Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-20

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.86/cwt on 359 head.

Average price

$127.86

359 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$10.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.74

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	624	130.77	816	257
Medium and Large 2	598	120.51	721	102

One grade step is worth $10.26/cwt here — about $95 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 sale359 hd

127.86

—

TN average11 barns · 2,021 hd

130.60

−2.74

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

38 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	—	350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	805	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	502	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	783	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	575	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	116.99/cwt	112.00–117.50	620	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	114.53/cwt	112.00–115.00	662	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	114.28/cwt	105.00–115.00	730	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	562	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	354	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	365	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	105.19/cwt	105.00–107.00	600	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	454	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	107.30/cwt	105.00–107.50	511	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	133.92/cwt	127.00–135.00	583	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	665	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	128.98/cwt	125.00–132.50	836	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	134.31/cwt	128.00–135.00	715	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	123.69/cwt	118.00–125.00	917	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	132.83/cwt	125.00–133.00	772	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	861	80
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	823	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	807	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	547	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	616	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	683	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	126.70/cwt	120.50–127.50	673	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	729	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	838	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	760	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	806	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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	110.00	110.00
3	—	982	82.00	82.00
10	—	429	117.00	117.00
15	—	739	106.00	106.00
29	—	485	118.50	118.50
36	—	530	112.00–117.50	116.99
51	—	578	112.00–115.00	114.53
68	—	639	105.00–115.00	114.28
1	—	1,030	82.00	82.00
1	—	830	95.00	95.00
1	—	760	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	95.00	95.00
4	—	525	107.00	107.00
6	—	354	103.00	103.00
6	—	637	100.00	100.00
10	—	570	105.00–107.00	105.19
12	—	432	105.00	105.00
12	—	476	105.00–107.50	107.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	110.00	110.00
1	—	935	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,015	95.00	95.00
5	—	822	110.00	110.00
7	—	435	127.00–135.00	133.92
17	—	482	138.00	138.00
17	—	648	125.00–132.50	128.98
40	—	532	128.00–135.00	134.31
42	—	741	118.00–125.00	123.69
46	—	581	125.00–133.00	132.83
80	—	650	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	125.00	125.00
2	—	823	98.00	98.00
3	—	668	110.00	110.00
8	—	427	128.00	128.00
10	—	474	130.00	130.00
14	—	579	118.00	118.00
18	—	531	120.50–127.50	126.70
19	—	729	115.00	115.00
27	—	641	118.50	118.50

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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