Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-07

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $284.39/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −162.35 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$284.39

50 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$50.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.53

vs TN average

−24.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	288.41	1,599	46
Medium and Large 2	580	238.13	1,381	4thin

One grade step is worth $50.29/cwt here — about $218 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale50 hd

284.39

—

TN average12 barns · 869 hd

291.92

−7.53

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

−24.77

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−162.35

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

36 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	315	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	251.75/cwt	243.00–256.00	1,206	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	273.49/cwt	261.00–277.50	1,124	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	261.76/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,387	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,611	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	252.66/cwt	243.00–254.00	1,455	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,431	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	270.81/cwt	269.00–271.00	1,557	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,883	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	773	257.28/cwt	252.00–257.50	1,989	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	272.38/cwt	257.00–277.50	1,781	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,270	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	644	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,662	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	274.25/cwt	274.25–274.25	1,508	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	792	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,826	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,398	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,696	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	654	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,864	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	950	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	928	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,209	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	872	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,067	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	482	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,554	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	710	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	454	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,298	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	690	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	563	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	500	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	473	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,277	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,755	1

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 Jun 7, 2024

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

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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	315	257.50	257.50
4	400–450	411	261.00–277.50	273.49
3	450–500	479	243.00–256.00	251.75
6	500–550	530	250.00–266.00	261.76
8	550–600	576	243.00–254.00	252.66
7	600–650	633	254.50	254.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	454	286.00	286.00
43	550–600	550	274.25	274.25
24	600–650	644	258.00	258.00
48	750–800	792	230.50	230.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	230.00	230.00
6	550–600	563	264.00	264.00
1	650–700	690	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	380	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	438	290.00	290.00
8	450–500	478	292.50	292.50
11	500–550	526	272.00	272.00
11	550–600	575	269.00–271.00	270.81
5	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
16	650–700	654	257.00–277.50	272.38
7	750–800	764	243.00	243.00
1	800–850	810	232.50	232.50
1	1000–1050	1,005	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	322.50	322.50
24	550–600	558	304.00	304.00
31	650–700	654	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	710	252.00	252.00
49	750–800	773	252.00–257.50	257.28
3	850–900	872	237.00	237.00
2	900–950	928	238.00	238.00
1	950–1000	950	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	270.00	270.00
3	550–600	575	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	232.50	232.50

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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