Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.06/cwt on 149 head.

Average price

$129.06

149 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$780

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$13.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.76

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	131.62	809	120
Medium and Large 2	562	118.48	666	29

One grade step is worth $13.14/cwt here — about $143 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 sale149 hd

129.06

—

TN average13 barns · 3,030 hd

133.82

−4.76

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

35 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	—	747	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	900	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	109.85/cwt	106.00–110.00	709	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	841	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	115.23/cwt	111.00–116.00	494	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	617	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	526	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	113.18/cwt	112.50–113.50	707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	629	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	433	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	113.46/cwt	109.00–114.00	656	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	969	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	117.81/cwt	115.00–120.00	564	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	137.05/cwt	129.00–138.00	725	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	916	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	355	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	870	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	124.40/cwt	116.00–133.00	787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	910	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	615	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	771	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	137.74/cwt	130.00–140.50	657	17

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 Oct 9, 2020

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

Receipts 297Last week 400Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	747	120.50	120.50
27	—	645	106.00–110.00	109.85
1	—	945	89.00	89.00
2	—	833	95.00	95.00
13	—	429	111.00–116.00	115.23
13	—	532	116.00	116.00
18	—	578	109.00–114.00	113.46
9	—	479	115.00–120.00	117.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	110.00	110.00
1	—	510	106.00	106.00
2	—	390	111.00	111.00
3	—	715	96.00	96.00
7	—	564	104.00	104.00
3	—	635	104.50	104.50
2	—	320	111.00	111.00
2	—	428	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	124.00	124.00
3	—	625	112.50–113.50	113.18
2	—	368	117.00	117.00
2	—	825	106.00	106.00
5	—	518	121.50	121.50
5	—	467	127.00	127.00
5	—	578	119.00	119.00
1	—	720	111.00	111.00
4	—	655	113.50	113.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	832	116.50	116.50
19	—	529	129.00–138.00	137.05
24	—	739	124.00	124.00
28	—	654	133.00	133.00
2	—	633	116.00–133.00	124.40
2	—	968	94.00	94.00
5	—	439	140.00	140.00
14	—	571	135.00	135.00
3	—	387	141.00	141.00
17	—	477	130.00–140.50	137.74

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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