Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-21

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.37/cwt on 361 head.

Average price

$156.37

361 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$17.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.23

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	654	158.99	1,040	308
Medium and Large 2	596	141.13	841	53

One grade step is worth $17.86/cwt here — about $199 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 sale361 hd

156.37

—

TN average10 barns · 1,459 hd

157.60

−1.23

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

54 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	—	870	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,157	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	148.78/cwt	139.00–150.00	964	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	970	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	153.22/cwt	146.00–154.50	883	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	822	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	755	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	134.55/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,115	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	706	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	553	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	827	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	643	141.32/cwt	137.00–142.00	909	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	724	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,014	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	675	139.46/cwt	137.00–142.00	941	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	843	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,130	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	453	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	770	136.65/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,052	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	778	162.56/cwt	148.00–164.50	1,265	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	651	165.35/cwt	155.00–166.50	1,076	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	553	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	959	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	460	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	833	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	912	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,158	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	755	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	686	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	631	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	549	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	676	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	606	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	646	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	985	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	784	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,117	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	862	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	479	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	719	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	130.60/cwt	128.00–130.75	837	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	115.01/cwt	110.00–120.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	456	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	597	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	648	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	770	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	553	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	774	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	547	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	799	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	968	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,016	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	726	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	132.90/cwt	124.00–135.00	833	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	144.38/cwt	143.00–145.50	1,061	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	146.88/cwt	139.00–148.00	975	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	679	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 Oct 21, 2022

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

Receipts 789Last week 291Year ago 960

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	133.00	133.00
27	—	648	139.00–150.00	148.78
27	—	576	146.00–154.50	153.22
16	—	527	156.00	156.00
13	—	472	160.00	160.00
9	—	829	133.00–135.00	134.55
6	—	413	171.00	171.00
22	—	735	143.00–145.50	144.38
16	—	664	139.00–148.00	146.88
2	—	390	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	141.00	141.00
5	—	522	139.00	139.00
3	—	478	140.00	140.00
2	—	333	135.00	135.00
1	—	550	140.00	140.00
1	—	430	124.00	124.00
5	—	627	124.00–135.00	132.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	122.00	122.00
74	—	778	148.00–164.50	162.56
50	—	651	155.00–166.50	165.35
30	—	553	173.50	173.50
11	—	460	181.00	181.00
3	—	912	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	553	149.50	149.50
7	—	643	137.00–142.00	141.32
4	—	724	140.00	140.00
4	—	675	137.00–142.00	139.46
3	—	843	134.00	134.00
3	—	453	154.00	154.00
3	—	770	135.00–140.00	136.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	585	129.00	129.00
12	—	526	130.50	130.50
12	—	478	132.00	132.00
6	—	737	121.00	121.00
5	—	436	126.00	126.00
2	—	388	129.00	129.00
35	—	641	128.00–130.75	130.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	439	122.00	122.00
2	—	365	123.00	123.00
1	—	820	92.00	92.00
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
5	—	532	127.00	127.00
6	—	470	129.00	129.00
4	—	579	110.00–120.00	115.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	646	152.50	152.50
66	—	784	142.50	142.50
59	—	560	154.00	154.00
8	—	479	150.00	150.00
2	—	968	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	456	131.00	131.00
4	—	648	127.00	127.00
3	—	770	115.00	115.00
3	—	553	140.00	140.00
7	—	547	146.00	146.00

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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