Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.48/cwt on 278 head.

Average price

$169.48

278 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,069

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$4.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.08

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	641	169.99	1,090	248
Medium and Large 2	542	165.27	895	30

One grade step is worth $4.73/cwt here — about $195 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 sale278 hd

169.48

—

TN average9 barns · 1,417 hd

168.41

+1.08

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

49 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	—	383	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	728	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	462	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	919	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	553	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,078	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	440	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	455	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	657	168.90/cwt	156.00–170.00	1,110	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	670	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	920	132.33/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,217	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	167.04/cwt	163.00–168.00	1,067	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	447	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	836	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	718	142.32/cwt	139.00–144.00	1,022	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	538	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	931	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	737	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,094	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	765	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	643	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	919	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	865	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,228	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	734	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,038	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	799	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	995	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	787	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	853	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	783	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,018	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	952	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	725	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	558	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	848	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	463	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	152.77/cwt	138.00–153.00	1,163	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	847	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	831	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	796	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	759	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	940	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	647	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	822	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	652	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	952	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	141.89/cwt	137.00–142.50	514	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	930	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	528	8

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 Feb 11, 2022

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	383	190.00	190.00
5	—	845	142.50	142.50
15	—	639	163.00–168.00	167.04
8	—	484	165.00	165.00
1	—	415	161.00	161.00
10	—	575	173.00	173.00
11	—	529	180.00	180.00
68	—	761	138.00–153.00	152.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	462	199.00	199.00
42	—	553	195.00	195.00
51	—	657	156.00–170.00	168.90
3	—	920	131.00–133.00	132.33
8	—	447	187.00	187.00
6	—	737	148.50	148.50
3	—	865	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	189.00	189.00
2	—	565	164.00	164.00
6	—	437	180.00	180.00
1	—	775	131.00	131.00
4	—	533	160.00	160.00
1	—	300	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	185.00	185.00
1	—	455	185.00	185.00
1	—	670	143.00	143.00
3	—	718	139.00–144.00	142.32
5	—	538	173.00	173.00
1	—	765	139.00	139.00
2	—	643	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	158.50	158.50
4	—	478	153.50	153.50
3	—	822	112.00	112.00
2	—	970	107.00	107.00
2	—	668	131.00	131.00
1	—	1,080	107.00	107.00
11	—	649	130.50	130.50
12	—	575	144.50	144.50
8	—	529	150.50	150.50
10	—	744	125.00	125.00
8	—	357	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	783	130.00	130.00
31	—	558	152.00	152.00
13	—	473	160.50	160.50
1	—	940	118.00	118.00
43	—	652	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	128.00	128.00
4	—	463	156.00	156.00
4	—	647	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	362	137.00–142.50	141.89
3	—	630	125.00	125.00

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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