Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.33/cwt on 134 head.

Average price

$140.33

134 head · 606 lb average

Value per head Derived

$850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$13.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.98

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	616	141.62	873	121
Medium and Large 2	507	128.30	650	13thin

One grade step is worth $13.32/cwt here — about $223 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 sale134 hd

140.33

—

TN average12 barns · 1,641 hd

141.31

−0.98

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

29 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	—	380	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	819	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	132.65/cwt	130.00–133.00	574	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	623	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	118.34/cwt	115.00–118.50	772	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	968	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	143.29/cwt	137.00–144.00	754	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	142.68/cwt	130.00–143.00	925	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	122.52/cwt	120.00–125.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	135.73/cwt	127.00–136.50	1,008	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	125.78/cwt	120.00–128.00	658	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,064	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	628	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	142.91/cwt	132.00–143.50	822	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	715	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	661	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	574	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	664	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	700	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 Oct 8, 2021

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

Receipts 255Last week 252Year ago 297

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	130.00	130.00
1	—	915	100.00	100.00
7	—	731	112.00	112.00
8	—	433	130.00–133.00	132.65
8	—	487	128.00	128.00
22	—	652	115.00–118.50	118.34
24	—	529	125.50	125.50
24	—	574	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	120.00	120.00
2	—	580	114.00	114.00
2	—	508	113.00	113.00
1	—	475	116.00	116.00
1	—	695	102.00	102.00
2	—	430	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	143.00	143.00
20	—	526	137.00–144.00	143.29
40	—	648	130.00–143.00	142.68
21	—	743	127.00–136.50	135.73
2	—	383	142.00	142.00
3	—	437	149.00	149.00
3	—	838	127.00	127.00
1	—	920	120.00	120.00
19	—	575	132.00–143.50	142.91
7	—	485	147.50	147.50
2	—	330	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	120.00–125.00	122.52
5	—	523	120.00–128.00	125.78
1	—	440	134.00	134.00
5	—	476	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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