East Tennessee Livestock Center Market Report

Sweetwater, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 9, 2023

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	215	190	292
Feeder cattle	143	93	172
Slaughter cattle	67	86	111
Replacement cattle	5	11	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, breaker and boning cows mostly steady overall, with lean cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower, and slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. No comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	262.50	$262.50	$1,142	—
470	470	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,128	—
510	510	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,300	—
620	620	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,457	—
680	680	1	237.00	$237.00	$1,612	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348 value added	348	2	240.00	$240.00	$835	—
400	400	1	235.00	$235.00	$940	—
428 value added	428	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,027	—
945	945	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,786	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,104	—
500	500	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,175	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	225.00	$225.00	$788	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	360	4	212.00–220.00	$217.86	$784	+0.86
415–440	425	5	210.00–218.00	$214.57	$912	+0.57
465–490	481	4	215.00–223.00	$219.56	$1,056	+13.56
505–540	523	2	195.00–217.00	$205.63	$1,075	+1.63
595	595	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,279	+11.24
654 value added	654	4	210.50	$210.50	$1,377	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	2	260.00–275.00	$267.39	$882	—
400	400	1	235.00	$235.00	$940	-1.48
433	433	2	210.00	$210.00	$909	-26.48
495	495	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,138	—
543	543	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,178	-2.35
555–585	570	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,226	+0.83
658	658	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,250	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	220.00	$220.00	$759	—
460–475	468	2	205.00	$205.00	$959	—
525–545	538	3	199.00–200.00	$199.33	$1,072	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,197	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1110	958	80-85%	2	90.00–92.00	$91.16	$873	+0.63
855–1280	1103	80-85%	9	96.00–111.50	$104.70	$1,155	—
1210–1325	1268	80-85%	2	119.50–126.00	$122.90	$1,558	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1130	969	85-90%	8	84.00–90.50	$86.74	$841	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1640	1359	75-80%	7	104.00–112.00	$109.42	$1,487	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1170	1140	2	124.00–128.00	$126.05	$1,437	—
1635	1635	1	140.00	$140.00	$2,289	—
1555–1975	1796	7	128.00–135.50	$131.22	$2,357	—

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1300	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,325.00–1,375.00	$1,350.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.