Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2021-05-26

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, May 26
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
48 vs last sale 158 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
25 vs last sale 62 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
19 vs last sale 26 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereGraded Holstein Steer SaleFri Aug 14, 2026Graded Feeder Cattle SaleFri Aug 7, 2026Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows remaining mostly steady overall with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls and feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.01/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$123.01
25 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.06
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2494123.6661123
Medium and Large 2-3395115.504562thin
One grade step is worth $8.16/cwt here — about $154 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 sale25 hd
123.01
TN average8 barns · 1,373 hd
129.07
−6.06
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsAverage1,76597.751,7255thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16970.5082411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26766.098375thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06065.956993thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,130.00/cwt1,130.00–1,130.0012,4301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,0751
Bulls1,61090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4491
Bulls1,910101.09/cwt96.50–105.001,9313
BullsReturn to Feed1,48595.50/cwt95.50–95.501,4181
CowsLean 85-90%1,08361.92/cwt59.50–64.506712
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2445135.00/cwt135.00–135.006011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650133.00/cwt133.00–133.008651
CowsLean 85-90%1,01574.00/cwt74.00–74.007511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35881.57/cwt78.00–85.001,1082
BullsMedium and Large 1-2363142.53/cwt141.00–144.005172
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2355128.00/cwt128.00–128.004542
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623111.02/cwt109.00–113.006922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425126.73/cwt125.00–129.005393
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2740106.00/cwt106.00–106.007841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2235150.00/cwt150.00–150.003531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475127.96/cwt126.00–130.006083
BullsMedium and Large 1-283594.00/cwt94.00–94.007851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2775101.96/cwt99.00–105.007902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2553121.00/cwt121.00–121.006692
BullsMedium and Large 1-2424137.14/cwt133.00–146.005815
BullsMedium and Large 2-3265149.00/cwt149.00–149.003951
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470115.00/cwt115.00–115.005411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290149.00/cwt149.00–149.004321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full455149.00/cwt149.00–149.006781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475160.00/cwt160.00–160.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full380125.00/cwt125.00–125.004751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510129.00/cwt129.00–129.006581
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3320116.00/cwt116.00–116.003711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523122.03/cwt120.00–124.006386
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full680119.00/cwt119.00–119.008091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473131.46/cwt130.00–133.006222
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26766.09/cwt61.50–70.508375
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12768.04/cwt62.50–71.507679
Dairy SteersLarge 3293122.00/cwt122.00–122.003573
Dairy SteersLarge 460088.00/cwt88.00–88.005281

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.