1	—	1,120	95.00	95.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,520	104.00–108.00	105.34

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle