Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-06

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.80/cwt on 246 head.

Average price

$135.80

246 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$0.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.54

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	713	135.85	969	231
Medium and Large 2	600	135.07	811	15thin

One grade step is worth $0.78/cwt here — about $158 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 sale246 hd

135.80

—

TN average10 barns · 1,099 hd

135.26

+0.54

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

17 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	552	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	803	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	701	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	855	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	380	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	642	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	912	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	730	135.10/cwt	135.10–135.10	986	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	823	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	1,043	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	541	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	812	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	714	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,040	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,040	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	955	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	993	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	553	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	683	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	654	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	786	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	748	118.10/cwt	118.10–118.10	883	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	467	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	588	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	833	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	866	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	885	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	885	1

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	552	145.50	145.50
6	—	701	122.00	122.00
1	—	380	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	642	142.00	142.00
71	—	730	135.10	135.10
62	—	823	126.75	126.75
10	—	541	150.00	150.00
7	—	476	150.00	150.00
2	—	1,040	100.00	100.00
1	—	955	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	553	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	560	122.00	122.00
27	—	654	120.25	120.25
26	—	748	118.10	118.10
17	—	467	126.00	126.00
11	—	833	104.00	104.00
1	—	885	100.00	100.00

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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