Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.91/cwt on 334 head.

Average price

$155.91

334 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$7.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.89

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	675	156.91	1,060	291
Medium and Large 2	556	149.09	829	43

One grade step is worth $7.82/cwt here — about $230 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 sale334 hd

155.91

—

TN average10 barns · 1,535 hd

162.79

−6.89

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

47 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	—	325	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	144.55/cwt	141.00–145.00	624	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	630	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	568	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	826	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	438	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	808	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	565	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,000	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	662	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,081	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	456	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	814	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	864	125.75/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,086	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	742	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,031	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	856	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,190	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,068	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	830	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	166.06/cwt	160.50–167.00	887	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	157.78/cwt	151.00–158.50	906	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	754	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,097	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	147.46/cwt	140.00–150.50	773	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	157.05/cwt	151.00–170.00	576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	737	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	755	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	974	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	916	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	551	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	777	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	791	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	484	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	724	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	678	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	706	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	642	135.39/cwt	132.50–135.50	869	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	472	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	720	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	518	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	713	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	674	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	814	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	131.04/cwt	130.75–133.50	752	9

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 Mar 11, 2022

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

Receipts 659Last week 520Year ago 763

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	141.00	141.00
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
1	—	830	108.00	108.00
1	—	970	93.00	93.00
2	—	628	123.50	123.50
9	—	432	141.00–145.00	144.55
12	—	476	142.50	142.50
12	—	529	133.50	133.50
11	—	659	123.50	123.50
9	—	574	130.75–133.50	131.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	755	129.00	129.00
54	—	560	141.25	141.25
80	—	642	132.50–135.50	135.39
9	—	472	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	551	141.00	141.00
5	—	484	149.50	149.50
2	—	713	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	129.00	129.00
5	—	378	137.00	137.00
3	—	575	129.00	129.00
7	—	476	141.50	141.50
3	—	513	141.00	141.00
4	—	429	146.50	146.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	630	141.00	141.00
9	—	568	145.50	145.50
8	—	456	178.50	178.50
4	—	864	125.00–126.00	125.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	438	184.50	184.50
35	—	565	177.00	177.00
74	—	662	163.25	163.25
5	—	742	139.00	139.00
48	—	856	139.00	139.00
66	—	754	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	176.00	176.00
4	—	391	185.00	185.00
3	—	825	129.50	129.50
6	—	477	174.00	174.00
14	—	534	160.50–167.00	166.06
10	—	574	151.00–158.50	157.78
6	—	432	170.50	170.50
7	—	632	145.00	145.00
2	—	658	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	484	165.00	165.00
5	—	524	140.00–150.50	147.46
2	—	440	135.00	135.00
3	—	367	151.00–170.00	157.05
4	—	623	123.00	123.00

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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