Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-28

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.74/cwt on 168 head.

Average price

$118.74

168 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$2.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.05

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	119.53	675	120
Medium and Large 2	491	116.75	573	48

One grade step is worth $2.78/cwt here — about $102 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 sale168 hd

118.74

—

TN average10 barns · 2,144 hd

129.79

−11.05

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

37 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	—	945	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	101.39/cwt	100.00–105.50	731	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	497	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	794	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	129.66/cwt	125.00–130.00	552	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	155.46/cwt	154.00–165.00	670	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	790	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	433	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	863	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	731	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	946	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	745	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	934	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	139.34/cwt	130.00–142.00	733	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	719	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	149.13/cwt	149.00–150.00	571	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	838	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	698	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	838	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	622	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	629	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	125.82/cwt	121.00–126.50	594	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	615	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	629	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	122.59/cwt	113.00–123.50	712	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	723	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	596	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	525	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	418	8

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 Feb 28, 2020

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	93.50	93.50
3	—	855	93.50	93.50
4	—	721	100.00–105.50	101.39
8	—	374	133.00	133.00
8	—	753	105.50	105.50
14	—	426	125.00–130.00	129.66
16	—	477	129.00	129.00
20	—	531	118.50	118.50
23	—	581	113.00–123.50	122.59
23	—	643	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	96.00	96.00
16	—	472	121.00–126.50	125.82
9	—	527	113.00	113.00
1	—	610	96.00	96.00
3	—	560	110.00	110.00
3	—	815	90.00	90.00
7	—	430	122.00	122.00
8	—	360	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	431	154.00–165.00	155.46
13	—	577	137.00	137.00
1	—	340	160.00	160.00
1	—	375	165.00	165.00
1	—	940	99.00	99.00
4	—	661	130.50	130.50
5	—	837	113.00	113.00
7	—	772	121.00	121.00
9	—	526	130.00–142.00	139.34
12	—	476	151.00	151.00
19	—	642	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	142.00	142.00
6	—	580	126.00	126.00
7	—	532	140.00	140.00
7	—	383	149.00–150.00	149.13
10	—	478	146.00	146.00
1	—	720	111.00	111.00
2	—	838	105.00	105.00
6	—	429	145.00	145.00

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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