Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.12/cwt on 341 head.

Average price

$133.12

341 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$831

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$536

per head · Large 3 over Small 4

$21.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.35

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 3	649	133.90	869	300
Large 4	483	131.10	634	33
Small 4	296	112.50	333	8thin

One grade step is worth $21.40/cwt here — about $536 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 sale341 hd

133.12

—

TN average11 barns · 1,993 hd

164.47

−31.35

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

20 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	—	345	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	493	2
Steers	Large 3	—	1,033	110.02/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,137	2
Steers	Large 3	—	374	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	546	10
Steers	Large 3	—	957	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,129	23
Steers	Large 3	—	479	148.02/cwt	144.00–148.50	709	27
Steers	Large 3	—	574	139.87/cwt	136.00–140.00	803	30
Steers	Large 3	—	852	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,014	41
Steers	Large 3	—	749	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	962	48
Steers	Large 3	—	657	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	874	49
Steers	Large 3	—	434	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	640	32
Steers	Large 3	—	527	139.24/cwt	135.00–139.50	734	36
Steers	Large 4	—	326	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	440	5
Steers	Large 4	—	375	129.23/cwt	126.00–130.00	485	5
Steers	Small 4	—	279	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	321	4
Steers	Small 4	—	313	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	344	4
Steers	Large 4	—	435	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	600	4
Steers	Large 4	—	564	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	761	4
Steers	Large 4	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	2
Steers	Large 4	—	643	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	829	5
Steers	Large 4	—	537	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	690	8

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 Apr 15, 2022

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
2	—	345	143.00	143.00
2	—	1,033	107.00–113.00	110.02
10	—	374	146.00	146.00
23	—	957	118.00	118.00
27	—	479	144.00–148.50	148.02
30	—	574	136.00–140.00	139.87
41	—	852	119.00	119.00
48	—	749	128.50	128.50
49	—	657	133.00	133.00
32	—	434	147.50	147.50
36	—	527	135.00–139.50	139.24
Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	326	135.00	135.00
5	—	375	126.00–130.00	129.23
4	—	435	138.00	138.00
4	—	564	135.00	135.00
2	—	470	120.00	120.00
5	—	643	129.00	129.00
8	—	537	128.50	128.50
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	279	115.00	115.00
4	—	313	110.00	110.00

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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