Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-03

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.57/cwt on 294 head.

Average price

$167.57

294 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,054

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$15.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.92

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	630	169.39	1,068	260
Medium and Large 2	620	153.63	952	34

One grade step is worth $15.76/cwt here — about $115 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 sale294 hd

167.57

—

TN average8 barns · 1,310 hd

163.65

+3.92

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

45 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	—	1,135	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	805	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	127.26/cwt	122.00–129.00	960	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	149.87/cwt	145.00–151.00	638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	775	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	130.58/cwt	125.00–140.00	824	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	652	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	929	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	944	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,232	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	853	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,241	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,253	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	845	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	472	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	885	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	825	142.69/cwt	131.00–145.50	1,177	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	742	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,106	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	652	170.70/cwt	154.00–171.00	1,113	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,152	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	955	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	970	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	453	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	797	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	544	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	876	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	757	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,083	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	720	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	554	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	859	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	848	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	563	194.75/cwt	194.75–194.75	1,096	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	881	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	933	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,068	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	771	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,041	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,058	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	157.55/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,016	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	719	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	464	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	652	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	544	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	811	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	161.25/cwt	161.25–161.25	763	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	646	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	937	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	635	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	685	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	911	1

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 Jun 3, 2022

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

Receipts 572Last week 404Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	108.00	108.00
4	—	575	140.00	140.00
4	—	754	122.00–129.00	127.26
5	—	426	145.00–151.00	149.87
8	—	536	144.50	144.50
8	—	631	125.00–140.00	130.58
16	—	478	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	125.00	125.00
2	—	848	113.00	113.00
8	—	464	140.50	140.50
10	—	544	149.00	149.00
1	—	635	132.00	132.00
1	—	685	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	554	155.00	155.00
5	—	933	114.50	114.50
33	—	771	135.00	135.00
32	—	473	161.25	161.25
35	—	646	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	131.00	131.00
1	—	385	146.00	146.00
3	—	477	134.00	134.00
1	—	515	131.00	131.00
2	—	335	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	652	142.50	142.50
5	—	825	131.00–145.50	142.69
7	—	453	176.00	176.00
8	—	544	161.00	161.00
3	—	757	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	944	130.50	130.50
13	—	853	145.50	145.50
26	—	472	187.50	187.50
25	—	742	149.00	149.00
60	—	652	154.00–171.00	170.70
52	—	563	194.75	194.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	131.25	131.25
6	—	468	180.50	180.50
3	—	847	136.00	136.00
6	—	577	165.50	165.50
7	—	667	145.50	145.50
9	—	534	165.00	165.00
5	—	441	180.50	180.50
7	—	756	140.00	140.00
31	—	645	154.00–158.00	157.55
3	—	380	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	136.00	136.00

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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