Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-15

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.41/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −148.81 against this barn's trailing median of $387.22.

Average price

$238.41

110 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,327

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$12.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.18

vs TN average

−26.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	240.98	1,350	87
Medium and Large 2	543	228.70	1,241	23

One grade step is worth $12.28/cwt here — about $109 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

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 sale110 hd

238.41

—

TN average15 barns · 918 hd

231.23

+7.18

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−26.69

This barn, trailing median7 sales

387.22

−148.81

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

51 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	700–750	720	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	910	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,046	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	233.79/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,227	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,313	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	454	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,221	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	768	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,820	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	768	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,279	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,222	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	659	265.75/cwt	265.75–265.75	1,751	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	554	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,429	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	950	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,739	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,145	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,633	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	631	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,552	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,452	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	293.75/cwt	293.75–293.75	1,636	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,328	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,452	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	649	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,476	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	222.29/cwt	222.00–223.00	1,183	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	223.38/cwt	217.00–224.00	1,427	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	858	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	939	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	538	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,264	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	473	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,173	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	765	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,271	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,018	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	239.74/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,141	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,566	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,255	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,237	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	950	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	246.81/cwt	230.00–248.75	1,392	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	763	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,663	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,138	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,782	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,651	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	435	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	653	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	458	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,040	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	290.38/cwt	250.00–302.50	1,101	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,328	3

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 Nov 15, 2024

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

Receipts 675Last week 777Year ago 692

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	364	250.00	250.00
13	400–450	436	240.00	240.00
20	450–500	476	235.00–240.00	239.74
15	500–550	525	231.00–234.00	233.79
15	550–600	581	226.00	226.00
25	600–650	639	217.00–224.00	223.38
2	700–750	720	208.00	208.00
2	800–850	835	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	473	248.00	248.00
57	550–600	564	230.00–248.75	246.81
64	600–650	649	227.50	227.50
42	750–800	763	218.00	218.00
2	950–1000	950	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	232.00	232.00
3	400–450	425	221.00	221.00
1	450–500	465	219.00	219.00
7	500–550	532	222.00–223.00	222.29
4	550–600	575	221.00	221.00
1	600–650	605	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	236.00	236.00
2	450–500	458	227.00	227.00
12	500–550	538	235.00	235.00
3	650–700	653	226.00	226.00
1	750–800	765	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	454	269.00	269.00
17	550–600	554	258.00	258.00
4	600–650	631	246.00	246.00
2	750–800	768	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	470	309.00	309.00
37	550–600	557	293.75	293.75
39	650–700	659	265.75	265.75
52	750–800	768	237.00	237.00
4	950–1000	950	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	250.00–302.50	290.38
4	400–450	435	281.00	281.00
7	450–500	479	262.00	262.00
2	500–550	533	240.00	240.00
3	550–600	575	231.00	231.00
1	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	650	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	305.00	305.00
6	400–450	431	287.00	287.00
7	450–500	476	279.00	279.00
16	500–550	530	274.00	274.00
17	550–600	582	269.00	269.00
24	600–650	648	252.00	252.00
5	650–700	655	252.00	252.00
7	750–800	755	236.00	236.00
2	800–850	828	215.00	215.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	162.50	162.50
1	1100–1150	1,145	162.50	162.50

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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