Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-12

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.82/cwt on 376 head.

Average price

$123.82

376 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$143

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

$23.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.01

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	339	146.13	495	12thin
Medium and Large 1	615	123.13	757	330
Medium and Large 2	521	122.67	638	34

One grade step is worth $23.47/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale376 hd

123.82

—

TN average11 barns · 3,736 hd

127.83

−4.01

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

51 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	773	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	464	129.77/cwt	126.00–130.50	602	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	668	108.53/cwt	105.00–110.00	725	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	461	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	738	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	653	121.65/cwt	119.00–122.00	794	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	759	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	873	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	980	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	135.60/cwt	135.00–136.50	633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	129.07/cwt	126.00–130.50	547	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	106.69/cwt	103.50–113.00	1,049	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	634	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	540	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,098	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,142	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	936	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,034	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	140.41/cwt	133.00–142.00	807	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	561	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	860	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	119.32/cwt	114.00–120.25	684	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	500	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	604	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	323	144.80/cwt	140.00–148.00	468	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	361	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	362	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	583	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	108.42/cwt	106.00–116.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	225	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	735	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	149.12/cwt	144.00–150.00	629	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	707	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	916	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	665	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	515	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	128.72/cwt	126.00–129.50	548	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	468	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	636	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	867	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	564	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	716	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	641	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	901	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	781	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	998	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	121.07/cwt	120.00–121.25	644	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	559	134.73/cwt	130.00–135.50	753	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	564	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	756	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	813	7

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 Mar 12, 2021

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

Receipts 763Last week 1,007Year ago 825

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	533	145.00	145.00
3	—	983	103.50–113.00	106.69
3	—	384	165.00	165.00
2	—	1,098	104.00	104.00
27	—	575	133.00–142.00	140.41
7	—	422	144.00–150.00	149.12
6	—	471	150.00	150.00
12	—	742	123.50	123.50
24	—	657	132.00	132.00
7	—	643	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	125.00	125.00
5	—	467	135.00–136.50	135.60
1	—	805	105.00	105.00
2	—	580	124.00	124.00
2	—	548	131.00	131.00
2	—	425	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	461	160.00	160.00
7	—	936	110.50	110.50
51	—	561	153.25	153.25
68	—	641	140.50	140.50
65	—	781	127.75	127.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	90.00	90.00
1	—	665	130.00	130.00
1	—	515	134.00	134.00
7	—	559	130.00–135.50	134.73
3	—	625	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	362	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	464	126.00–130.50	129.77
7	—	668	105.00–110.00	108.53
2	—	225	146.00	146.00
1	—	735	103.00	103.00
4	—	564	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	653	119.00–122.00	121.65
66	—	759	115.00	115.00
3	—	540	129.00	129.00
28	—	468	136.00	136.00
58	—	564	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	424	126.00–130.50	129.07
4	—	569	106.00–116.00	108.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	573	114.00–120.25	119.32
15	—	655	110.00	110.00
8	—	373	134.00	134.00
7	—	479	126.00	126.00
3	—	828	96.50	96.50
3	—	760	103.00	103.00
2	—	608	110.00	110.00
1	—	725	103.00	103.00
9	—	426	126.00–129.50	128.72
21	—	532	120.00–121.25	121.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	323	140.00–148.00	144.80
5	—	361	148.00	148.00

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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