Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-23

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.35/cwt on 274 head.

Average price

$164.35

274 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$11.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.18

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	167.02	996	211
Medium and Large 2	575	155.43	893	63

One grade step is worth $11.59/cwt here — about $102 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 sale274 hd

164.35

—

TN average10 barns · 1,541 hd

170.53

−6.18

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

31 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	—	795	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	994	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	821	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	139.05/cwt	136.00–140.00	514	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	661	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	914	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,012	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	176.30/cwt	165.00–178.00	841	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	188.82/cwt	180.00–190.00	802	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	155.63/cwt	152.00–156.00	1,163	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	164.71/cwt	150.00–166.50	1,059	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	136.19/cwt	126.00–137.00	876	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,240	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	678	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	804	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	165.32/cwt	163.00–165.50	861	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	859	138.00/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,185	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	968	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	170.99/cwt	163.00–172.00	826	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	134.89/cwt	125.00–136.00	712	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	860	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	547	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	722	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	129.75/cwt	123.50–130.00	838	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	760	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	760	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	167.41/cwt	156.00–168.50	889	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	627	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	910	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	678	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	482	5

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 Sep 23, 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
1	—	795	125.00	125.00
1	—	855	105.00	105.00
2	—	665	123.50	123.50
9	—	370	136.00–140.00	139.05
13	—	439	150.50	150.50
15	—	731	125.00	125.00
30	—	481	141.00	141.00
28	—	528	125.00–136.00	134.89
51	—	646	123.50–130.00	129.75
26	—	576	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	427	128.00	128.00
9	—	580	124.50	124.50
8	—	633	120.00	120.00
9	—	486	129.00	129.00
5	—	740	123.00	123.00
10	—	538	126.00	126.00
5	—	371	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	720	140.50	140.50
13	—	643	126.00–137.00	136.19
7	—	444	181.00	181.00
13	—	521	163.00–165.50	165.32
3	—	859	137.00–140.00	138.00
9	—	483	163.00–172.00	170.99
13	—	573	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	477	165.00–178.00	176.30
16	—	425	180.00–190.00	188.82
32	—	747	152.00–156.00	155.63
52	—	643	150.00–166.50	164.71
5	—	861	144.00	144.00
49	—	578	167.50	167.50
34	—	531	156.00–168.50	167.41

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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