Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-05

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $269.86/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −176.87 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$269.86

49 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,504

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$36.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.33

vs TN average

−40.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	278.14	1,546	38
Medium and Large 2	562	241.27	1,356	11thin

One grade step is worth $36.87/cwt here — about $190 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

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.97, low $433.30, median $446.73 across 6 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 sale49 hd

269.86

—

TN average11 barns · 449 hd

281.19

−11.33

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−40.90

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−176.87

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

50 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 1Value Added	950–1000	990	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,368	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,550	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	446	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,356	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	814	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,840	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,497	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	554	283.24/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,569	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,206	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	987	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	881	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,890	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,402	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	231.32/cwt	231.00–236.00	1,325	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	238.27/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,127	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,629	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,487	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	961	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,285	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,234	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,330	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	968	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	230.83/cwt	223.00–235.00	1,085	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,082	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,147	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	750	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	843	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,265	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	480	254.18/cwt	251.00–257.50	1,220	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	561	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,403	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	645	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	207.51/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,118	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,337	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	765	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,610	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	231.29/cwt	231.00–232.50	1,085	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	207.54/cwt	205.00–212.50	1,214	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	665	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	625	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,266	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,632	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	753	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,709	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	730	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,351	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	451	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,069	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	461	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,203	14

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 Apr 5, 2024

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

Receipts 468Last week 683Year ago 576

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	461	261.00	261.00
29	550–600	557	240.00	240.00
33	650–700	655	214.00	214.00
26	750–800	765	210.50	210.50
1	950–1000	990	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	377	255.00	255.00
2	400–450	440	220.00	220.00
11	450–500	473	220.00–240.00	238.27
3	500–550	523	236.00	236.00
15	550–600	573	231.00–236.00	231.32
4	600–650	636	202.00	202.00
2	650–700	675	197.00	197.00
1	750–800	780	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	237.00	237.00
1	600–650	625	202.50	202.50
1	650–700	665	202.50	202.50
6	700–750	730	185.00	185.00
2	800–850	843	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	230.00	230.00
3	350–400	353	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	445	232.50	232.50
5	450–500	469	231.00–232.50	231.29
8	500–550	539	205.00–215.00	207.51
3	550–600	585	205.00–212.50	207.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	255.00	255.00
4	400–450	423	285.00	285.00
10	450–500	470	291.00	291.00
5	500–550	527	284.00	284.00
7	550–600	583	255.00	255.00
9	600–650	646	240.00	240.00
2	700–750	735	213.00	213.00
8	750–800	761	214.00	214.00
1	800–850	845	205.00	205.00
1	850–900	880	205.00	205.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	446	304.00	304.00
26	550–600	554	270.00–285.00	283.24
23	650–700	650	251.00	251.00
22	750–800	753	227.00	227.00
57	800–850	814	226.00	226.00
19	850–900	881	214.50	214.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	277.50	277.50
3	450–500	470	223.00–235.00	230.83
1	500–550	545	218.00	218.00
2	550–600	575	218.00	218.00
1	600–650	620	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	251.00–257.50	254.18
8	550–600	561	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	645	229.00	229.00
1	750–800	750	200.00	200.00

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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