Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls gauging 10.00 to 12.00 lower overall, with no comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.17/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −128.81 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$246.17

13 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,361

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.73

vs TN average

−34.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	246.17	1,361	13thin

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 sale13 hd

246.17

—

TN average10 barns · 433 hd

248.90

−2.73

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

−34.13

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

−128.81

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	2,045	139.00	2,843	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,273	111.96	1,425	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,094	108.82	1,191	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,060	99.29	1,053	3thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,365	106.58	1,455	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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,825	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,775	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$1,550	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$1,500	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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	106.58/cwt	104.50–108.50	1,455	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,273	111.96/cwt	109.00–114.50	1,425	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	106.46/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,185	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	990	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	103.94/cwt	102.50–105.50	1,081	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	980	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,205	1
Bulls	—	—	2,045	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,843	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	300–350	335	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,064	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,304	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,311	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	425	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,052	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,190	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	400–450	415	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	241.48/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,430	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	214.54/cwt	209.00–220.00	1,319	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	200–250	215	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	253.39/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,297	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	350–400	390	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	242.49/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,717	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	300–350	300	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,387	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	301.14/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	263.47/cwt	254.00–282.00	1,220	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,391	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	233.67/cwt	233.00–234.00	1,491	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,203	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,147	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 Dec 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 106Last week 109Year ago 58

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 60Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 5Year ago 11

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls gauging 10.00 to 12.00 lower overall, with no comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,825.00	1,825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,775.00	1,775.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	1,500.00	1,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	104.50–108.50	106.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,273	109.00–114.50	111.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,113	100.00–112.00	106.46
1	—	980	123.00	123.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,040	102.50–105.50	103.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,045	139.00	139.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	385.00	385.00
2	300–350	325	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	395	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	423	310.00	310.00
3	500–550	517	269.00	269.00
3	600–650	638	233.00–234.00	233.67
2	650–700	685	229.00	229.00
2	700–750	733	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	322.50	322.50
1	300–350	330	315.00	315.00
3	350–400	352	292.50	292.50
1	400–450	445	267.50	267.50
3	450–500	463	254.00–282.00	263.47
6	500–550	512	252.00–256.00	253.39
6	550–600	592	238.00–245.00	241.48
2	600–650	615	209.00–220.00	214.54
3	700–750	743	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	250.00	250.00
1	300–350	300	245.00	245.00
1	350–400	390	212.50	212.50
1	400–450	415	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	402.00	402.00
2	500–550	520	290.00–312.50	301.14
1	600–650	645	243.00	243.00
2	700–750	708	240.00–245.00	242.49

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle