Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.15/cwt on 439 head.

Average price

$131.15

439 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$832

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$123

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

$2.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.79

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	133.23	723	50
Medium and Large 1	646	130.88	846	389

One grade step is worth $2.35/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale439 hd

131.15

—

TN average10 barns · 1,755 hd

135.93

−4.79

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

51 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 2	—	670	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	132.28/cwt	130.50–134.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	387	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	376	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	757	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	135.76/cwt	130.00–139.00	634	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	718	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	638	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	808	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	552	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	625	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	151.69/cwt	151.00–152.00	502	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	110.58/cwt	109.00–111.00	848	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	96.01/cwt	95.00–97.00	847	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	430	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	449	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	687	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	827	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	910	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	535	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	856	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	452	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	723	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	758	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	720	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	469	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	585	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	654	128.10/cwt	128.10–128.10	838	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	743	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	914	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	453	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	840	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	565	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	774	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	644	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	744	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	585	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	796	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	923	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	785	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	559	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	640	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	435	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	502	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	653	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	686	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	553	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	641	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	475	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	500	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	601	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	117.36/cwt	111.00–118.00	557	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	110.81/cwt	109.00–111.00	636	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	119.85/cwt	115.00–120.50	506	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	623	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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Sweetwater, TN

Fri Mar 13, 2020

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	105.00	105.00
2	—	525	137.50	137.50
2	—	408	130.50–134.00	132.28
6	—	467	130.00–139.00	135.76
2	—	380	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	134.00	134.00
1	—	1,030	85.00	85.00
14	—	524	137.00	137.00
13	—	474	134.50	134.50
11	—	641	126.00	126.00
9	—	381	145.00	145.00
7	—	431	145.00	145.00
6	—	331	151.00–152.00	151.69
14	—	767	109.00–111.00	110.58
4	—	882	95.00–97.00	96.01
1	—	665	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	449	153.00	153.00
2	—	453	153.00	153.00
1	—	840	80.00	80.00
21	—	565	137.00	137.00
7	—	644	115.50	115.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	827	110.00	110.00
41	—	535	160.00	160.00
34	—	452	160.00	160.00
75	—	654	128.10	128.10
67	—	743	123.00	123.00
22	—	585	136.00	136.00
6	—	923	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	365	106.00	106.00
4	—	345	109.00	109.00
2	—	583	94.00	94.00
1	—	460	97.00	97.00
12	—	646	96.50	96.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	374	115.00	115.00
3	—	753	85.00	85.00
2	—	985	72.00	72.00
1	—	945	72.00	72.00
1	—	850	78.00	78.00
1	—	335	115.00	115.00
12	—	537	112.00	112.00
11	—	475	111.00–118.00	117.36
10	—	574	109.00–111.00	110.81
8	—	422	115.00–120.50	119.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	758	95.00	95.00
33	—	469	124.75	124.75
70	—	653	105.00	105.00
63	—	553	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	559	114.50	114.50
4	—	435	115.50	115.50
2	—	475	109.00	109.00
1	—	500	115.50	115.50

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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