Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-12

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.59/cwt on 231 head.

Average price

$137.59

231 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$4.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.46

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	644	138.04	889	210
Medium and Large 2	548	133.12	730	21

One grade step is worth $4.92/cwt here — about $160 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 sale231 hd

137.59

—

TN average8 barns · 1,751 hd

147.05

−9.46

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

52 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	—	735	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	803	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	537	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	114.72/cwt	109.50–115.00	750	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	475	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	585	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	620	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	950	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,235	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	549	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	810	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	739	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,057	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,071	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	782	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	835	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,131	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	652	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	968	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,021	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	940	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	142.73/cwt	139.00–143.00	681	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	670	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	905	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	662	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	904	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	462	133.37/cwt	127.50–134.00	616	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	121.60/cwt	118.50–122.00	641	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	96.48/cwt	93.00–100.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	734	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	888	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	652	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	828	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	590	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	554	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	558	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	731	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	121.11/cwt	120.00–121.50	1,114	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	117.93/cwt	116.00–118.00	677	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	490	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	608	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	883	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	799	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	653	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	599	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	412	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	137.79/cwt	130.00–138.00	883	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	136.51/cwt	131.00–137.00	725	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 Nov 12, 2021

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

Receipts 495Last week 960Year ago 363

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	107.00	107.00
2	—	368	120.00	120.00
3	—	838	105.00	105.00
4	—	750	107.00	107.00
9	—	428	125.50	125.50
21	—	654	109.50–115.00	114.72
34	—	527	118.50–122.00	121.60
31	—	574	116.00–118.00	117.93
23	—	483	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	462	127.50–134.00	133.37
8	—	734	121.00	121.00
12	—	652	127.00	127.00
28	—	558	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	119.00	119.00
2	—	655	95.00	95.00
3	—	427	121.00	121.00
2	—	705	93.00–100.00	96.48
2	—	580	108.00	108.00
7	—	536	110.00	110.00
2	—	383	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	554	127.00	127.00
1	—	800	100.00	100.00
3	—	490	124.00	124.00
4	—	653	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	153.00	153.00
1	—	585	145.00	145.00
3	—	670	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	142.00	142.00
2	—	950	130.00	130.00
15	—	549	147.50	147.50
19	—	739	143.00	143.00
15	—	835	135.50	135.50
19	—	652	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	850	126.00	126.00
23	—	577	135.50	135.50
1	—	810	126.00	126.00
1	—	985	112.00	112.00
16	—	752	125.00	125.00
15	—	477	139.00–143.00	142.73
4	—	427	155.00	155.00
4	—	655	138.00	138.00
4	—	920	120.00–121.50	121.11
2	—	715	123.50	123.50
37	—	641	130.00–138.00	137.79
3	—	387	133.00	133.00
24	—	531	131.00–137.00	136.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	139.50	139.50
1	—	755	120.00	120.00
3	—	395	127.00	127.00
4	—	485	138.00	138.00
4	—	655	122.00	122.00
1	—	310	133.00	133.00

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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