Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-02

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $277.01/cwt on 193 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −169.72 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$277.01

193 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$0.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.50

vs TN average

−10.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	277.01	1,545	159
Medium and Large 2	547	277.00	1,516	34

One grade step is worth $0.01/cwt here — about $29 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale193 hd

277.01

—

TN average15 barns · 662 hd

279.51

−2.50

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

−10.78

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−169.72

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

63 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 2Value Added	700–750	731	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,550	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	738	267.05/cwt	233.50–271.00	1,971	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,621	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,841	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	448	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	935	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	557	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,287	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	994	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,155	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,457	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	829	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,832	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,500	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,717	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	249.25/cwt	249.25–249.25	1,628	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	869	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	1,988	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	678	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,824	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,112	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	774	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,695	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,258	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,584	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	251.26/cwt	241.00–252.50	1,065	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	637	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,790	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	553	261.77/cwt	240.00–262.75	1,448	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	930	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,939	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	768	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	1,922	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,453	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	668	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	233.52/cwt	220.00–242.00	1,231	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,247	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	457	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,394	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	560	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	669	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	755	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,646	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	235.85/cwt	231.00–236.00	1,358	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	652	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	1,583	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	926	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,968	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,031	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	640	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,491	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	463	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,273	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,906	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	451	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,159	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	639	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,422	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	547	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,537	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,280	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,045	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,275	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	425	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,181	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,375	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	246.79/cwt	239.50–249.25	1,570	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,328	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,461	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	255.95/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,221	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	245.87/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,303	30

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 Aug 2, 2024

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

Receipts 1,473Last week 401Year ago 1,305

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	257.00	257.00
10	450–500	451	257.00	257.00
17	550–600	557	231.00	231.00
14	600–650	639	222.50	222.50
6	650–700	668	222.50	222.50
4	700–750	731	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	381	261.00	261.00
9	400–450	424	241.00–252.50	251.26
36	450–500	477	245.00–257.50	255.95
30	500–550	530	237.00–247.00	245.87
52	550–600	576	231.00–236.00	235.85
48	600–650	648	225.50	225.50
5	650–700	661	225.50	225.50
13	700–750	735	215.50	215.50
1	800–850	825	200.00	200.00
2	1050–1100	1,058	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	465	270.50	270.50
122	550–600	553	240.00–262.75	261.77
6	600–650	628	232.00	232.00
112	650–700	652	242.75	242.75
62	750–800	774	219.00	219.00
7	900–950	930	208.50	208.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	423	247.00	247.00
2	450–500	488	242.00	242.00
6	500–550	527	220.00–242.00	233.52
5	550–600	582	219.00	219.00
1	600–650	635	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	457	305.00	305.00
73	550–600	557	291.00	291.00
82	600–650	637	281.00	281.00
51	650–700	678	269.00	269.00
76	700–750	738	233.50–271.00	267.05
28	750–800	768	250.25	250.25
7	800–850	829	221.00	221.00
60	850–900	869	228.75	228.75
5	900–950	926	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	275.00	275.00
13	450–500	463	275.00	275.00
26	500–550	547	281.00	281.00
2	550–600	560	281.00	281.00
11	600–650	640	233.00	233.00
5	650–700	669	233.00	233.00
10	750–800	755	218.00	218.00
1	900–950	935	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	302.50	302.50
4	350–400	361	320.00	320.00
5	400–450	436	286.00	286.00
17	450–500	476	279.00	279.00
38	500–550	536	271.00	271.00
48	550–600	576	260.50	260.50
30	600–650	636	239.50–249.25	246.79
77	650–700	653	249.25	249.25
39	700–750	745	230.50	230.50
4	850–900	851	224.00	224.00
2	1000–1050	1,035	195.00	195.00
8	1050–1100	1,083	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	316.00	316.00
3	350–400	365	282.50	282.50
7	450–500	474	270.00	270.00
4	500–550	531	259.00	259.00
2	550–600	568	257.00	257.00
1	600–650	635	211.00	211.00
1	700–750	700	180.00	180.00

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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