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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 31

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Jan 24Jan 31Feb 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

87 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 56▼ 7 vs year ago 94 · −7.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 50▼ 7 vs year ago 57 · −12.3%

Also sold hereGraded Feeder Cattle SaleFri Oct 16, 2026 Graded Holstein Steer SaleFri Oct 9, 2026 Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 6.00 higher overall with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls or feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts from last week's sale.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $248.77/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 7 of 6 comparable sales and sits +64.79 against this barn's trailing median of $183.97.

Average price

$248.77

22 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,184

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$29.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.32

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 1-2	395	260.00	1,027	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	502	253.77	1,273	16thin
Large 1	410	230.50	946	5thin

One grade step is worth $29.50/cwt here — about $81 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 sale22 hd

248.77

—

TN average12 barns · 912 hd

230.45

+18.32

This barn, trailing median6 sales

183.97

+64.79

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,558	129.01	2,009	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,167	111.98	1,306	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,514	110.14	1,668	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	96.87	1,044	2thin

Every lot

41 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	255	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	638	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	358	312.55/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,119	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	420	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,376	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	302.46/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,295	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	284.51/cwt	272.50–305.00	1,351	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	530	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,511	3
Steers	—	Large 1Value Added	578	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,520	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	603	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,592	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	667	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,547	3
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	775	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,488	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	385	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	847	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	789	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	953	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	232.50/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,116	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	488	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,035	3
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	490	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,017	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	509	221.93/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,130	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	530	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,272	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,166	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	218.46/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,267	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,378	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	695	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,355	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,450	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	322	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	918	4
Bulls	—	Large 1	394	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	926	4
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	395	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,027	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	2
Bulls	—	Large 1	475	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,009	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	269.12/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,284	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	500	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,150	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	241.00/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,381	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,373	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	645	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,232	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	758	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,459	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,521	127.41/cwt	120.00–133.00	1,938	5
Bulls	—	—	1,740	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,384	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	96.87/cwt	96.00–98.00	1,044	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,140	106.83/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,218	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,201	118.59/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,424	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,920	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,516	107.59/cwt	99.00–111.00	1,631	7

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Wed Jan 31, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 87Last week 56Year ago 94

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 50Year ago 57

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 6.00 higher overall with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls or feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts from last week's sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	322	285.00	285.00
1	—	610	225.00	225.00
2	—	445	300.00	300.00
2	—	573	235.00–247.50	241.00
2	—	758	192.50	192.50
3	—	477	260.00–277.50	269.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	212.50	212.50
4	—	394	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	285.00	285.00
3	—	667	232.00	232.00
1	—	420	327.50	327.50
2	—	603	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	310.00–315.00	312.55
3	—	475	272.50–305.00	284.51
2	—	428	300.00–305.00	302.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	217.00–220.00	218.46
2	—	480	230.00–235.00	232.50
2	—	540	216.00	216.00
1	—	650	212.00	212.00
1	—	410	232.50	232.50
1	—	725	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	509	218.00–230.00	221.93
1	—	385	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,521	120.00–133.00	127.41
1	—	1,740	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	96.00–98.00	96.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,516	99.00–111.00	107.59
1	—	1,500	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,140	100.00–113.00	106.83
7	—	1,201	114.00–124.00	118.59

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.