Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-25

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $211.17/cwt on 144 head.

Average price

$211.17

144 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,284

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$18.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.68

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	609	214.05	1,304	122
Medium and Large 2	601	195.18	1,174	22

One grade step is worth $18.87/cwt here — about $130 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 sale144 hd

211.17

—

TN average12 barns · 1,984 hd

219.84

−8.68

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

35 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	—	482	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,082	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,522	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,170	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,258	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,372	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	806	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,532	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,917	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,074	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,551	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	239.44/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,281	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,369	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,034	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	242.02/cwt	234.00–246.00	1,154	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	223.22/cwt	212.00–229.00	969	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	214.31/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,335	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,802	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,128	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,205	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,687	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	972	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,399	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,435	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,089	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,219	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 Aug 25, 2023

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

Receipts 301Last week 1,305Year ago 449

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	482	224.50	224.50
12	—	746	204.00	204.00
14	—	532	220.00	220.00
21	—	577	218.00	218.00
47	—	647	212.00	212.00
3	—	384	210.00	210.00
5	—	432	225.00	225.00
1	—	960	190.00	190.00
7	—	660	212.00	212.00
1	—	815	185.00	185.00
1	—	850	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	205.00	205.00
1	—	810	175.00	175.00
5	—	755	190.00	190.00
7	—	531	205.00	205.00
2	—	578	180.00	180.00
1	—	465	213.00	213.00
3	—	670	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	649	236.00	236.00
2	—	935	205.00	205.00
5	—	440	244.00	244.00
6	—	657	236.00	236.00
7	—	535	230.00–241.00	239.44
15	—	579	236.50	236.50
2	—	370	243.00	243.00
3	—	477	234.00–246.00	242.02
1	—	1,015	200.00	200.00
3	—	838	215.00	215.00
24	—	743	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	211.00	211.00
6	—	434	212.00–229.00	223.22
7	—	623	210.00–215.00	214.31
4	—	537	210.00	210.00
6	—	574	210.00	210.00
1	—	705	214.00	214.00

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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