Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-06

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.18/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$161.18

189 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$9.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.11

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	634	162.88	1,033	154
Medium and Large 2	585	153.69	899	35

One grade step is worth $9.20/cwt here — about $135 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 sale189 hd

161.18

—

TN average11 barns · 1,864 hd

168.29

−7.11

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	—	651	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,090	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	148.75/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,101	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	744	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,120	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	747	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	495	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	990	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	804	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,116	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	859	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,133	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	172.03/cwt	170.00–174.00	611	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	910	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	754	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	650	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	982	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	553	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	946	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	459	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	890	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	997	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	830	136.57/cwt	130.00–137.50	1,134	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	878	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	641	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	955	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	467	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	668	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	966	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	468	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	765	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	855	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	561	160.38/cwt	158.00–160.50	900	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	600	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	705	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	543	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	836	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	865	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	764	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	989	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	850	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	656	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	968	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	787	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	717	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	925	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	962	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	867	1

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 May 6, 2022

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

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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
17	—	651	167.50	167.50
5	—	426	175.00	175.00
8	—	740	147.00–149.00	148.75
4	—	393	190.00	190.00
7	—	473	170.00	170.00
2	—	855	130.00–131.00	130.50
15	—	527	163.00	163.00
23	—	577	165.50	165.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	744	150.50	150.50
22	—	655	173.00	173.00
4	—	459	194.00	194.00
6	—	560	178.00	178.00
8	—	830	130.00–137.50	136.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	200.00	200.00
1	—	910	105.00	105.00
4	—	754	138.00	138.00
5	—	650	151.00	151.00
2	—	553	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	170.00–174.00	172.03
2	—	583	158.00	158.00
4	—	474	141.00	141.00
5	—	644	150.00	150.00
2	—	423	157.00	157.00
1	—	665	142.00	142.00
5	—	538	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	636	138.00	138.00
9	—	427	150.00	150.00
2	—	715	123.00	123.00
2	—	378	150.00	150.00
1	—	845	116.00	116.00
1	—	750	125.50	125.50
19	—	578	147.00	147.00
16	—	530	148.50	148.50
14	—	478	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	467	158.50	158.50
1	—	705	121.00	121.00
6	—	543	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	468	163.50	163.50
20	—	561	158.00–160.50	160.38
1	—	600	157.50	157.50
18	—	764	129.50	129.50
26	—	656	147.50	147.50
4	—	925	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	643	134.50	134.50
1	—	760	118.00	118.00
5	—	522	141.00	141.00
2	—	438	132.00	132.00
4	—	490	143.00	143.00
1	—	590	147.00	147.00

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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