Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-26

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.70/cwt on 536 head.

Average price

$136.70

536 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$6.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.52

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	655	137.72	902	445
Medium and Large 2	584	131.72	769	91

One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about $133 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 sale536 hd

136.70

—

TN average8 barns · 1,193 hd

142.22

−5.52

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

62 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 2	—	375	150.81/cwt	150.00–151.00	566	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	614	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	122.51/cwt	118.50–123.25	647	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	679	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	741	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,042	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	158.55/cwt	153.00–159.00	677	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	154.40/cwt	143.50–155.50	815	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	137.12/cwt	132.00–139.00	793	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	129.73/cwt	128.00–131.00	822	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	556	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	873	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	468	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	786	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,026	105.25/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,080	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	927	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	531	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	442	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	556	126.04/cwt	118.50–126.25	701	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	453	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	621	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	654	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	903	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	779	112.25/cwt	112.25–112.25	874	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	660	116.87/cwt	110.00–117.50	771	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	868	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,024	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	938	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	905	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	745	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	950	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	566	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	521	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	776	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	88.75/cwt	88.00–89.00	898	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	767	116.71/cwt	115.00–120.00	895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	623	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	910	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	117.92/cwt	115.00–120.00	869	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	817	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	701	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	538	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	651	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	485	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	621	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	425	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	628	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	747	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	732	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	743	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	302	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	457	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	722	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	629	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	822	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	569	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	745	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	760	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	710	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	121.73/cwt	111.00–123.00	576	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	613	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	117.51/cwt	115.00–118.00	492	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	493	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	112.67/cwt	111.00–113.00	646	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	655	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	130.19/cwt	127.00–131.00	859	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	109.75/cwt	109.75–109.75	711	24

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 Feb 26, 2021

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

Receipts 1,007Last week 908Year ago 316

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	150.00–151.00	150.81
3	—	767	115.00–120.00	116.71
7	—	487	128.00	128.00
6	—	576	130.00	130.00
3	—	835	109.00	109.00
1	—	645	119.50	119.50
1	—	910	105.00	105.00
13	—	737	115.00–120.00	117.92
6	—	670	122.00	122.00
5	—	527	133.00	133.00
3	—	302	167.00	167.00
7	—	427	143.50	143.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	478	155.00	155.00
3	—	930	112.00	112.00
14	—	427	153.00–159.00	158.55
41	—	528	143.50–155.50	154.40
15	—	578	132.00–139.00	137.12
9	—	634	128.00–131.00	129.73
13	—	739	125.50	125.50
5	—	841	114.00	114.00
5	—	326	163.00	163.00
8	—	384	170.50	170.50
50	—	660	127.00–131.00	130.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	556	157.00	157.00
13	—	468	168.00	168.00
4	—	1,026	103.00–106.00	105.25
53	—	654	138.00	138.00
58	—	868	118.00	118.00
13	—	755	120.00	120.00
72	—	745	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	457	158.00	158.00
15	—	629	130.75	130.75
10	—	569	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	476	129.00	129.00
20	—	528	118.50–123.25	122.51
17	—	578	117.50	117.50
17	—	432	131.00	131.00
17	—	383	136.00	136.00
15	—	746	104.00	104.00
4	—	1,012	88.00–89.00	88.75
2	—	763	95.00	95.00
1	—	685	103.00	103.00
24	—	648	109.75	109.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	137.00	137.00
38	—	556	118.50–126.25	126.04
14	—	453	137.00	137.00
66	—	779	112.25	112.25
49	—	660	110.00–117.50	116.87
5	—	938	96.50	96.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	85.00	85.00
1	—	525	108.00	108.00
5	—	670	106.00	106.00
9	—	473	111.00–123.00	121.73
6	—	419	115.00–118.00	117.51
9	—	372	132.50	132.50
6	—	573	111.00–113.00	112.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	538	121.00	121.00
4	—	485	128.00	128.00
2	—	425	128.00	128.00
6	—	628	119.00	119.00
5	—	732	101.50	101.50
1	—	760	101.50	101.50

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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