Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-07

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $218.20/cwt on 302 head.

Average price

$218.20

302 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,284

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$12.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.26

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	601	220.86	1,328	235
Medium and Large 2	543	208.85	1,134	67

One grade step is worth $12.01/cwt here — about $195 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 sale302 hd

218.20

—

TN average12 barns · 2,534 hd

221.46

−3.26

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

51 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	—	430	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	746	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,008	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	936	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,046	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,012	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	823	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	769	174.49/cwt	173.00–175.00	1,342	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	551	239.52/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,320	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	459	244.10/cwt	232.50–245.00	1,120	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,322	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	565	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	656	224.72/cwt	214.00–225.50	1,474	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	773	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,527	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,172	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	995	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,060	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	668	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,169	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	546	215.38/cwt	212.00–216.00	1,176	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	457	228.24/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,043	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	896	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,088	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	945	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	955	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	762	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,067	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	744	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,220	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	660	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,056	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,063	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,331	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	160.21/cwt	157.00–170.00	867	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	213.63/cwt	205.00–214.00	1,010	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,264	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	961	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	966	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	977	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	705	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	457	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	855	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	656	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,260	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	548	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,134	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	985	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	820	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,082	1

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 Apr 7, 2023

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

Receipts 576Last week 880Year ago 659

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	190.00	190.00
6	—	373	200.00	200.00
6	—	630	160.00	160.00
10	—	475	197.00	197.00
11	—	581	180.00	180.00
13	—	527	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	762	140.00	140.00
8	—	660	160.00	160.00
11	—	457	187.00	187.00
1	—	820	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	744	164.00	164.00
24	—	473	205.00–214.00	213.63
28	—	656	192.00	192.00
40	—	548	207.00	207.00
1	—	985	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	541	157.00–170.00	160.21
1	—	445	175.00	175.00
4	—	582	166.00	166.00
4	—	740	132.00	132.00
8	—	369	191.00	191.00
2	—	628	135.00	135.00
2	—	655	135.00	135.00
2	—	458	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	823	145.00	145.00
4	—	769	173.00–175.00	174.49
1	—	565	218.00	218.00
5	—	668	175.00	175.00
19	—	546	212.00–216.00	215.38
23	—	457	220.00–230.00	228.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	551	223.00–240.00	239.52
29	—	459	232.50–245.00	244.10
30	—	656	214.00–225.50	224.72
56	—	773	197.50	197.50
1	—	945	166.00	166.00
1	—	955	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	745	177.50	177.50
19	—	523	224.00	224.00
6	—	383	234.00	234.00
11	—	479	222.00	222.00
15	—	640	208.00	208.00
1	—	340	240.00	240.00
16	—	572	221.00	221.00
11	—	427	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	225.00	225.00
3	—	467	213.00	213.00
1	—	1,060	145.00	145.00
1	—	305	256.00	256.00
1	—	510	162.50	162.50
2	—	680	160.00	160.00
2	—	388	219.00	219.00
1	—	630	160.00	160.00

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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