East Tennessee Livestock Center Market Report

Sweetwater, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 24, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	167	226	276
Feeder cattle	109	172	199
Slaughter cattle	57	48	69
Replacement cattle	1	6	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 2.00 lower overall, with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls and 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
355–390	367	3	315.00–335.00	$327.91	$1,203	+25.41
440 value added	440	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,342	-3.31
460	460	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,334	-6.56
480 value added	480	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,548	—
565	565	1	289.00	$289.00	$1,633	+20.05
603	603	2	269.00	$269.00	$1,622	—
650 value added	650	2	264.00	$264.00	$1,716	—
830	830	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,743	—
850	850	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,700	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,458	—
655	655	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,490	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,470	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	262.50	$262.50	$840	-2.50
350–385	362	3	267.50–285.00	$273.68	$991	+21.88
406 value added	406	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,177	+19.00
450–480	463	4	250.00–267.50	$258.91	$1,199	+23.85
520–522 value added	522	4	250.00–255.00	$253.75	$1,325	+8.75
708–710 value added	709	6	215.00–216.00	$215.67	$1,529	—
840 value added	840	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,688	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–495	482	3	210.00–230.00	$217.50	$1,048	—
540	540	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,134	—
605	605	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,301	—
659	659	4	208.00	$208.00	$1,371	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–428	419	4	245.00–260.00	$255.05	$1,069	—
645	645	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,290	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,354	+42.73
470–475	473	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,372	+10.16
575	575	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,443	+5.36
640	640	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,293	—
673	673	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,413	+7.58
745	745	1	213.00	$213.00	$1,587	+35.50

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	4	287.50	$287.50	$972	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–445	442	3	282.50–290.00	$287.48	$1,271	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	2	212.50	$212.50	$1,105	—
645	645	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,226	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,355	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1345	1150	80-85%	15	111.00–129.00	$123.23	$1,417	—
1140–1460	1287	80-85%	3	132.00–139.00	$134.65	$1,733	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1900	1505	75-80%	12	113.00–125.00	$120.22	$1,809	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1070	973	85-90%	6	115.00–136.00	$124.02	$1,207	—
810–1310	1023	85-90%	5	107.00–111.00	$108.86	$1,114	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1295	1247	3	129.00–134.00	$132.04	$1,647	—
1455	1455	1	139.00	$139.00	$2,022	—
2550	2550	1	136.00	$136.00	$3,468	—

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	930.00	$930.00

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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.