Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-04

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $224.25/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −162.97 against this barn's trailing median of $387.22.

Average price

$224.25

8 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,275

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$11.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.33

vs TN average

−22.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	225.71	1,303	7thin
Medium and Large 2	510	214.00	1,091	1thin

One grade step is worth $11.71/cwt here — about $211 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale8 hd

224.25

—

TN average15 barns · 773 hd

229.58

−5.33

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−22.53

This barn, trailing median7 sales

387.22

−162.97

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

29 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	500–550	530	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,154	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,082	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,170	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,176	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,017	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	208.60/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,554	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,176	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,299	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	208.92/cwt	202.00–210.50	1,385	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,645	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,316	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,091	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	796	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	945	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 Oct 4, 2024

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

Receipts 89Last week 800Year ago 221

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	225.00	225.00
2	450–500	483	239.00	239.00
1	500–550	530	230.00	230.00
6	550–600	585	225.00	225.00
11	650–700	663	202.00–210.50	208.92
7	700–750	745	200.00–210.00	208.60
1	750–800	770	194.00	194.00
3	800–850	815	190.00	190.00
1	950–1000	950	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	410	217.00	217.00
1	450–500	450	210.00	210.00
1	500–550	510	214.00	214.00
1	650–700	655	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	755	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	282.50	282.50
2	400–450	435	250.00	250.00
3	450–500	482	244.00	244.00
1	650–700	690	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	278.00	278.00
8	450–500	481	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	545	237.50	237.50
1	550–600	585	230.00	230.00
3	650–700	665	234.50	234.50
4	700–750	731	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	785	223.00	223.00
1	800–850	840	214.00	214.00
2	950–1000	965	209.00	209.00
1	1150–1200	1,170	177.00	177.00

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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