Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.23/cwt on 258 head.

Average price

$130.23

258 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$12.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.32

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	131.97	768	222
Medium and Large 2	554	119.49	661	36

One grade step is worth $12.48/cwt here — about $107 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 sale258 hd

130.23

—

TN average11 barns · 2,258 hd

133.54

−3.32

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

36 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	—	795	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	386	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	759	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	508	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	112.01/cwt	105.00–114.00	538	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	598	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	109.75/cwt	103.50–111.00	639	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	728	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	910	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	857	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	103.66/cwt	100.00–105.00	380	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	516	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	102.66/cwt	97.00–107.00	591	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	494	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	986	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	110.70/cwt	110.50–111.00	927	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	605	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	963	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	140.12/cwt	139.00–140.50	674	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	130.57/cwt	122.00–132.00	749	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	132.98/cwt	127.00–134.00	702	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	130.03/cwt	117.00–131.75	837	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	802	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	707	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	121.83/cwt	119.00–123.50	577	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	605	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	771	11

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

Fri Nov 8, 2019

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

Receipts 528Last week 1,061Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	98.00	98.00
1	—	965	85.00	85.00
2	—	813	94.00	94.00
4	—	648	112.00	112.00
5	—	368	105.00	105.00
13	—	744	102.00	102.00
24	—	432	117.50	117.50
27	—	480	105.00–114.00	112.01
30	—	527	113.50	113.50
30	—	582	103.50–111.00	109.75
32	—	650	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	95.00	95.00
1	—	910	85.50	85.50
3	—	857	85.50	85.50
4	—	367	100.00–105.00	103.66
4	—	528	105.00	105.00
4	—	623	99.00	99.00
5	—	434	119.00	119.00
7	—	576	97.00–107.00	102.66
8	—	480	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	393	131.00	131.00
3	—	930	106.00	106.00
5	—	837	110.50–111.00	110.70
15	—	432	140.00	140.00
15	—	741	130.00	130.00
28	—	481	139.00–140.50	140.12
42	—	574	122.00–132.00	130.57
48	—	528	127.00–134.00	132.98
63	—	644	117.00–131.75	130.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
1	—	440	113.00	113.00
1	—	710	113.00	113.00
5	—	575	123.00	123.00
8	—	474	119.00–123.50	121.83
9	—	526	115.00	115.00
11	—	637	121.00	121.00

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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