Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.94/cwt on 180 head.

Average price

$133.94

180 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$834

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$4.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.32

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	642	134.64	864	152
Medium and Large 2	520	130.19	677	28

One grade step is worth $4.45/cwt here — about $186 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 sale180 hd

133.94

—

TN average11 barns · 2,540 hd

136.27

−2.32

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

48 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	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	105.07/cwt	104.50–110.00	672	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	495	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	114.59/cwt	113.00–115.00	611	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	651	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	675	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	133.04/cwt	129.00–135.00	571	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	882	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	145.34/cwt	141.00–151.00	815	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	847	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	141.87/cwt	140.00–152.00	607	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	855	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	966	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	656	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	723	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	740	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	847	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	464	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	603	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	875	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	813	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	925	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	470	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	640	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	890	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	743	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	912	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	558	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	695	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	648	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	784	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	744	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	684	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	547	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	667	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	118.64/cwt	117.00–128.00	565	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	485	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	126.57/cwt	122.00–128.00	538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	533	3

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
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	120.00	120.00
2	—	473	125.00	125.00
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
1	—	375	158.00	158.00
8	—	523	129.00	129.00
5	—	429	129.00–135.00	133.04
3	—	333	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	472	138.00	138.00
4	—	754	117.00	117.00
2	—	523	151.00	151.00
2	—	333	159.00	159.00
1	—	370	152.00	152.00
20	—	561	141.00–151.00	145.34
6	—	649	130.50	130.50
6	—	428	140.00–152.00	141.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	113.00	113.00
2	—	813	111.50	111.50
1	—	925	102.00	102.00
1	—	470	145.00	145.00
62	—	640	139.00	139.00
37	—	743	122.75	122.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	656	121.50	121.50
2	—	723	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	640	104.50–110.00	105.07
7	—	359	138.00	138.00
5	—	533	113.00–115.00	114.59
4	—	733	97.00	97.00
3	—	470	123.50	123.50
3	—	425	126.00	126.00
2	—	580	112.00	112.00
1	—	930	88.00	88.00
1	—	675	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	99.00	99.00
1	—	650	99.00	99.00
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
1	—	530	112.00	112.00
7	—	476	117.00–128.00	118.64
7	—	362	134.00	134.00
4	—	425	122.00–128.00	126.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	740	114.50	114.50
8	—	464	130.00	130.00
1	—	875	107.00	107.00
22	—	558	124.50	124.50
18	—	648	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	744	98.50	98.50
4	—	684	111.00	111.00
1	—	305	130.00	130.00
11	—	547	122.00	122.00

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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