Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.78/cwt on 372 head.

Average price

$132.78

372 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$827

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$6.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.11

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	630	134.02	845	299
Medium and Large 2	592	127.69	755	73

One grade step is worth $6.32/cwt here — about $89 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 sale372 hd

132.78

—

TN average10 barns · 2,054 hd

134.88

−2.11

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

51 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - 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 2Value Added	—	460	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	577	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	556	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	664	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	541	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	750	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	433	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	810	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	105.92/cwt	105.50–106.50	611	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	593	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	110.15/cwt	107.50–112.00	518	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	448	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	675	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	803	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	562	124.50/cwt	119.00–125.00	700	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	456	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	601	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	825	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	124.64/cwt	119.00–125.00	607	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	121.72/cwt	115.00–122.00	638	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	116.46/cwt	114.00–117.00	680	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	717	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	552	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	703	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	845	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	540	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	139.94/cwt	139.00–144.00	593	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	833	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	124.95/cwt	121.00–126.00	918	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	689	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	132.59/cwt	126.00–133.50	703	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	131.25/cwt	120.00–133.00	757	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	930	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	475	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	701	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	558	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	767	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	757	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	994	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	658	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	898	75
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	498	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	692	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	121.64/cwt	120.00–127.50	653	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	130.65/cwt	130.50–131.50	738	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	505	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	910	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	440	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	452	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	843	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	734	120.00/cwt	115.00–120.50	881	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	657	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	828	13

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 Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Sweetwater, TN

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	460	125.50	125.50
7	—	556	119.50	119.50
4	—	541	119.50	119.50
3	—	750	98.00	98.00
2	—	433	125.50	125.50
1	—	810	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	577	105.50–106.50	105.92
7	—	534	111.00	111.00
5	—	470	107.50–112.00	110.15
5	—	373	120.00	120.00
4	—	436	119.50	119.50
2	—	643	101.50	101.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	675	119.00	119.00
37	—	562	119.00–125.00	124.50
10	—	456	131.75	131.75
3	—	825	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	487	119.00–125.00	124.64
26	—	524	115.00–122.00	121.72
22	—	584	114.00–117.00	116.46
13	—	658	109.00	109.00
6	—	436	126.50	126.50
5	—	748	94.00	94.00
3	—	372	132.00	132.00
1	—	810	90.00	90.00
1	—	605	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	843	110.00	110.00
3	—	668	126.50	126.50
4	—	375	144.00	144.00
5	—	424	139.00–144.00	139.94
8	—	638	130.50	130.50
14	—	735	121.00–126.00	124.95
17	—	482	143.00	143.00
30	—	530	126.00–133.50	132.59
45	—	577	120.00–133.00	131.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	110.00	110.00
9	—	475	147.50	147.50
20	—	558	137.50	137.50
66	—	757	131.25	131.25
75	—	658	136.50	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	141.00	141.00
5	—	383	130.00	130.00
6	—	484	143.00	143.00
9	—	537	120.00–127.50	121.64
13	—	565	130.50–131.50	130.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	130.50	130.50
1	—	910	100.00	100.00
3	—	440	144.00	144.00
3	—	452	144.00	144.00
5	—	843	109.00	109.00
11	—	734	115.00–120.50	120.00
13	—	657	126.00	126.00

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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