Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-26

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.86/cwt on 239 head.

Average price

$167.86

239 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$15.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.75

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	649	170.32	1,105	200
Medium and Large 2	544	155.26	845	39

One grade step is worth $15.07/cwt here — about $260 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 sale239 hd

167.86

—

TN average11 barns · 2,190 hd

175.61

−7.75

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

33 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	—	440	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	664	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	952	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	965	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	172.69/cwt	164.00–173.00	998	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	171.06/cwt	166.00–171.50	1,115	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,253	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	846	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	883	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	855	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	489	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	777	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	787	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	726	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	908	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	741	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	796	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	180.13/cwt	180.00–181.00	764	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	888	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	176.15/cwt	167.00–177.00	932	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	832	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	433	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,238	2

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 Aug 26, 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	440	151.00	151.00
1	—	1,055	100.00	100.00
2	—	363	159.00	159.00
2	—	833	124.00	124.00
4	—	631	132.50	132.50
14	—	732	130.00	130.00
46	—	653	139.00	139.00
15	—	483	153.50	153.50
21	—	534	149.00	149.00
36	—	576	144.50	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	658	130.00	130.00
5	—	429	114.00	114.00
6	—	580	134.00	134.00
3	—	473	133.00	133.00
3	—	527	134.00	134.00
1	—	745	131.00	131.00
2	—	338	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	186.00	186.00
1	—	375	151.00	151.00
1	—	965	124.00	124.00
8	—	529	160.00	160.00
8	—	633	139.50	139.50
2	—	763	135.00	135.00
5	—	569	152.00	152.00
6	—	483	163.00	163.00
7	—	427	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	578	164.00–173.00	172.69
62	—	652	166.00–171.50	171.06
66	—	762	164.50	164.50
7	—	424	180.00–181.00	180.13
12	—	485	183.00	183.00
23	—	529	167.00–177.00	176.15
2	—	960	129.00	129.00

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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