Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2021-12-08

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 8
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067
Feeder Cattle receipts
147 head
82 vs last sale 229 84 vs year ago 231 · 36.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
50 vs last sale 76 85 vs year ago 111 · 76.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
3 vs last sale 10 0 vs year ago 7 · +0.0%
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

No comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts from this week. Regarding slaughter classes, lean cows 3.00 higher with no comparlsons available for breaker and boning cows and bulls due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.08/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$129.08
38 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$211
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Small and Medium 1-2
$21.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.60
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3270136.003673thin
Medium and Large 1-2516129.3366833
Small and Medium 1-2505114.505782thin
One grade step is worth $21.50/cwt here — about −$211 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 sale38 hd
129.08
TN average9 barns · 2,916 hd
132.68
−3.60
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
BullsAverage1,83786.051,5813thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25062.447812thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42560.148573thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19254.436499thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1-2Fancy473163.57/cwt161.00–166.007742
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Full560126.00/cwt126.00–126.007061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427143.16/cwt140.00–150.006113
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370169.00/cwt169.00–169.006251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added415159.00/cwt159.00–159.006601
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added343186.96/cwt184.00–190.006414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460148.00/cwt148.00–148.006813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518126.70/cwt124.00–128.006567
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007861
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2825122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0071
SteersMedium and Large 2-3235157.50/cwt157.50–157.503701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325172.50/cwt172.50–172.505611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2361138.78/cwt130.00–143.005016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465129.03/cwt128.00–130.006002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595140.00/cwt140.00–140.008331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565127.09/cwt124.00–131.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2619121.21/cwt116.00–125.007505
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2405130.00/cwt130.00–130.005271
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005482
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full420128.00/cwt128.00–128.005381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added730124.00/cwt124.00–124.009052
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2490115.00/cwt115.00–115.005641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325135.00/cwt135.00–135.004391
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2345173.50/cwt167.00–180.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3270136.00/cwt136.00–136.003673
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473142.14/cwt139.00–145.006722
BullsMedium and Large 1-2505131.00/cwt131.00–131.006622
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2630119.00/cwt119.00–119.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2578134.00/cwt133.00–135.007752
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715110.93/cwt106.00–116.007932
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2520114.00/cwt114.00–114.005931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,0881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2950825.00/cwt825.00–825.007,8381
Bulls1,70082.83/cwt79.50–86.501,4082
Bulls2,11092.50/cwt92.50–92.501,9521
CowsLean 85-90%1,19254.43/cwt51.00–58.506499
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25062.44/cwt61.00–64.007812
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42560.14/cwt59.50–60.508573

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.