Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-08

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.13/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −135.09 against this barn's trailing median of $387.22.

Average price

$252.13

85 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,408

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$19.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.14

vs TN average

−19.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	253.03	1,411	81
Medium and Large 2	573	234.00	1,341	4thin

One grade step is worth $19.03/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $423.83, low $374.30, median $387.22 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 sale85 hd

252.13

—

TN average13 barns · 620 hd

246.00

+6.14

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−19.78

This barn, trailing median7 sales

387.22

−135.09

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

46 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - 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 1	300–350	345	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,217	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	989	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,529	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	883	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,264	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,374	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	561	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,705	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,318	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	242.63/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,305	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	454	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,544	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	283.35/cwt	282.50–285.00	1,641	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,668	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	462	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,335	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	200–250	235	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	259.16/cwt	241.00–260.00	1,446	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	656	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,814	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	752	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,835	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,615	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	452	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,284	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,017	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	870	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,966	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	654	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,596	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	770	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,656	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	970	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	844	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	331	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	861	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	573	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,341	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	250–300	294	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	764	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	625	250.48/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,566	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	257.52/cwt	245.00–285.00	1,478	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,102	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,279	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,153	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	274.28/cwt	259.00–290.00	1,484	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,166	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	633	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,266	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	458	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,150	6

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 Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Sweetwater, TN

Fri Mar 8, 2024

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

Receipts 683Last week 421Year ago 880

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	240.00	240.00
8	350–400	368	240.00	240.00
5	400–450	430	230.00	230.00
3	450–500	468	260.00	260.00
12	500–550	538	241.00–245.00	242.63
9	550–600	583	226.00	226.00
5	600–650	637	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	720	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
41	450–500	462	289.00	289.00
60	550–600	558	241.00–260.00	259.16
79	650–700	654	244.00	244.00
44	750–800	770	215.00	215.00
1	950–1000	970	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	265.00	265.00
8	250–300	294	260.00	260.00
4	300–350	331	260.00	260.00
6	450–500	458	251.00	251.00
4	550–600	573	234.00	234.00
4	600–650	633	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	363	232.50	232.50
3	400–450	418	234.00	234.00
5	450–500	473	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	695	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	330.00	330.00
3	350–400	363	325.00	325.00
4	400–450	420	301.00	301.00
6	450–500	472	291.00	291.00
4	500–550	526	290.00	290.00
6	550–600	579	282.50–285.00	283.35
1	600–650	605	247.00	247.00
13	650–700	654	247.00	247.00
8	700–750	722	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	454	340.00	340.00
50	550–600	561	304.00	304.00
65	650–700	656	276.50	276.50
46	750–800	752	244.00	244.00
41	850–900	870	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	452	284.00	284.00
4	600–650	625	250.00–252.00	250.48
1	700–750	730	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	330.00	330.00
5	350–400	381	302.50	302.50
5	400–450	428	272.50	272.50
3	450–500	478	267.50	267.50
4	500–550	541	259.00–290.00	274.28
8	550–600	574	245.00–285.00	257.52

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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