Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-23

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $124.03/cwt on 517 head.

Average price

$124.03

517 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$817

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$12.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.89

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	667	125.76	839	446
Medium and Large 2	607	113.20	687	71

One grade step is worth $12.56/cwt here — about $152 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 sale517 hd

124.03

—

TN average10 barns · 2,081 hd

128.92

−4.89

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

50 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	—	480	109.18/cwt	100.00–110.00	524	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	595	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	95.89/cwt	93.50–101.00	610	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	104.88/cwt	97.00–105.50	551	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	124.81/cwt	117.00–126.00	723	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	120.69/cwt	114.50–123.50	778	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	675	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	126.42/cwt	125.00–128.00	474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	896	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	137.55/cwt	136.00–138.00	663	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	442	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	638	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	824	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	737	127.92/cwt	118.00–128.50	943	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	830	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	647	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	738	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	469	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	577	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	108.01/cwt	100.00–109.00	458	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	525	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	790	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	113.61/cwt	106.00–115.00	645	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	120.00/cwt	116.00–124.00	450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	100.63/cwt	95.00–104.00	467	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	471	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	586	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	910	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	650	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	618	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	752	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	778	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	650	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	741	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	554	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	637	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	114.37/cwt	105.00–115.50	749	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	761	111.83/cwt	106.00–112.00	851	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	878	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,040	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	651	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	859	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	750	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	557	117.58/cwt	109.00–118.50	655	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	704	10

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

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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
16	—	480	100.00–110.00	109.18
18	—	575	103.50	103.50
24	—	636	93.50–101.00	95.89
27	—	525	97.00–105.50	104.88
1	—	810	96.00	96.00
1	—	995	73.00	73.00
8	—	384	115.00	115.00
8	—	665	96.00	96.00
9	—	424	100.00–109.00	108.01
10	—	733	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	647	114.00	114.00
12	—	469	123.00	123.00
84	—	655	105.00–115.50	114.37
71	—	761	106.00–112.00	111.83
62	—	557	109.00–118.50	117.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	90.00	90.00
1	—	410	104.00	104.00
1	—	595	89.00	89.00
1	—	510	99.00	99.00
9	—	464	95.00–104.00	100.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	109.00	109.00
1	—	790	98.00	98.00
6	—	650	95.00	95.00
15	—	554	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	579	117.00–126.00	124.81
68	—	645	114.50–123.50	120.69
25	—	523	129.00	129.00
1	—	820	104.00	104.00
2	—	375	125.00–128.00	126.42
3	—	862	104.00	104.00
11	—	430	130.00	130.00
18	—	482	136.00–138.00	137.55
1	—	1,015	89.00	89.00
1	—	340	126.00	126.00
1	—	780	108.00	108.00
21	—	742	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	737	118.00–128.50	127.92
4	—	830	107.50	107.50
59	—	878	118.50	118.50
78	—	651	132.00	132.00
42	—	560	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	120.50	120.50
24	—	568	106.00–115.00	113.61
2	—	678	103.00	103.00
4	—	375	116.00–124.00	120.00
1	—	730	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	471	124.50	124.50
1	—	910	97.00	97.00
8	—	752	103.50	103.50
24	—	650	114.00	114.00

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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