Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available due to reporter absence last week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.76/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −82.12 against this barn's trailing median of $207.88.

Average price

$125.76

55 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$68

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Small and Medium 1-2

$14.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.14

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	335	134.90	452	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	538	125.14	673	38
Small and Medium 1-2	432	120.25	520	9thin

One grade step is worth $14.64/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale55 hd

125.76

—

TN average9 barns · 1,335 hd

125.90

−0.14

This barn, trailing median2 sales

207.88

−82.12

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	1,700	81.91	1,392	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,239	56.81	704	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,484	56.46	838	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,117	51.16	571	3thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	332	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	113.33/cwt	110.00–115.00	798	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	495	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	639	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	525	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	495	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	410	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	476	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Full	—	420	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	135.22/cwt	135.00–137.00	763	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	121.70/cwt	117.00–124.00	708	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	544	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	460	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	520	3
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	650	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	780	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	785	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	128.15/cwt	124.00–132.00	915	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	373	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	110.10/cwt	105.00–115.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	139.64/cwt	138.00–141.00	670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	136.36/cwt	135.00–139.00	702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,092	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	505	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	439	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	245	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	583	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	418	120.76/cwt	118.00–125.00	505	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	337	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	404	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	117.01/cwt	114.00–119.00	724	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	147.78/cwt	146.00–150.00	562	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	135.03/cwt	130.00–140.00	578	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	56.81/cwt	54.50–59.50	704	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	51.16/cwt	50.50–51.50	571	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	56.46/cwt	52.00–60.50	838	24
Bulls	—	—	1,759	82.84/cwt	78.50–88.00	1,457	9
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,170	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	860	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	796.67/cwt	790.00–800.00	6,373	3
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	750	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	870.00/cwt	750.00–990.00	7,830	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	828.75/cwt	775.00–900.00	8,080	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	747.50/cwt	670.00–825.00	7,101	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,200	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	900	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	612.50/cwt	600.00–650.00	4,900	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,225	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	850	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	5,440	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	—	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	425	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	610	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	683	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	520	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	119.16/cwt	114.00–127.00	667	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	111.01/cwt	110.00–112.00	794	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	134.49/cwt	132.00–137.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	269	143.39/cwt	142.00–146.00	386	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	710	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	111.73/cwt	106.00–116.00	754	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	125.09/cwt	120.00–129.00	649	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	126.31/cwt	122.00–133.00	647	10

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 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 219Last week 288Year ago 199

Slaughter CattleReceipts 87Last week 91Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 17Year ago 31

No comparisons available due to reporter absence last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	255	130.00	130.00
3	—	704	110.00–115.00	113.33
1	—	820	100.00	100.00
6	—	582	117.00–124.00	121.70
1	—	435	125.00	125.00
2	—	623	105.00–115.00	110.10
1	—	350	125.00	125.00
4	—	675	106.00–116.00	111.73
9	—	519	120.00–129.00	125.09
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	113.00	113.00
3	—	460	113.00	113.00
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	111.00	111.00
1	—	410	116.00	116.00
1	—	710	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	114.00	114.00
4	—	619	114.00–119.00	117.01
4	—	380	146.00–150.00	147.78
6	—	428	130.00–140.00	135.03
5	—	560	114.00–127.00	119.16
4	—	715	110.00–112.00	111.01
2	—	765	100.00	100.00
2	—	453	132.00–137.00	134.49
10	—	512	122.00–133.00	126.31
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	129.00	129.00
3	—	418	118.00–125.00	120.76
3	—	337	120.00	120.00
1	—	610	112.00	112.00
1	—	520	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	124.00	124.00
1	—	310	137.00	137.00
2	—	240	140.00	140.00
1	—	615	108.00	108.00
3	—	269	142.00–146.00	143.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	130.00	130.00
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	564	135.00–137.00	135.22
8	—	714	124.00–132.00	128.15
1	—	605	141.00	141.00
3	—	480	138.00–141.00	139.64
3	—	515	135.00–139.00	136.36
1	—	1,020	111.00	111.00
1	—	910	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	120.00	120.00
1	—	785	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	87.00	87.00
1	—	245	106.00	106.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,239	54.50–59.50	56.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,117	50.50–51.50	51.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,484	52.00–60.50	56.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,759	78.50–88.00	82.84
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	73.50	73.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	800	790.00–800.00	796.67
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	800	900.00	900.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	900.00	900.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	750	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	900	750.00–990.00	870.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	975	775.00–900.00	828.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	950	670.00–825.00	747.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	640.00	640.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	800	600.00–650.00	612.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	950.00	950.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

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Slaughter Cattle

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