Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-23

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.11/cwt on 287 head.

Average price

$133.11

287 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$824

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$17.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.46

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	137.29	855	218
Medium and Large 2	607	119.91	727	69

One grade step is worth $17.38/cwt here — about $128 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 sale287 hd

133.11

—

TN average12 barns · 2,634 hd

136.57

−3.46

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

41 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 1	—	870	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	404	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	108.77/cwt	105.00–109.50	784	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	119.45/cwt	117.00–120.00	516	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	123.23/cwt	116.00–124.00	590	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	114.74/cwt	107.00–115.00	663	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	633	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	745	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	103.27/cwt	101.00–105.50	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	102.24/cwt	100.00–103.00	491	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	399	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	594	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	686	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	469	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	102.80/cwt	100.00–104.00	542	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	991	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	451	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,019	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	146.09/cwt	146.00–147.00	628	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,048	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	144.33/cwt	132.00–145.00	690	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	141.44/cwt	128.00–142.00	747	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	962	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	141.91/cwt	129.00–143.00	819	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	137.47/cwt	125.00–138.00	896	73
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	955	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	749	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	776	112.92/cwt	108.00–118.00	876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	134.77/cwt	118.00–137.00	574	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	119.38/cwt	115.00–120.00	684	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	919	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	817	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	572	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	643	12

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.

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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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	95.00	95.00
2	—	650	111.00	111.00
4	—	827	95.00	95.00
6	—	361	112.00	112.00
6	—	721	105.00–109.50	108.77
16	—	432	117.00–120.00	119.45
21	—	479	116.00–124.00	123.23
30	—	578	107.00–115.00	114.74
31	—	534	118.50	118.50
43	—	642	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	84.00	84.00
2	—	610	101.00–105.50	103.27
4	—	480	100.00–103.00	102.24
5	—	380	105.00	105.00
6	—	588	101.00	101.00
6	—	650	105.50	105.50
7	—	432	108.50	108.50
10	—	527	100.00–104.00	102.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	117.00	117.00
1	—	885	112.00	112.00
3	—	327	138.00	138.00
3	—	918	111.00	111.00
10	—	430	146.00–147.00	146.09
12	—	838	125.00	125.00
19	—	478	132.00–145.00	144.33
26	—	528	128.00–142.00	141.44
32	—	743	129.50	129.50
38	—	577	129.00–143.00	141.91
73	—	652	125.00–138.00	137.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	125.00	125.00
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
1	—	800	110.00	110.00
2	—	955	100.00	100.00
4	—	749	118.00	118.00
4	—	776	108.00–118.00	112.92
8	—	426	118.00–137.00	134.77
8	—	573	115.00–120.00	119.38
8	—	855	107.50	107.50
9	—	664	123.00	123.00
11	—	477	120.00	120.00
12	—	525	122.50	122.50

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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