Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.37/cwt on 362 head.

Average price

$140.37

362 head · 644 lb average

Value per head Derived

$904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$13.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.11

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	643	142.10	914	315
Medium and Large 2	650	128.75	836	47

One grade step is worth $13.35/cwt here — about $78 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 sale362 hd

140.37

—

TN average9 barns · 2,247 hd

143.48

−3.11

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

56 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	—	642	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	873	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,095	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	131.02/cwt	130.00–136.00	882	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	620	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	900	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	745	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	821	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	444	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	728	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	129.67/cwt	129.00–136.00	689	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	635	136.13/cwt	135.00–136.50	864	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	770	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,013	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	875	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	473	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	960	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,008	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	463	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	825	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	667	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	910	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	574	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	695	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	653	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	730	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	779	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	819	117.87/cwt	110.00–120.50	965	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	629	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	755	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	738	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	125.77/cwt	123.00–126.00	719	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	125.02/cwt	122.00–125.50	663	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	791	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	564	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	863	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	559	130.94/cwt	127.00–131.50	732	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	953	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	767	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	425	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	680	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	647	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	835	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	738	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	729	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	802	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	501	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	636	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	656	124.69/cwt	123.00–125.50	818	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	443	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	594	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	648	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	757	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	903	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	695	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	940	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	979	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,092	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	779	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,069	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	653	143.75/cwt	142.50–144.00	939	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	373	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	492	3

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 Jun 11, 2021

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

Receipts 776Last week 417Year ago 763

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	642	136.00	136.00
1	—	375	155.00	155.00
1	—	805	112.00	112.00
1	—	1,095	105.00	105.00
2	—	330	160.00	160.00
6	—	673	130.00–136.00	131.02
2	—	430	145.00	145.00
2	—	768	122.00	122.00
7	—	738	122.00	122.00
14	—	532	140.00	140.00
22	—	576	142.50	142.50
7	—	486	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	127.00	127.00
15	—	531	129.00–136.00	129.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	135.00–136.50	136.13
8	—	770	131.50	131.50
3	—	473	132.00	132.00
3	—	960	105.00	105.00
6	—	667	136.50	136.50
4	—	819	110.00–120.50	117.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	515	153.50	153.50
36	—	564	153.00	153.00
8	—	425	160.00	160.00
7	—	476	155.00	155.00
1	—	940	108.00	108.00
4	—	979	111.50	111.50
69	—	779	137.25	137.25
78	—	653	142.50–144.00	143.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	479	129.50	129.50
1	—	780	95.00	95.00
1	—	805	94.00	94.00
5	—	631	117.00	117.00
6	—	427	130.00	130.00
13	—	572	123.00–126.00	125.77
15	—	530	122.00–125.50	125.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	127.00	127.00
8	—	373	119.00	119.00
1	—	430	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	86.00	86.00
3	—	463	132.00	132.00
3	—	825	86.00	86.00
7	—	574	121.00	121.00
2	—	653	120.00	120.00
4	—	730	103.50	103.50
5	—	779	103.50	103.50
4	—	629	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	559	127.00–131.50	130.94
2	—	953	80.50	80.50
60	—	647	129.00	129.00
5	—	729	110.00	110.00
19	—	501	127.00	127.00
22	—	656	123.00–125.50	124.69
11	—	443	134.00	134.00
16	—	473	137.00	137.00
47	—	757	119.25	119.25
3	—	373	132.00	132.00

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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