Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2020-11-13

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Nov 13
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073
Receipts
363 head
631 vs last sale 994 363 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Aug 19, 2026Graded Holstein Steer SaleFri Aug 14, 2026Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026
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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.36/cwt on 155 head.
Average price
$132.36
155 head · 610 lb average
Value per head Derived
$808
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$250
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.60
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1616132.99820148
Medium and Large 2479119.005707thin
One grade step is worth $13.99/cwt here — about $250 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 sale155 hd
132.36
TN average10 barns · 1,956 hd
135.95
−3.60
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

28 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
SteersMedium and Large 11,17095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1121
HeifersMedium and Large 1573116.50/cwt116.50–116.5066828
SteersMedium and Large 1526134.50/cwt134.50–134.5070724
SteersMedium and Large 1741129.14/cwt123.00–130.0095729
SteersMedium and Large 1575135.25/cwt135.25–135.2577832
SteersMedium and Large 1433140.00/cwt140.00–140.006068
HeifersMedium and Large 2469107.00/cwt107.00–107.005024
SteersMedium and Large 2380120.00/cwt120.00–120.004562
HeifersMedium and Large 269096.00/cwt96.00–96.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 270096.00/cwt96.00–96.006721
SteersMedium and Large 1652134.00/cwt134.00–134.0087433
HeifersMedium and Large 2433114.00/cwt114.00–114.004945
HeifersMedium and Large 2343108.00/cwt108.00–108.003703
SteersMedium and Large 2578107.00/cwt107.00–107.006182
SteersMedium and Large 2775103.00/cwt103.00–103.007981
SteersMedium and Large 2330138.00/cwt138.00–138.004552
HeifersMedium and Large 1835114.00/cwt114.00–114.009522
HeifersMedium and Large 1731118.50/cwt118.50–118.508664
HeifersMedium and Large 1359118.00/cwt118.00–118.004245
HeifersMedium and Large 1425117.50/cwt117.50–117.5049911
HeifersMedium and Large 1472116.52/cwt114.00–117.0055019
HeifersMedium and Large 1527111.75/cwt111.75–111.7558926
HeifersMedium and Large 1628123.52/cwt118.00–124.0077638
SteersMedium and Large 1478137.00/cwt137.00–137.0065513
SteersMedium and Large 11,33089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1841
SteersMedium and Large 1960108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0371
SteersMedium and Large 1345143.00/cwt143.00–143.004932
SteersMedium and Large 1846120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0154

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.