Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-10

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.70/cwt on 147 head.

Average price

$108.70

147 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$642

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$121

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

$0.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.30

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	109.42	547	31
Medium and Large 1	615	108.50	668	116

One grade step is worth $0.92/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale147 hd

108.70

—

TN average9 barns · 1,472 hd

117.99

−9.30

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

41 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	—	715	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	406	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	586	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	496	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	138.58/cwt	138.50–139.00	657	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	807	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	758	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	549	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	115.56/cwt	115.00–116.00	491	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	611	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	639	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	557	111.39/cwt	108.50–115.00	620	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	656	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	699	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	727	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	470	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	761	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	742	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	563	117.26/cwt	109.00–118.00	660	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	380	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	486	143.47/cwt	139.00–145.00	697	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	656	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	858	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	410	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	435	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	532	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	716	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	553	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	796	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	765	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	872	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	920	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	333	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	533	2

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	93.00	93.00
1	—	810	93.00	93.00
3	—	330	123.00	123.00
4	—	471	112.00	112.00
4	—	526	111.50	111.50
5	—	439	113.00	113.00
5	—	585	104.50	104.50
5	—	633	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	94.00	94.00
3	—	520	105.50	105.50
4	—	646	101.00	101.00
6	—	365	112.00	112.00
7	—	425	115.00–116.00	115.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	557	108.50–115.00	111.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	656	106.50	106.50
3	—	727	97.00	97.00
6	—	470	125.50	125.50
19	—	761	97.50	97.50
24	—	563	109.00–118.00	117.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	139.00	139.00
6	—	474	138.50–139.00	138.58
1	—	520	128.00	128.00
1	—	565	127.00	127.00
1	—	740	109.00	109.00
3	—	632	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	125.00	125.00
2	—	540	124.00	124.00
4	—	645	105.00	105.00
1	—	475	120.00	120.00
1	—	560	110.00	110.00
1	—	735	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	158.00	158.00
4	—	486	139.00–145.00	143.47
13	—	656	130.75	130.75
1	—	410	158.00	158.00
12	—	553	144.00	144.00
32	—	765	114.00	114.00
1	—	920	109.00	109.00
2	—	333	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	142.00	142.00
8	—	532	134.50	134.50

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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