Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available due to no sale last week in observance of the Christmas holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.00/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$125.00

22 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$4.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

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	502	125.40	629	20
Small and Medium 1-2	425	120.95	514	2thin

One grade step is worth $4.45/cwt here — about $115 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 sale22 hd

125.00

—

TN average1 barns · 22 hd

125.00

+0.00

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	1,499	89.11	1,335	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,263	68.34	863	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	65.82	948	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	58.20	652	38

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	795	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	114.92/cwt	110.00–120.00	707	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	699	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	515	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	357	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	489	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	127.52/cwt	126.00–129.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	120.50/cwt	120.00–122.00	630	4
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	725	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	335	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	432	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	425	120.95/cwt	119.00–123.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	844	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	645	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	450	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	410	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	450	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	689	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	900	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,875	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,400	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	775	750.00/cwt	700.00–800.00	5,813	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,113	78.88/cwt	76.50–80.00	878	3
Bulls	—	—	1,499	90.18/cwt	86.00–97.00	1,352	11
Bulls	—	—	1,912	102.43/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,958	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	67.18/cwt	62.00–71.50	848	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	74.11/cwt	72.50–76.50	938	5
Bulls	—	—	1,470	82.09/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,207	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	59.37/cwt	55.50–63.50	681	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	51.99/cwt	51.00–53.00	508	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	65.82/cwt	62.00–70.50	948	42

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 Dec 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 63Last week 189Year ago 138

Slaughter CattleReceipts 180Last week 79Year ago 220

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 9Year ago 41

No comparisons available due to no sale last week in observance of the Christmas holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	110.00–120.00	114.92
1	—	795	104.00	104.00
2	—	370	166.00	166.00
2	—	463	151.00	151.00
1	—	590	129.00	129.00
1	—	425	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	136.00	136.00
1	—	410	140.00	140.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	129.00	129.00
1	—	725	112.00	112.00
1	—	645	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	137.00	137.00
1	—	450	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	138.00	138.00
2	—	460	126.00–129.00	127.52
1	—	425	128.00	128.00
4	—	523	120.00–122.00	120.50
2	—	613	119.00–120.00	119.49
2	—	673	119.00–120.00	119.49
1	—	740	114.00	114.00
2	—	563	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	119.00–123.00	120.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	875.00	875.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	675.00	675.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	775	700.00–800.00	750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,113	76.50–80.00	78.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,499	86.00–97.00	90.18
3	—	1,912	99.00–109.00	102.43
3	—	1,470	81.00–83.00	82.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,262	62.00–71.50	67.18
5	—	1,266	72.50–76.50	74.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,147	55.50–63.50	59.37
6	—	978	51.00–53.00	51.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,440	62.00–70.50	65.82

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

Reporter comment USDA

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle