Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-27

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.09/cwt on 287 head.

Average price

$150.09

287 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$239

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

$16.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	651	151.51	986	262
Medium and Large 2	552	135.28	747	25

One grade step is worth $16.23/cwt here — about $239 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 sale287 hd

150.09

—

TN average8 barns · 1,275 hd

150.85

−0.75

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

36 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	—	940	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	716	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	771	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	834	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	911	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	706	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,173	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	142.74/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,071	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	153.70/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,013	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	860	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	915	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,089	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,063	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,084	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	167.55/cwt	165.00–173.00	612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	961	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	729	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	885	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	606	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	762	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	583	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	937	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	777	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	829	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	578	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	522	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	655	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	653	26

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 Aug 27, 2021

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

Receipts 568Last week 1,653Year ago 535

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	117.00	117.00
8	—	436	162.00	162.00
16	—	850	138.00	138.00
1	—	950	117.00	117.00
58	—	750	140.00–143.00	142.74
85	—	659	149.00–154.00	153.70
27	—	531	162.00	162.00
37	—	577	158.50	158.50
2	—	838	130.00	130.00
2	—	1,063	102.00	102.00
3	—	365	165.00–173.00	167.55
4	—	728	132.00	132.00
18	—	476	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	138.00	138.00
1	—	615	119.00	119.00
1	—	885	117.00	117.00
3	—	775	120.00	120.00
4	—	418	145.00	145.00
4	—	571	136.00	136.00
6	—	477	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	530	135.00	135.00
45	—	575	134.00	134.00
65	—	644	129.50	129.50
1	—	375	139.00	139.00
1	—	915	92.00	92.00
3	—	840	108.50	108.50
7	—	432	135.00	135.00
16	—	741	126.50	126.50
26	—	480	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	113.00	113.00
2	—	645	110.00	110.00
4	—	740	112.00	112.00
5	—	470	123.00	123.00
3	—	570	120.00	120.00
7	—	424	123.00	123.00
7	—	535	122.50	122.50

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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