Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 3.00 to 6.00 higher overall, with no trends available for slaughter bulls and feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $225.96/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −176.96 against this barn's trailing median of $402.92.

Average price

$225.96

5 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,268

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.98

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	225.96	1,268	5thin

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 sale5 hd

225.96

—

TN average14 barns · 487 hd

239.94

−13.98

This barn, trailing median7 sales

402.92

−176.96

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	1,682	143.00	2,406	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,270	123.28	1,566	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	119.59	1,423	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	918	108.18	993	8thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	110.00	1,210	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$1,025	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$1,025	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	850	$988	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,425	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1Fancy	350–400	350	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	243.51/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	228.02/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,149	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	234.59/cwt	220.00–245.00	974	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	316.38/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,180	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	235.97/cwt	225.00–245.00	859	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	400–450	440	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	285.82/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,240	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	242.32/cwt	232.00–246.00	1,662	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3Full	350–400	385	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,011	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	560	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	173.14/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,350	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	279.25/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,170	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	190.68/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,377	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	205.73/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,292	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	217.55/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,486	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,210	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	123.28/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,566	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	119.59/cwt	114.50–127.00	1,423	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	112.16/cwt	109.00–114.50	1,050	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	863	96.23/cwt	93.00–99.00	830	2
Bulls	—	—	1,906	144.31/cwt	140.50–152.00	2,751	5
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,123	139.74/cwt	139.50–140.00	1,569	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	750	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	226.20/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,301	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	263.78/cwt	259.00–275.00	1,285	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	297.60/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,086	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	350–400	373	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	951	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	169.95/cwt	160.00–190.00	1,572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	292.73/cwt	277.50–307.50	966	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	228.93/cwt	217.00–239.00	1,076	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	223.79/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,273	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	802	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 Oct 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 210Last week 137Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 79Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 3Year ago 0

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 3.00 to 6.00 higher overall, with no trends available for slaughter bulls and feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	242.50	242.50
6	350–400	364	225.00–245.00	235.97
10	400–450	415	220.00–245.00	234.59
7	450–500	470	217.00–239.00	228.93
4	500–550	504	220.00–236.00	228.02
5	550–600	569	220.00–228.00	223.79
3	600–650	612	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	305.00	305.00
2	350–400	373	312.50–320.00	316.38
9	400–450	434	280.00–288.00	285.82
1	450–500	465	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	500	267.50	267.50
2	600–650	625	243.00–244.00	243.51
7	650–700	686	232.00–246.00	242.32
1	700–750	745	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	277.50–307.50	292.73
2	350–400	365	290.00–305.00	297.60
6	400–450	419	275.00–287.50	279.25
7	450–500	487	259.00–275.00	263.78
1	500–550	505	225.00	225.00
4	550–600	575	220.00–233.00	226.20
3	600–650	628	200.00–210.00	205.73
2	650–700	683	215.00–220.00	217.55
8	700–750	722	187.00–200.00	190.68
4	750–800	780	170.00–180.00	173.14
1	800–850	845	178.00	178.00
3	900–950	925	160.00–190.00	169.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	255.00	255.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	110.00	110.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,270	115.00–130.00	123.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,190	114.50–127.00	119.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	936	109.00–114.50	112.16
2	—	863	93.00–99.00	96.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,906	140.50–152.00	144.31
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	139.50–140.00	139.74

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,425.00	2,425.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle