Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-19

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $95.30/cwt on 515 head.

Average price

$95.30

515 head · 723 lb average

Value per head Derived

$689

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

per head · Small 4 over Large 4

$14.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.31

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 4	613	102.50	628	5thin
Large 3	727	95.89	697	468
Large 4	691	87.77	607	42

One grade step is worth $14.73/cwt here — about $22 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 sale515 hd

95.30

—

TN average10 barns · 2,067 hd

127.60

−32.31

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	Large 3	—	1,210	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	908	1
Steers	Large 3	—	376	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	372	4
Steers	Large 3	—	1,145	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	968	4
Steers	Large 3	—	420	97.47/cwt	95.00–100.00	409	6
Steers	Large 3	—	882	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	772	7
Steers	Large 3	—	577	98.89/cwt	98.50–102.00	571	17
Steers	Large 4	—	579	96.49/cwt	95.00–98.00	559	6
Steers	Large 4	—	840	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	672	6
Steers	Large 4	—	939	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	742	7
Steers	Large 4	—	760	85.81/cwt	79.00–87.00	652	14
Steers	Small 4	—	290	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	281	1
Steers	Large 3	—	844	92.27/cwt	90.50–92.50	779	68
Steers	Small 4	—	330	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	322	1
Steers	Large 3	—	655	97.25/cwt	97.25–97.25	637	79
Steers	Large 4	—	373	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	354	2
Steers	Large 4	—	495	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	490	2
Steers	Small 4	—	815	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	864	3
Steers	Large 3	—	753	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	719	69
Steers	Large 4	—	312	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	303	5
Steers	Large 3	—	319	105.48/cwt	100.00–108.00	336	19
Steers	Large 3	—	481	109.19/cwt	109.00–113.00	525	42
Steers	Large 3	—	1,014	85.84/cwt	85.75–87.00	870	54
Steers	Large 3	—	981	86.91/cwt	86.00–87.00	853	56
Steers	Large 3Value Added	—	369	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	384	8
Steers	Large 3Value Added	—	428	109.42/cwt	108.00–110.50	468	34

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 Holstein Steer Sale - Sweetwater, TN

Fri Jun 19, 2020

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	75.00	75.00
4	—	376	99.00	99.00
4	—	1,145	84.50	84.50
6	—	420	95.00–100.00	97.47
7	—	882	87.50	87.50
17	—	577	98.50–102.00	98.89
68	—	844	90.50–92.50	92.27
79	—	655	97.25	97.25
69	—	753	95.50	95.50
19	—	319	100.00–108.00	105.48
42	—	481	109.00–113.00	109.19
54	—	1,014	85.75–87.00	85.84
56	—	981	86.00–87.00	86.91
Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	579	95.00–98.00	96.49
6	—	840	80.00	80.00
7	—	939	79.00	79.00
14	—	760	79.00–87.00	85.81
2	—	373	95.00	95.00
2	—	495	99.00	99.00
5	—	312	97.00	97.00
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	97.00	97.00
1	—	330	97.50	97.50
3	—	815	106.00	106.00
Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	369	104.00	104.00
34	—	428	108.00–110.50	109.42

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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