Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 4.00 to 8.00 higher overall, with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls or feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts, however, a higher undertone was noted for feeder classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $244.48/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −158.44 against this barn's trailing median of $402.92.

Average price

$244.48

9 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,345

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$50.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.41

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	250.04	1,375	8thin
Small and Medium 1	550	200.00	1,100	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.04/cwt here — about $275 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

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 sale9 hd

244.48

—

TN average12 barns · 416 hd

237.07

+7.41

This barn, trailing median7 sales

402.92

−158.44

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	1,835	144.96	2,660	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,456	120.24	1,751	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,102	118.02	1,300	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	107.06	1,154	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,230	97.00	1,193	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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,350	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,510	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1Fancy	550–600	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,303	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,094	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	303.79/cwt	295.00–312.00	1,133	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	218.10/cwt	211.00–227.50	1,439	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,308	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	781	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1	350–400	375	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,248	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	950–1000	960	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	241.49/cwt	241.00–242.00	1,038	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,343	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	245.40/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,126	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,133	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	227.34/cwt	216.00–235.00	1,328	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	585	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	251.41/cwt	245.00–257.50	918	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	260.12/cwt	252.00–270.00	874	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,290	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,193	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,195	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,303	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	120.83/cwt	113.00–126.50	1,776	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	109.81/cwt	109.00–111.00	1,178	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	118.30/cwt	113.50–121.50	1,339	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	107.06/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,154	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	993	124.96/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,241	2
Bulls	—	—	1,835	144.96/cwt	144.50–145.50	2,660	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,510.00/head	1,510.00–1,510.00	1,510	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,208	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	250–300	270	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	977	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	550–600	550	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	350–400	390	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,121	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	267.92/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,273	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	246.08/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,319	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,400	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	280.46/cwt	260.00–297.50	1,220	5

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 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 132Last week 118Year ago 228

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 50Year ago 71

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 3Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	221.00	221.00
1	650–700	665	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	310.00	310.00
2	350–400	373	295.00–312.00	303.79
5	400–450	435	260.00–297.50	280.46
8	450–500	475	240.00–280.00	267.92
4	500–550	536	240.00–248.00	246.08
3	550–600	567	247.00	247.00
1	600–650	600	218.00	218.00
3	650–700	660	211.00–227.50	218.10
1	700–750	710	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	225.00	225.00
1	350–400	390	287.50	287.50
1	550–600	550	200.00	200.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	220.00	220.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	229.00	229.00
1	700–750	730	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	336	252.00–270.00	260.12
3	350–400	365	245.00–257.50	251.41
2	400–450	430	241.00–242.00	241.49
5	450–500	459	235.00–248.00	245.40
1	500–550	520	240.00	240.00
11	550–600	584	216.00–235.00	227.34
2	650–700	690	187.00	187.00
2	700–750	703	191.00	191.00
1	750–800	755	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	223.00	223.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	960	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	97.00	97.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	109.00	109.00
19	—	1,470	113.00–126.50	120.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	109.00–111.00	109.81
9	—	1,132	113.50–121.50	118.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	106.00–108.00	107.06
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	124.00–126.00	124.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,835	144.50–145.50	144.96

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,510.00	1,510.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,600.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,800.00	2,800.00

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

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