Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-07

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.31/cwt on 1,028 head.

Average price

$139.31

1,028 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$861

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.38

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	627	139.60	875	884
Medium and Large 2	564	137.59	776	144

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about $100 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 sale1,028 hd

139.31

—

TN average12 barns · 4,558 hd

139.69

−0.38

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

57 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	—	740	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	851	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	134.87/cwt	132.00–136.25	711	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	651	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	513	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	134.75/cwt	134.50–135.00	768	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	140.37/cwt	134.00–142.50	670	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	152.70/cwt	150.00–153.00	570	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	136.10/cwt	130.00–137.00	891	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	139.76/cwt	136.00–140.25	735	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	142.38/cwt	138.00–144.00	608	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	135.78/cwt	129.00–137.25	872	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	135.94/cwt	130.25–140.00	786	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	130.08/cwt	128.00–130.50	959	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,038	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	966	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	141.67/cwt	138.00–142.00	686	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	158.28/cwt	150.00–159.50	608	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	943	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	721	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	125.07/cwt	121.00–125.25	664	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	127.89/cwt	125.00–128.25	614	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	827	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	559	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	505	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	456	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	120.09/cwt	120.00–120.25	682	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	430	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	118.18/cwt	112.00–118.50	760	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	115.25/cwt	115.25–115.25	738	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	646	125.10/cwt	125.10–125.10	808	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	556	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	721	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	865	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	918	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	968	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	650	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	745	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	820	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	675	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	528	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	867	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	988	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	695	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	966	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	746	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,044	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	563	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	884	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	759	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,059	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	455	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	678	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	565	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	819	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	954	110.25/cwt	110.25–110.25	1,052	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	474	149.24/cwt	145.00–150.00	707	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	843	137.85/cwt	122.00–139.00	1,162	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	453	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	558	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	839	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	881	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	463	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	615	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	747	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	868	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	415	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	639	143.50/cwt	142.00–143.75	917	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	122.00/cwt	120.25–122.25	588	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	437	4

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.

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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
3	—	740	111.00	111.00
31	—	642	132.50	132.50
20	—	527	132.00–136.25	134.87
16	—	570	134.50–135.00	134.75
15	—	477	134.00–142.50	140.37
10	—	373	150.00–153.00	152.70
4	—	331	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	655	130.00–137.00	136.10
61	—	526	136.00–140.25	139.76
44	—	427	138.00–144.00	142.38
116	—	642	129.00–137.25	135.78
88	—	578	130.25–140.00	135.94
83	—	737	128.00–130.50	130.08
3	—	328	153.00	153.00
2	—	1,038	95.00	95.00
2	—	798	121.00	121.00
36	—	484	138.00–142.00	141.67
16	—	384	150.00–159.50	158.28
14	—	824	114.50	114.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	132.50	132.50
2	—	528	145.00	145.00
5	—	867	114.00	114.00
7	—	759	139.50	139.50
9	—	455	149.00	149.00
20	—	565	145.00	145.00
1	—	415	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	695	139.00	139.00
68	—	746	140.00	140.00
87	—	563	157.00	157.00
9	—	954	110.25	110.25
20	—	474	145.00–150.00	149.24
29	—	843	122.00–139.00	137.85
92	—	639	142.00–143.75	143.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	528	123.25	123.25
7	—	427	120.25	120.25
16	—	358	127.50	127.50
22	—	568	120.00–120.25	120.09
3	—	337	127.50	127.50
5	—	640	115.25	115.25
15	—	482	120.25–122.25	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	579	124.50	124.50
69	—	531	121.00–125.25	125.07
36	—	480	125.00–128.25	127.89
30	—	735	112.50	112.50
24	—	431	129.75	129.75
15	—	367	137.50	137.50
78	—	643	112.00–118.50	118.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	646	125.10	125.10
94	—	556	129.75	129.75
1	—	865	104.00	104.00
2	—	918	105.00–106.00	105.50
10	—	839	105.00	105.00
23	—	463	132.75	132.75
50	—	747	116.25	116.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	650	115.50	115.50
12	—	745	110.00	110.00
18	—	453	123.25	123.25

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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