Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2019-06-19

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 19
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067
Feeder Cattle receipts
222 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 191▲ 222 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 113▲ 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale two weeks ago, feeder heifers remaining mostly steady overall; and no comparisons available for feeder steers and bulls due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows gauging 1.00 lower overall with slaughter bulls 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.87/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −66.11 against this barn's trailing median of $183.97.
Average price
$117.87
65 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$2.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.88
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565118.1266757
Small and Medium 1-2480116.935613thin
Medium and Large 2-3491115.585685thin
One grade step is worth $2.53/cwt here — about $100 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 sale65 hd
117.87
—
TN average9 barns · 1,068 hd
118.75
−0.88
This barn, trailing median6 sales
183.97
−66.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

6 sales
222201181160median 183.9704/0104/0810/0710/2110/28
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $207.99, low $174.34, median $183.97 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,85183.491,5456thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57561.009608thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19156.8167723
CowsLean 85-90%Average98447.534684thin

Every lot

55 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2285133.00/cwt133.00–133.003791
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3320131.00/cwt131.00–131.004191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378139.50/cwt139.00–141.005274
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2415129.00/cwt129.00–129.005351
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3415122.54/cwt121.00–124.005092
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450139.50/cwt139.50–139.506285
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3505123.00/cwt123.00–123.006211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519131.39/cwt128.00–133.006826
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582133.34/cwt133.00–134.007766
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3645114.00/cwt114.00–114.007351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725113.00/cwt113.00–113.008191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-284599.00/cwt99.00–99.008371
Steers—Medium and Large 1-292097.00/cwt97.00–97.008921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325119.00/cwt119.00–119.003871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384106.39/cwt105.00–112.004095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418114.25/cwt108.00–120.004786
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-243094.00/cwt94.00–94.004041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474114.92/cwt112.00–118.005459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524117.22/cwt113.00–120.006148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565110.05/cwt108.00–112.006222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3590100.00/cwt100.00–100.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623101.47/cwt100.00–103.006322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full63091.00/cwt91.00–91.005731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-267593.99/cwt92.00–96.006342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-273086.47/cwt84.00–89.006314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-277089.31/cwt83.00–97.006884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-283590.00/cwt90.00–90.007521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy97591.00/cwt89.00–93.008872
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320138.47/cwt133.00–145.004433
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3340129.00/cwt129.00–129.004391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2374138.32/cwt131.00–143.005174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420135.59/cwt130.00–146.005693
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2435120.40/cwt116.00–125.005242
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460141.00/cwt141.00–141.006491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478128.82/cwt123.00–137.0061610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3478119.46/cwt118.00–121.005712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517123.02/cwt120.00–128.006366
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3535106.00/cwt106.00–106.005671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565121.10/cwt115.00–125.006849
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2606115.74/cwt114.00–119.007014
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3625104.00/cwt104.00–104.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-268499.56/cwt97.00–104.006819
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-272794.69/cwt92.00–99.006883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-275597.00/cwt97.00–97.007321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283592.00/cwt92.00–92.007681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-287391.44/cwt89.00–94.007982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-296085.00/cwt85.00–85.008161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,85183.49/cwt82.00–85.001,5456
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98447.53/cwt41.50–52.504684
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17658.19/cwt54.50–63.5068417
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,19067.00/cwt67.00–67.007971
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24450.06/cwt45.50–53.506235
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,53066.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0101
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58160.28/cwt57.50–63.509537

This sale against other markets

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.