Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-03

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.54/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$119.54

72 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$8.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.47

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	519	120.85	627	61
Medium and Large 2-3	438	113.00	494	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	516	112.11	579	9thin

One grade step is worth $8.74/cwt here — about $48 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 sale72 hd

119.54

—

TN average9 barns · 2,087 hd

126.01

−6.47

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,687	86.84	1,465	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,135	61.29	695	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	57.61	783	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,059	56.17	595	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,245	89.00	1,108	1thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	144.65/cwt	142.00–150.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	342	132.76/cwt	130.50–135.00	454	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,072	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	142.54/cwt	138.00–150.00	810	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	147.64/cwt	146.00–149.00	626	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	138.02/cwt	135.00–141.00	922	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	136.18/cwt	129.00–141.00	858	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	680	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	272	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	935	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	430	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	833	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	350	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	145.70/cwt	139.00–150.00	750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	775	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,023	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	704	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	275	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	130.99/cwt	129.00–135.00	679	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	135.46/cwt	130.00–143.00	577	7
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	515	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	123.99/cwt	122.00–126.00	462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	120.26/cwt	114.00–126.00	625	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	126.97/cwt	125.00–129.00	844	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	300	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	423	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	500	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	670	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	126.49/cwt	125.00–128.00	727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	116.00/cwt	112.50–120.00	710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	141.93/cwt	138.00–154.00	542	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	122.69/cwt	119.00–125.00	696	3
Steers	Select	—	1,245	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,108	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	53.82/cwt	48.50–59.50	599	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	57.61/cwt	53.50–62.50	783	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	66.98/cwt	66.50–67.50	834	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	58.98/cwt	54.50–64.00	669	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	885	63.70/cwt	58.00–72.00	564	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	920	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	672	1
Bulls	—	—	1,718	85.89/cwt	83.50–91.00	1,476	7
Bulls	—	—	1,470	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,374	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	7,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	812.50/cwt	800.00–825.00	10,766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	530	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	578	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	475	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	105.66/cwt	102.00–107.50	798	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	133.99/cwt	133.00–136.00	619	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	472	113.83/cwt	110.00–120.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	564	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	575	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	455	118.50/cwt	118.00–119.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	653	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	810	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	128.84/cwt	124.00–130.00	535	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	118.04/cwt	113.00–121.00	683	13
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	610	107.33/cwt	105.00–110.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	427	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	122.58/cwt	122.00–126.00	582	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	116.00/cwt	115.00–118.00	776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	122.63/cwt	119.00–126.00	764	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	124.13/cwt	121.00–131.00	397	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	380	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	447	1

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.

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

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Wed Nov 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 288Last week 257Year ago 164

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 80Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 9Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	142.00–150.00	144.65
2	—	1,140	94.00	94.00
7	—	568	138.00–150.00	142.54
6	—	424	146.00–149.00	147.64
1	—	970	114.00	114.00
1	—	730	126.00	126.00
7	—	630	129.00–141.00	136.18
7	—	515	139.00–150.00	145.70
2	—	665	125.00–129.00	126.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	136.00	136.00
1	—	425	132.00	132.00
6	—	342	130.50–135.00	132.76
1	—	525	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	668	135.00–141.00	138.02
1	—	775	132.00	132.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	130.00	130.00
1	—	300	141.00	141.00
1	—	500	134.00	134.00
1	—	400	125.00	125.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	40.00	40.00
2	—	935	46.00	46.00
2	—	833	42.00	42.00
4	—	704	39.00	39.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	113.00	113.00
9	—	518	129.00–135.00	130.99
7	—	426	130.00–143.00	135.46
5	—	612	112.50–120.00	116.00
5	—	382	138.00–154.00	141.93
3	—	567	119.00–125.00	122.69
3	—	755	102.00–107.50	105.66
3	—	462	133.00–136.00	133.99
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	120.00	120.00
3	—	515	122.00	122.00
2	—	475	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	122.00–126.00	123.99
12	—	520	114.00–126.00	120.26
10	—	415	124.00–130.00	128.84
13	—	579	113.00–121.00	118.04
7	—	475	122.00–126.00	122.58
3	—	669	115.00–118.00	116.00
3	—	320	121.00–131.00	124.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	125.00–128.00	126.49
1	—	730	120.00	120.00
2	—	623	119.00–126.00	122.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	109.00	109.00
2	—	653	105.00	105.00
1	—	810	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	110.00–120.00	113.83
1	—	575	108.00	108.00
3	—	610	105.00–110.00	107.33
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
1	—	380	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	115.00	115.00
1	—	385	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	118.00–119.00	118.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	89.00	89.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,113	48.50–59.50	53.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,360	53.50–62.50	57.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	66.50–67.50	66.98
10	—	1,134	54.50–64.00	58.98
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	885	58.00–72.00	63.70
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	73.00	73.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,718	83.50–91.00	85.89
1	—	1,470	93.50	93.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	780.00	780.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,325	800.00–825.00	812.50

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.

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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle