Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-07

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.78/cwt on 197 head.

Average price

$119.78

197 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$4.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.63

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	608	120.29	731	175
Medium and Large 2	585	115.68	676	22

One grade step is worth $4.61/cwt here — about $55 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 sale197 hd

119.78

—

TN average11 barns · 2,156 hd

125.41

−5.63

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

46 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	726	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	480	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	129.21/cwt	125.00–130.00	549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	682	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	719	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	146.71/cwt	139.00–148.00	822	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	745	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	935	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	715	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	495	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	648	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	833	107.46/cwt	103.00–108.00	895	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	752	113.14/cwt	108.00–113.50	851	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	475	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	837	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	954	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	642	120.82/cwt	118.00–121.00	776	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	883	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	875	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	559	124.71/cwt	122.00–125.00	697	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	763	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	835	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	874	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	144.27/cwt	136.00–145.00	762	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	613	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	120.76/cwt	117.00–121.00	632	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	132.95/cwt	128.00–133.25	768	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	894	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	930	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	150.08/cwt	148.00–150.50	666	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	661	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	654	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	706	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	130.35/cwt	129.00–131.00	687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	450	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	620	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	569	117.01/cwt	116.00–120.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	568	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	687	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	748	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	628	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	148.00/cwt	142.00–156.00	633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	2

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 May 7, 2021

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

Receipts 417Last week 505Year ago 363

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	600	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	114.50	114.50
6	—	353	136.00	136.00
6	—	425	125.00–130.00	129.21
10	—	583	117.00	117.00
12	—	628	114.50	114.50
14	—	479	128.00	128.00
17	—	523	117.00–121.00	120.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	111.00	111.00
4	—	495	131.00	131.00
9	—	833	103.00–108.00	107.46
31	—	752	108.00–113.50	113.14
32	—	642	118.00–121.00	120.82
31	—	559	122.00–125.00	124.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	123.00	123.00
4	—	580	114.00	114.00
4	—	654	108.00	108.00
1	—	500	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	116.00	116.00
6	—	568	121.00	121.00
2	—	748	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	560	139.00–148.00	146.71
25	—	745	125.50	125.50
5	—	475	160.00	160.00
5	—	837	114.00	114.00
26	—	655	134.75	134.75
1	—	875	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	492	155.00	155.00
15	—	645	129.50	129.50
1	—	675	129.50	129.50
1	—	1,000	95.00	95.00
16	—	528	136.00–145.00	144.27
3	—	382	159.00	159.00
17	—	578	128.00–133.25	132.95
7	—	742	120.50	120.50
4	—	823	113.00	113.00
6	—	444	148.00–150.50	150.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	126.00	126.00
3	—	527	129.00–131.00	130.35
3	—	428	142.00–156.00	148.00
1	—	780	117.00	117.00
2	—	388	132.00	132.00
2	—	665	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	155.00	155.00
4	—	569	116.00–120.00	117.01
3	—	628	123.75	123.75

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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