Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.52/cwt on 276 head.

Average price

$148.52

276 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$12.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.61

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	149.95	952	244
Medium and Large 2	583	137.60	802	32

One grade step is worth $12.35/cwt here — about $150 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 sale276 hd

148.52

—

TN average12 barns · 2,607 hd

152.13

−3.61

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	—	530	130.50/cwt	125.50–136.00	692	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	818	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	888	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	685	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	989	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	853	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,100	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	562	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	939	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	464	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	824	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	982	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	123.50/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,004	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	647	129.16/cwt	124.00–130.00	836	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	547	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	766	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	456	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	666	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	760	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	897	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	754	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,074	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	564	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	738	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	500	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	755	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	580	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	646	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	141.43/cwt	134.00–142.50	902	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	157.82/cwt	153.00–158.00	751	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	125.40/cwt	125.00–125.50	776	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	634	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	659	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	880	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	740	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	925	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	494	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	869	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	510	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	639	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	773	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	660	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	564	128.62/cwt	122.00–130.00	725	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	570	135.94/cwt	133.00–137.50	775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	709	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	758	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	948	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	895	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	470	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	130.61/cwt	130.00–131.00	551	5

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 Apr 9, 2021

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

Receipts 505Last week 763Year ago 288

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	530	125.50–136.00	130.50
9	—	586	126.00	126.00
8	—	362	138.00	138.00
4	—	616	122.50	122.50
3	—	722	108.50	108.50
2	—	345	138.00	138.00
1	—	805	110.00	110.00
14	—	433	134.00	134.00
10	—	475	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	647	124.00–130.00	129.16
22	—	547	140.00	140.00
17	—	456	146.00	146.00
9	—	760	118.00	118.00
5	—	564	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	125.00	125.00
9	—	488	130.00	130.00
3	—	717	105.00	105.00
5	—	367	128.00	128.00
5	—	422	130.00–131.00	130.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	128.00	128.00
6	—	639	121.00	121.00
1	—	660	121.00	121.00
6	—	564	122.00–130.00	128.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	115.00	115.00
14	—	526	155.50	155.50
1	—	730	130.00	130.00
9	—	573	155.00	155.00
14	—	428	160.00	160.00
4	—	383	170.00	170.00
5	—	755	130.00	130.00
2	—	813	123.00–124.00	123.50
16	—	638	134.00–142.50	141.43
27	—	476	153.00–158.00	157.82
4	—	343	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	655	151.00	151.00
32	—	853	129.00	129.00
22	—	562	167.00	167.00
13	—	464	177.50	177.50
54	—	754	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	619	125.00–125.50	125.40
1	—	310	150.00	150.00
3	—	382	154.00	154.00
3	—	525	135.00	135.00
1	—	765	117.00	117.00
2	—	478	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	659	133.50	133.50
2	—	740	125.00	125.00
3	—	494	176.00	176.00
3	—	570	133.00–137.50	135.94
2	—	758	125.00	125.00

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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