Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $96.18/cwt on 510 head.

Average price

$96.18

510 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$137

per head · Small 4 over Medium and Large 3

$13.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.17

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 4	410	109.40	449	5thin
Medium and Large 4	530	97.81	518	74
Medium and Large 3	611	95.75	585	431

One grade step is worth $13.65/cwt here — about −$137 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 sale510 hd

96.18

—

TN average10 barns · 2,042 hd

125.35

−29.17

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

25 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Holstein Steer 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	1,030	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	1,168	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,133	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	1,335	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,175	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	339	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	386	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	944	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	793	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	579	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	556	28
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	646	93.75/cwt	93.75–93.75	606	55
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	522	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	475	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	852	82.75/cwt	82.75–82.75	705	31
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	484	96.49/cwt	96.25–97.00	467	38
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	389	111.80/cwt	110.00–116.00	435	39
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	98.75/cwt	96.00–103.00	432	47
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	646	93.75/cwt	93.75–93.75	606	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	513	53
Steers	Small 4	—	340	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	374	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	736	91.74/cwt	91.00–92.50	675	96
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	920	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	376	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	425	6
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	475	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	463	13
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	323	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	365	8
Steers	Small 4	—	457	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	498	3
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	747	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	680	8
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	430	101.55/cwt	98.00–102.00	437	9
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	582	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	541	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	406	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	438	16

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.

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East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Holstein Steer Sale - Sweetwater, TN

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	96.00	96.00
3	—	1,168	97.00	97.00
4	—	1,335	88.00	88.00
5	—	339	114.00	114.00
15	—	944	84.00	84.00
28	—	579	96.00	96.00
55	—	646	93.75	93.75
31	—	852	82.75	82.75
38	—	484	96.25–97.00	96.49
39	—	389	110.00–116.00	111.80
47	—	437	96.00–103.00	98.75
53	—	534	96.00	96.00
96	—	736	91.00–92.50	91.74
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	522	91.00	91.00
11	—	646	93.75	93.75
2	—	920	75.00	75.00
6	—	376	113.00	113.00
13	—	475	97.50	97.50
8	—	323	113.00	113.00
8	—	747	91.00	91.00
9	—	430	98.00–102.00	101.55
9	—	582	93.00	93.00
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	110.00	110.00
3	—	457	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	406	108.00	108.00

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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