Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-06

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.12/cwt on 319 head.

Average price

$154.12

319 head · 613 lb average

Value per head Derived

$945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

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

$15.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.69

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	156.42	994	273
Medium and Large 2	480	140.47	674	46

One grade step is worth $15.96/cwt here — about $320 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 sale319 hd

154.12

—

TN average9 barns · 2,741 hd

156.81

−2.69

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

42 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	—	356	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	534	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	158.99/cwt	152.00–160.00	679	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	747	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	883	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	150.28/cwt	141.00–152.00	790	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	159.86/cwt	144.00–160.75	897	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	912	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,432	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	469	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	959	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,086	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	850	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	765	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,190	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	938	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,398	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	656	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,197	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	786	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,376	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	695	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	641	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,019	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	468	191.09/cwt	174.00–193.00	894	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	556	188.75/cwt	188.75–188.75	1,049	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	905	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	155.67/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,276	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	804	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,079	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	567	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	156.12/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,158	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	985	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	164.01/cwt	159.00–165.00	1,058	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	747	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,169	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	466	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	697	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	768	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	548	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	833	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	841	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	493	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	541	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	460	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	440	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	483	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	775	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	752	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,173	60

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 Jan 6, 2023

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
7	—	356	150.00	150.00
8	—	427	152.00–160.00	158.99
9	—	474	157.50	157.50
9	—	640	138.00	138.00
19	—	526	141.00–152.00	150.28
77	—	561	144.00–160.75	159.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	747	156.50	156.50
2	—	440	160.50	160.50
11	—	483	160.50	160.50
60	—	752	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	466	149.50	149.50
2	—	768	110.00	110.00
3	—	650	118.00	118.00
12	—	548	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	368	134.00	134.00
4	—	423	128.00	128.00
6	—	343	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	912	157.00	157.00
12	—	469	204.50	204.50
38	—	560	194.00	194.00
63	—	656	182.50	182.50
65	—	786	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	144.00	144.00
2	—	765	155.50	155.50
2	—	938	149.00	149.00
1	—	695	150.00	150.00
7	—	641	159.00	159.00
10	—	468	174.00–193.00	191.09
12	—	556	188.75	188.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	484	187.00	187.00
2	—	375	189.00	189.00
3	—	340	200.00	200.00
3	—	820	155.00–156.00	155.67
6	—	423	190.00	190.00
9	—	577	187.00	187.00
9	—	742	155.00–157.00	156.12
16	—	521	189.00	189.00
18	—	645	159.00–165.00	164.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	379	167.00	167.00
5	—	326	174.00	174.00
1	—	615	145.00	145.00
3	—	580	145.00	145.00

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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