Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-09

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.95/cwt on 212 head.

Average price

$221.95

212 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,329

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$25.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.74

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	604	225.38	1,361	183
Medium and Large 2	568	200.26	1,137	29

One grade step is worth $25.12/cwt here — about $224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale212 hd

221.95

—

TN average12 barns · 4,356 hd

231.69

−9.74

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

46 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 1Value Added	—	554	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,319	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	559	212.26/cwt	205.00–216.00	1,187	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	647	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,339	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	526	207.17/cwt	205.00–216.00	1,090	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	464	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,021	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,220	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	557	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,406	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	647	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,708	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,425	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	244.03/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,547	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,354	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	543	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,371	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	960	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,987	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	670	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,478	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	738	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,697	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	856	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,858	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	555	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,568	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	258.44/cwt	252.50–262.50	1,241	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,454	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	667	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,229	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,152	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,250	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,056	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,314	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	768	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,521	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	647	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,456	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	435	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,055	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	720	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	970	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,242	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,042	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,212	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,218	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	740	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	651	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,400	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	444	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,154	11

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 Feb 9, 2024

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

Receipts 421Last week 614Year ago 349

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	554	238.00	238.00
30	—	768	198.00	198.00
45	—	647	225.00	225.00
1	—	970	128.00	128.00
7	—	651	215.00	215.00
11	—	444	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	559	205.00–216.00	212.26
8	—	647	207.00	207.00
5	—	526	205.00–216.00	207.17
6	—	464	220.00	220.00
1	—	740	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	200.00	200.00
2	—	375	202.50	202.50
1	—	735	125.00	125.00
1	—	440	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,045	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	640	192.00	192.00
7	—	482	239.00	239.00
5	—	563	222.00	222.00
5	—	438	241.00	241.00
4	—	353	237.50	237.50
1	—	710	185.00	185.00
10	—	525	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	215.00	215.00
4	—	574	265.00	265.00
5	—	428	285.00	285.00
6	—	475	300.00	300.00
5	—	634	240.00–245.00	244.03
3	—	528	280.00	280.00
3	—	325	272.50	272.50
1	—	1,015	185.00	185.00
3	—	372	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	557	252.50	252.50
4	—	543	252.50	252.50
2	—	960	207.00	207.00
2	—	670	220.00	220.00
1	—	435	242.50	242.50
1	—	720	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	647	264.00	264.00
28	—	738	230.00	230.00
17	—	856	217.00	217.00
29	—	555	282.50	282.50
11	—	473	307.50	307.50
4	—	667	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	237.50	237.50
5	—	480	252.50–262.50	258.44

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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