Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-10

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.90/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −131.32 against this barn's trailing median of $387.22.

Average price

$255.90

64 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,415

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$254

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

$37.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.95

vs TN average

−11.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	258.25	1,431	60
Medium and Large 2	534	220.63	1,178	4thin

One grade step is worth $37.63/cwt here — about $254 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale64 hd

255.90

—

TN average11 barns · 576 hd

254.95

+0.95

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−11.69

This barn, trailing median7 sales

387.22

−131.32

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

47 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	650–700	650	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,521	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	266.74/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,392	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,683	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	463	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,408	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,368	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,253	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,507	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,127	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,635	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,255	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,086	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,111	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	435	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	779	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,842	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	938	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,951	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,627	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	618	221.12/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,367	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	556	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,446	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	590	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	875	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	700	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,258	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	294.82/cwt	282.50–307.50	1,047	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	766	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,593	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	213.72/cwt	212.50–215.00	994	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	955	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	595	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	920	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	470	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	455	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,012	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,164	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	750	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,433	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,074	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	665	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,133	3

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 May 10, 2024

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

Receipts 450Last week 468Year ago 525

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	273.50	273.50
23	450–500	460	273.50	273.50
55	550–600	556	260.00	260.00
46	650–700	650	234.00	234.00
55	750–800	766	208.00	208.00
1	900–950	920	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	390	289.00	289.00
4	400–450	436	249.00	249.00
1	450–500	465	239.00	239.00
4	500–550	520	241.00	241.00
1	550–600	590	231.00	231.00
5	600–650	630	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	715	207.50	207.50
1	850–900	855	180.00	180.00
2	1050–1100	1,058	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	222.50	222.50
1	550–600	590	222.50	222.50
2	600–650	618	215.00–227.00	221.12
1	700–750	700	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	250.00	250.00
2	400–450	413	260.00	260.00
2	450–500	465	212.50–215.00	213.72
3	500–550	515	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
23	450–500	463	304.00	304.00
37	550–600	563	289.00	289.00
39	600–650	645	261.00	261.00
60	750–800	779	236.50	236.50
2	900–950	938	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	302.50	302.50
6	350–400	385	326.00	326.00
1	400–450	425	270.00	270.00
2	450–500	480	285.00	285.00
3	500–550	522	255.00–272.50	266.74
5	550–600	573	263.00	263.00
10	600–650	641	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	735	219.00	219.00
2	800–850	828	212.50	212.50
1	900–950	925	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	595	247.50	247.50
4	650–700	665	230.00	230.00
3	750–800	750	191.00	191.00
1	850–900	875	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	282.50–307.50	294.82
1	450–500	485	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	560	215.00	215.00

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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