Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-02

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $233.40/cwt on 326 head.

Average price

$233.40

326 head · 610 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,424

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$9.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.93

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	627	235.43	1,477	256
Medium and Large 2	548	225.97	1,239	70

One grade step is worth $9.46/cwt here — about $237 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 sale326 hd

233.40

—

TN average8 barns · 1,067 hd

228.47

+4.93

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

47 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	—	720	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	905	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	202.72/cwt	202.00–208.00	1,158	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	996	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	867	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	923	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	770	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,629	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	640	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,424	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	785	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,656	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	234.25/cwt	227.00–235.50	1,342	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	651	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,595	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,518	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	561	255.25/cwt	255.25–255.25	1,432	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	477	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,219	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,294	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	457	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,097	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	226.27/cwt	226.00–228.00	1,224	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	234.21/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,120	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	885	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,046	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,265	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	975	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	543	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,178	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,466	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	728	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	462	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,063	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	918	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,542	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	446	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	959	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,235	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	775	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,480	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	551	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,215	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	667	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,317	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,261	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,132	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	1,000	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,046	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	895	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,109	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	736	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	647	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,362	35

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 Jun 2, 2023

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

Receipts 601Last week 525Year ago 572

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	180.00	180.00
2	—	665	195.50	195.50
5	—	429	211.00	211.00
8	—	571	202.00–208.00	202.72
9	—	472	211.00	211.00
11	—	366	237.00	237.00
11	—	645	195.50	195.50
11	—	533	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	175.00	175.00
13	—	543	217.00	217.00
4	—	728	197.00	197.00
9	—	446	215.00	215.00
3	—	667	197.50	197.50
1	—	1,000	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	462	230.00	230.00
2	—	918	168.00	168.00
29	—	775	191.00	191.00
31	—	551	220.50	220.50
35	—	647	210.50	210.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	199.00	199.00
4	—	566	200.00	200.00
2	—	470	199.00	199.00
4	—	523	200.00	200.00
4	—	424	211.00	211.00
4	—	370	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	176.00	176.00
60	—	785	211.00	211.00
53	—	651	245.00	245.00
43	—	561	255.25	255.25
24	—	477	255.50	255.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	770	211.50	211.50
11	—	640	222.50	222.50
11	—	457	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	573	227.00–235.50	234.25
5	—	723	210.00	210.00
1	—	335	235.00	235.00
3	—	373	251.00	251.00
5	—	478	231.00–235.00	234.21
9	—	426	245.50	245.50
1	—	900	140.00	140.00
21	—	636	230.50	230.50
15	—	531	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	616	210.00	210.00
28	—	541	226.00–228.00	226.27
2	—	583	217.00	217.00
8	—	424	230.00	230.00
1	—	460	225.00	225.00

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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