Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-25

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.22/cwt on 212 head.

Average price

$132.22

212 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$6.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.48

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	614	134.26	824	144
Medium and Large 2	558	127.91	714	68

One grade step is worth $6.36/cwt here — about $110 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 sale212 hd

132.22

—

TN average10 barns · 1,603 hd

135.70

−3.48

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

36 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	—	646	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	730	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	489	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	545	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	102.88/cwt	102.50–104.00	849	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	633	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	108.67/cwt	104.00–109.00	782	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	860	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	579	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	128.15/cwt	126.00–128.50	675	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	794	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	706	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	671	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	876	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	935	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	916	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	533	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	115.19/cwt	112.00–116.00	950	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	660	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	734	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	145.53/cwt	135.00–147.00	694	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	121.13/cwt	114.00–122.00	895	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	798	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	560	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	962	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	551	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,021	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	112.62/cwt	109.00–113.00	732	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	112.87/cwt	110.00–113.00	647	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	121.34/cwt	118.00–121.50	578	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	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

Fri Sep 25, 2020

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
4	—	646	113.00	113.00
6	—	376	130.00	130.00
6	—	436	125.00	125.00
8	—	825	102.50–104.00	102.88
15	—	525	120.50	120.50
15	—	720	104.00–109.00	108.67
21	—	650	109.00–113.00	112.62
22	—	573	110.00–113.00	112.87
23	—	476	118.00–121.50	121.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	102.00	102.00
5	—	528	112.00	112.00
7	—	471	119.00	119.00
1	—	330	129.00	129.00
2	—	383	129.00	129.00
3	—	440	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	732	117.50	117.50
6	—	429	135.00	135.00
7	—	527	126.00–128.50	128.15
12	—	662	120.00	120.00
13	—	574	123.00	123.00
17	—	479	140.00	140.00
1	—	335	128.00	128.00
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
1	—	840	108.00	108.00
1	—	935	98.00	98.00
4	—	395	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	664	132.00	132.00
5	—	825	112.00–116.00	115.19
6	—	443	149.00	149.00
15	—	528	139.00	139.00
16	—	477	135.00–147.00	145.53
18	—	739	114.00–122.00	121.13
37	—	578	138.00	138.00
1	—	925	104.00	104.00
2	—	388	142.00	142.00
2	—	880	116.00	116.00

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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