Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2020-09-11

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Sep 11
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073
Receipts
416 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 535▼ 291 vs year ago 707 · −41.2%
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Sep 16, 2026Graded Holstein Steer SaleFri Sep 11, 2026Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle included in this, the Southeast Pride Select-Vac Sale, follow a strict backgrounding protocol with specific animal health products.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.15/cwt on 262 head.
Average price
$140.15
262 head · 674 lb average
Value per head Derived
$945
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.88
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1688140.83969230
Medium and Large 2577135.2578132
One grade step is worth $5.58/cwt here — about $188 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 sale262 hd
140.15
—
TN average7 barns · 972 hd
138.27
+1.88
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

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315134.00/cwt134.00–134.004221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—875110.00/cwt110.00–110.009631
HeifersMedium and Large 1—747120.00/cwt120.00–120.008968
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473132.00/cwt132.00–132.0062419
HeifersMedium and Large 1—639126.00/cwt126.00–126.0080537
HeifersMedium and Large 1—553131.50/cwt131.50–131.5072748
SteersMedium and Large 2—553137.50/cwt137.50–137.5076013
SteersMedium and Large 2—658131.50/cwt131.50–131.5086513
SteersMedium and Large 1—860123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,0621
SteersMedium and Large 1—988108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0672
SteersMedium and Large 1—462160.00/cwt160.00–160.007396
SteersMedium and Large 1—841130.29/cwt124.00–130.501,09630
SteersMedium and Large 1—555149.50/cwt149.50–149.5083045
SteersMedium and Large 1—759136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,03267
SteersMedium and Large 1—660143.50/cwt143.50–143.5094777
SteersMedium and Large 2—455138.50/cwt138.50–138.506306
HeifersMedium and Large 2—452124.50/cwt124.50–124.505638
HeifersMedium and Large 2—538119.00/cwt119.00–119.006408
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320124.00/cwt124.00–124.003971
HeifersMedium and Large 2—640117.00/cwt117.00–117.007491
SteersMedium and Large 1—330150.00/cwt150.00–150.004951
SteersMedium and Large 1—390144.00/cwt144.00–144.005621

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.