Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-10

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.44/cwt on 171 head.

Average price

$156.44

171 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$877

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$2.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.21

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	157.31	948	111
Medium and Large 2	484	154.83	749	60

One grade step is worth $2.48/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 sale171 hd

156.44

—

TN average9 barns · 2,072 hd

163.65

−7.21

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

46 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	—	653	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	989	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	159.69/cwt	154.00–162.50	771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	154.46/cwt	154.00–156.00	675	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	154.21/cwt	149.00–155.50	876	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	649	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	468	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	570	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,106	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	810	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,020	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	571	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,056	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	646	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,318	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	800	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	829	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,360	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	545	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,147	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	855	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,287	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	655	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	188.89/cwt	185.50–190.50	912	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	183.46/cwt	183.00–184.00	1,163	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	438	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,108	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	650	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,019	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	155.19/cwt	150.50–163.00	667	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	150.97/cwt	146.50–151.50	865	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	721	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	544	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	869	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	680	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	847	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	770	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,126	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	461	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	795	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	184.55/cwt	175.00–187.00	893	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	603	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	936	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	741	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,338	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	557	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	904	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	923	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,089	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	699	3

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 Feb 10, 2023

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

Receipts 349Last week 694Year ago 520

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	151.50	151.50
3	—	483	154.00–162.50	159.69
3	—	527	155.50	155.50
4	—	437	154.00–156.00	154.46
5	—	568	149.00–155.50	154.21
6	—	373	174.00	174.00
6	—	618	151.50	151.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	650	156.75	156.75
19	—	770	146.25	146.25
11	—	461	172.50	172.50
22	—	557	162.25	162.25
2	—	923	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	430	150.50–163.00	155.19
2	—	305	166.00	166.00
1	—	685	132.00	132.00
9	—	573	146.50–151.50	150.97
6	—	479	150.50	150.50
3	—	642	132.00	132.00
3	—	522	146.50	146.50
10	—	363	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	544	159.75	159.75
1	—	680	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	468	210.50	210.50
6	—	570	194.00	194.00
19	—	646	204.00	204.00
6	—	829	164.00	164.00
21	—	545	210.50	210.50
2	—	855	150.50	150.50
11	—	741	180.50	180.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	146.00	146.00
7	—	571	185.00	185.00
1	—	655	185.00	185.00
2	—	438	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	531	192.00	192.00
4	—	381	210.00	210.00
6	—	483	185.50–190.50	188.89
11	—	634	183.00–184.00	183.46
1	—	405	189.00	189.00
6	—	583	190.00	190.00
3	—	328	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	170.00	170.00
5	—	484	175.00–187.00	184.55
4	—	593	182.00	182.00
2	—	338	195.00	195.00
1	—	745	147.00	147.00
1	—	445	190.00	190.00

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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