Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-18

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $262.71/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −184.03 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$262.71

83 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,459

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$26.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.53

vs TN average

−36.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	267.18	1,491	69
Medium and Large 2	542	240.65	1,305	14thin

One grade step is worth $26.54/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale83 hd

262.71

—

TN average14 barns · 458 hd

262.18

+0.53

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−36.62

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−184.03

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

60 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	243.55/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,301	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,316	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,221	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	308.91/cwt	304.00–316.00	1,177	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	749	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,805	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	935	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	435	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,196	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	267.22/cwt	262.50–272.00	1,251	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,476	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	264.78/cwt	249.50–266.00	1,734	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,548	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	852	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,926	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	960	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,074	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,049	193.44/cwt	191.50–195.00	2,029	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	459	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,345	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	646	240.71/cwt	232.00–242.50	1,555	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	746	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,787	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	455	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,256	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	832	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,814	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	548	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,425	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	247.06/cwt	232.00–253.00	1,072	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	226.10/cwt	224.00–226.50	1,456	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,631	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	896	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	240.00/cwt	232.00–248.00	912	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,229	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	230.60/cwt	227.00–231.00	1,356	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	238.49/cwt	230.00–239.50	1,140	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,488	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	229.32/cwt	229.00–230.00	1,071	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	753	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,596	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,211	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,212	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,322	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,519	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	477	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,207	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	642	231.25/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,485	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	562	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,307	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	485	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,135	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,339	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	255.69/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,478	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,689	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	972	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,788	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,005	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	777	219.68/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,707	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,626	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,302	13

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 18, 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
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	251.00	251.00
1	350–400	365	267.50	267.50
2	450–500	468	262.50–272.00	267.22
11	500–550	534	241.00–246.00	243.55
3	550–600	572	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	630	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	665	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	303.00	303.00
5	350–400	381	304.00–316.00	308.91
7	400–450	433	282.00	282.00
13	450–500	475	274.00	274.00
12	500–550	527	254.00	254.00
11	550–600	578	240.00–261.00	255.69
33	600–650	649	250.50	250.50
9	700–750	744	227.00	227.00
2	750–800	755	225.00	225.00
1	800–850	840	208.00	208.00
2	850–900	853	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	459	293.00	293.00
5	500–550	548	260.00	260.00
41	550–600	563	275.00	275.00
55	650–700	655	249.50–266.00	264.78
67	700–750	749	241.00	241.00
4	750–800	760	234.00	234.00
19	850–900	852	226.00	226.00
15	950–1000	960	216.00	216.00
9	1000–1050	1,049	191.50–195.00	193.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	275.00	275.00
4	450–500	455	276.00	276.00
23	600–650	646	232.00–242.50	240.71
6	700–750	746	239.50	239.50
3	800–850	832	218.00	218.00
1	900–950	935	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	265.00	265.00
2	350–400	380	232.00–248.00	240.00
7	400–450	434	232.00–253.00	247.06
9	450–500	478	230.00–239.50	238.49
12	500–550	525	234.00	234.00
10	550–600	588	227.00–231.00	230.60
6	600–650	644	224.00–226.50	226.10
7	650–700	657	226.50	226.50
5	700–750	738	221.00	221.00
1	750–800	780	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	430	227.00	227.00
3	450–500	467	229.00–230.00	229.32
6	500–550	529	229.00	229.00
1	550–600	585	217.00	217.00
1	600–650	615	197.00	197.00
1	750–800	760	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	485	234.00	234.00
15	550–600	562	232.50	232.50
15	600–650	642	220.00–233.00	231.25
5	750–800	753	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	477	253.00	253.00
43	550–600	558	237.00	237.00
42	600–650	645	235.50	235.50
124	750–800	777	217.00–222.00	219.68
5	950–1000	972	184.00	184.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	153.00	153.00

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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