Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-06

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $229.14/cwt on 122 head.

Average price

$229.14

122 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,323

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$11.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.43

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	594	231.24	1,373	100
Medium and Large 2	503	219.58	1,105	22

One grade step is worth $11.66/cwt here — about $268 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 sale122 hd

229.14

—

TN average15 barns · 2,148 hd

239.57

−10.43

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	—	472	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,043	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,151	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	200.83/cwt	200.00–210.50	1,275	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	222.69/cwt	210.00–225.00	966	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,221	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,075	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	239.04/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,150	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	242.22/cwt	234.00–243.00	1,027	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	230.96/cwt	225.00–231.50	1,340	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,635	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,937	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,853	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	604	210.23/cwt	207.00–220.00	1,270	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	234.37/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,226	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,281	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,177	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	229.73/cwt	222.00–230.50	1,491	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,095	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	222.28/cwt	221.00–225.00	922	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,306	2

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 Oct 6, 2023

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

Receipts 221Last week 820Year ago 291

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	472	221.00	221.00
12	—	528	218.00	218.00
12	—	635	200.00–210.50	200.83
3	—	387	210.00	210.00
6	—	434	210.00–225.00	222.69
10	—	580	210.50	210.50
1	—	905	137.00	137.00
2	—	708	181.00	181.00
2	—	653	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	674	162.50	162.50
4	—	328	182.00	182.00
1	—	835	163.00	163.00
3	—	420	190.00	190.00
1	—	775	159.00	159.00
2	—	478	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	223.00	223.00
1	—	745	204.00	204.00
4	—	604	207.00–220.00	210.23
1	—	355	225.00	225.00
1	—	560	220.00	220.00
2	—	320	215.00	215.00
7	—	523	225.00	225.00
3	—	415	221.00–225.00	222.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	481	230.00–240.00	239.04
11	—	424	234.00–243.00	242.22
1	—	295	240.00	240.00
12	—	580	225.00–231.50	230.96
1	—	785	218.00	218.00
2	—	383	234.00	234.00
9	—	735	222.50	222.50
1	—	945	205.00	205.00
7	—	858	216.00	216.00
16	—	523	225.00–235.00	234.37
1	—	335	240.00	240.00
29	—	649	222.00–230.50	229.73

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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