Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-23

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $254.98/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −191.76 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$254.98

41 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,386

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$43.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.99

vs TN average

−15.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	260.33	1,411	36
Medium and Large 2	555	216.40	1,201	5thin

One grade step is worth $43.93/cwt here — about $210 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 sale41 hd

254.98

—

TN average16 barns · 647 hd

261.97

−6.99

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

−15.52

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−191.76

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

25 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	650–700	685	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,058	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,114	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,545	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,295	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,540	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	220.54/cwt	218.00–223.00	1,076	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,173	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,669	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,181	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,464	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,241	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,528	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,383	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,382	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,244	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,009	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	230.95/cwt	223.00–231.50	1,201	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,285	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 Aug 23, 2024

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

Receipts 248Last week 1,473Year ago 301

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	441	240.00	240.00
12	450–500	474	235.00	235.00
15	500–550	520	223.00–231.50	230.95
14	550–600	577	224.50	224.50
33	600–650	634	218.00	218.00
2	650–700	685	218.00	218.00
12	700–750	729	212.00	212.00
2	850–900	850	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	209.00	209.00
3	500–550	532	222.00	222.00
2	600–650	633	180.00	180.00
1	700–750	710	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	247.50	247.50
1	400–450	415	259.00	259.00
4	450–500	473	263.00	263.00
24	500–550	526	263.00	263.00
12	550–600	574	255.00	255.00
5	600–650	649	235.50	235.50
36	650–700	654	235.50	235.50
22	700–750	745	224.00	224.00
2	800–850	830	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	218.00–223.00	220.54
3	500–550	533	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	588	211.00	211.00
2	600–650	620	216.00	216.00

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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