Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $229.50/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −145.48 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$229.50

4 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,265

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.60

vs TN average

−37.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	229.50	1,265	4thin

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

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 sale4 hd

229.50

—

TN average14 barns · 1,003 hd

241.10

−11.60

National average196 barns · 21,141 hd

267.05

−37.55

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

−145.48

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	1,387	134.49	1,865	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	105.04	1,584	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,165	104.56	1,218	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	932	82.01	764	3thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,443	101.96	1,471	2thin

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 1Full	500–550	520	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,094	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,194	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	960	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1	400–450	420	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,078	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	225.49/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	975	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	400–450	445	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	249.55/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,205	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	555	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,486	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	316.42/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,187	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	258.81/cwt	247.50–265.00	1,097	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,135	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,544	1
Bulls	—	—	1,513	133.73/cwt	133.50–134.00	2,023	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	76.51/cwt	74.00–79.00	656	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,019	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	105.96/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,213	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,260	110.81/cwt	106.00–115.50	1,396	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight	—	2,005	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,875	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,452	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,004	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,443	101.96/cwt	98.50–106.00	1,471	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 Nov 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 74Last week 112Year ago 195

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 33Year ago 77

No comparisons available due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	227.50	227.50
1	800–850	820	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	310.00–322.50	316.42
1	400–450	405	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	525	257.50	257.50
1	700–750	705	194.00	194.00
2	800–850	803	185.00	185.00
1	850–900	875	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	490	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	570	265.00	265.00
2	650–700	655	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	320.00	320.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	260.00	260.00
4	400–450	424	247.50–265.00	258.81
2	450–500	483	240.00–259.00	249.55
1	500–550	500	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	575	228.00	228.00
2	600–650	628	225.00–226.00	225.49
1	650–700	660	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	705	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	252.50	252.50
1	400–450	415	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	495	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	222.00	222.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	136.00	136.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	133.50–134.00	133.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	74.00–79.00	76.51
1	—	1,080	93.00	93.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	93.50	93.50
4	—	1,145	100.00–109.00	105.96
1	—	1,320	110.00	110.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	106.00–115.50	110.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	93.50	93.50
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	98.50–106.00	101.96

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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