Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-20

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $249.09/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −197.65 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$249.09

76 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,369

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$3.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.89

vs TN average

−17.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	249.49	1,372	67
Medium and Large 2	550	246.11	1,354	9thin

One grade step is worth $3.38/cwt here — about $18 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 sale76 hd

249.09

—

TN average14 barns · 499 hd

247.20

+1.89

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−17.55

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−197.65

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

52 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	600–650	644	224.24/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,444	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	759	202.37/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,536	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,265	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	486	267.94/cwt	253.00–270.00	1,302	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	223.26/cwt	220.00–223.50	1,619	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	727	241.75/cwt	241.75–241.75	1,758	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	636	227.93/cwt	210.00–242.50	1,450	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	545	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,363	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,615	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	548	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,425	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,152	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,496	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	780	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	904	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,944	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	860	231.75/cwt	231.75–231.75	1,993	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,375	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	750	232.99/cwt	225.00–234.50	1,747	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	253.89/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,099	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,344	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,248	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,312	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,160	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	220.95/cwt	215.00–223.50	1,277	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,058	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,126	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	209.35/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,283	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	225.96/cwt	219.00–227.00	1,200	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,480	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,030	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	466	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,137	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	965	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	808	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,230	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	636	248.24/cwt	238.00–253.50	1,579	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,323	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,379	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	653	231.25/cwt	231.25–231.25	1,510	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	769	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,650	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	236.72/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,373	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,085	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	438	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	808	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,818	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	395	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,165	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	487	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,300	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,269	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

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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 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	236.00	236.00
13	600–650	644	220.00–225.00	224.24
3	750–800	759	200.00–207.00	202.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	341	237.00	237.00
9	400–450	430	246.00	246.00
11	450–500	479	235.00	235.00
23	500–550	531	219.00–227.00	225.96
20	550–600	578	215.00–223.50	220.95
17	600–650	646	213.50	213.50
1	650–700	665	213.50	213.50
6	700–750	729	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	230.00	230.00
5	450–500	477	216.00	216.00
1	500–550	525	210.00	210.00
30	550–600	554	222.00	222.00
3	600–650	613	208.00–210.00	209.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	466	244.00	244.00
30	550–600	563	235.00	235.00
44	650–700	653	231.25	231.25
37	750–800	769	214.50	214.50
2	950–1000	965	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	434	250.00	250.00
5	450–500	475	242.50	242.50
17	500–550	527	240.00	240.00
12	550–600	580	235.00–238.00	236.72
40	600–650	645	232.00	232.00
15	700–750	725	220.00–223.50	223.26
1	1050–1100	1,060	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	295.00	295.00
8	450–500	486	253.00–270.00	267.94
33	500–550	548	260.00	260.00
5	550–600	566	243.00	243.00
30	600–650	636	238.00–253.50	248.24
34	650–700	650	248.50	248.50
40	700–750	727	241.75	241.75
44	750–800	750	225.00–234.50	232.99
24	800–850	808	225.00	225.00
60	850–900	860	231.75	231.75
15	900–950	904	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	215.00	215.00
1	600–650	610	202.00	202.00
1	650–700	685	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	487	267.00	267.00
8	500–550	545	250.00	250.00
24	600–650	636	210.00–242.50	227.93
1	750–800	780	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	275.00	275.00
11	400–450	433	250.00–265.00	253.89
2	450–500	455	255.00	255.00
3	500–550	522	239.00	239.00
5	550–600	587	229.00	229.00
2	600–650	613	214.00	214.00

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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