Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-08

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.23/cwt on 460 head.

Average price

$116.23

460 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$8.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.11

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	630	117.07	738	414
Medium and Large 2	497	108.68	540	46

One grade step is worth $8.39/cwt here — about $197 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 sale460 hd

116.23

—

TN average9 barns · 2,545 hd

118.34

−2.11

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

53 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	124.11/cwt	120.00–124.50	788	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	142.32/cwt	142.00–146.00	676	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	651	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	775	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	479	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	754	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	931	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,024	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	883	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	1,137	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,146	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,255	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	556	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	709	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	650	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	884	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	463	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	579	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	773	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	897	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	131.62/cwt	126.00–133.00	692	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,053	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,100	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	434	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	746	132.60/cwt	132.60–132.60	989	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	556	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	805	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	106.84/cwt	103.00–108.00	560	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	464	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	522	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	94.88/cwt	94.50–95.00	700	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	92.76/cwt	91.50–93.00	771	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	109.22/cwt	102.00–110.75	724	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	734	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	116.35/cwt	115.00–117.00	496	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	104.27/cwt	96.00–107.00	1,004	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	137.76/cwt	134.00–139.00	577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	626	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	557	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	114.07/cwt	108.00–118.00	553	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	447	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	533	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	110.25/cwt	105.00–111.00	637	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	110.56/cwt	107.50–110.75	705	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	459	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	395	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	545	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	703	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	111.64/cwt	109.00–120.00	697	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	680	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	739	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	828	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	101.49/cwt	100.00–102.00	476	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	835	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	640	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	641	102.97/cwt	102.00–106.00	660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	575	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	628	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	760	8

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 Jan 8, 2021

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

Receipts 908Last week 363Year ago 817

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	635	120.00–124.50	124.11
3	—	682	120.00	120.00
12	—	475	142.00–146.00	142.32
2	—	368	151.00	151.00
10	—	760	110.00	110.00
1	—	820	106.00	106.00
25	—	526	126.00–133.00	131.62
16	—	578	127.00	127.00
4	—	963	96.00–107.00	104.27
12	—	429	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	157.50	157.50
51	—	883	128.75	128.75
4	—	1,146	109.50	109.50
75	—	650	136.00	136.00
68	—	746	132.60	132.60
40	—	556	144.75	144.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	419	134.00–139.00	137.76
2	—	383	144.00	144.00
4	—	624	109.00–120.00	111.64
7	—	531	120.50	120.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	459	159.00	159.00
5	—	545	129.00	129.00
4	—	739	112.00	112.00
1	—	835	107.00	107.00
8	—	628	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	651	119.00	119.00
9	—	931	110.00	110.00
75	—	556	127.50	127.50
23	—	463	125.00	125.00
60	—	773	116.00	116.00
15	—	1,053	104.50	104.50
4	—	434	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	524	103.00–108.00	106.84
15	—	380	122.00	122.00
12	—	430	121.50	121.50
8	—	738	94.50–95.00	94.88
6	—	831	91.50–93.00	92.76
6	—	663	102.00–110.75	109.22
18	—	485	108.00–118.00	114.07
24	—	578	105.00–111.00	110.25
35	—	638	107.50–110.75	110.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	426	115.00–117.00	116.35
5	—	530	105.00	105.00
6	—	335	118.00	118.00
2	—	558	90.00	90.00
4	—	634	92.00	92.00
1	—	370	113.00	113.00
1	—	755	87.00	87.00
4	—	469	100.00–102.00	101.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	447	119.25	119.25
1	—	680	102.00	102.00
4	—	641	102.00–106.00	102.97
3	—	575	109.00	109.00

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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