Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-12

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.44/cwt on 413 head.

Average price

$134.44

413 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$1.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.65

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	641	134.76	864	348
Medium and Large 2	532	132.77	706	65

One grade step is worth $1.99/cwt here — about $158 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 sale413 hd

134.44

—

TN average10 barns · 1,692 hd

138.10

−3.65

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

53 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 2Value Added	—	668	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	848	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	865	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	820	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	877	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	475	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	627	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	639	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	776	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	753	115.25/cwt	115.25–115.25	868	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	564	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	852	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	468	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	711	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	651	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	905	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	640	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	463	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	648	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	461	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	351	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	428	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	118.68/cwt	117.00–121.00	513	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	117.07/cwt	113.00–118.00	557	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	112.80/cwt	112.00–114.00	598	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,076	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	99.48/cwt	96.00–103.00	900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	524	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	569	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	613	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	115.30/cwt	115.00–119.00	841	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	141.35/cwt	139.50–141.50	681	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	145.13/cwt	140.00–145.50	837	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	110.51/cwt	110.00–112.00	793	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	586	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	149.10/cwt	142.00–150.00	786	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	668	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	134.93/cwt	134.00–135.00	865	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	119.64/cwt	115.00–120.50	686	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	121.37/cwt	120.00–121.50	635	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	751	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	569	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	690	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	110.72/cwt	107.00–111.00	694	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	107.60/cwt	106.00–108.00	625	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	947	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	805	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	124.43/cwt	121.00–125.00	536	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	599	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	450	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	448	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	565	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	844	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	899	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	568	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	710	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	937	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,021	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	790	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	920	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	558	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	748	5

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 Jun 12, 2020

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

Receipts 763Last week 363Year ago 720

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	668	127.00	127.00
1	—	865	103.00	103.00
1	—	820	107.00	107.00
1	—	640	127.00	127.00
9	—	463	140.00	140.00
5	—	558	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	564	151.00	151.00
14	—	468	152.00	152.00
46	—	651	139.00	139.00
23	—	937	109.00	109.00
62	—	790	116.50	116.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	106.00	106.00
1	—	1,015	106.00	106.00
2	—	905	96.00–103.00	99.48
2	—	345	152.00	152.00
5	—	377	151.00	151.00
8	—	432	142.00	142.00
13	—	729	115.00–119.00	115.30
26	—	482	139.50–141.50	141.35
44	—	577	140.00–145.50	145.13
35	—	527	142.00–150.00	149.10
44	—	641	134.00–135.00	134.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	120.00	120.00
4	—	718	110.00–112.00	110.51
6	—	437	134.00	134.00
6	—	479	139.50	139.50
6	—	573	131.00	131.00
7	—	379	150.00	150.00
10	—	527	131.00	131.00
1	—	345	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	132.00	132.00
38	—	639	121.50	121.50
23	—	753	115.25	115.25
15	—	844	106.50	106.50
20	—	568	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	363	127.00	127.00
21	—	573	115.00–120.50	119.64
23	—	523	120.00–121.50	121.37
28	—	627	107.00–111.00	110.72
6	—	761	103.50	103.50
9	—	947	85.00	85.00
14	—	431	121.00–125.00	124.43
21	—	479	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	101.00	101.00
7	—	351	122.00	122.00
7	—	432	117.00–121.00	118.68
10	—	476	113.00–118.00	117.07
10	—	530	112.00–114.00	112.80
5	—	581	106.00–108.00	107.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	121.50	121.50
2	—	448	121.50	121.50
3	—	565	118.00	118.00
1	—	680	110.00	110.00

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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