Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2022-09-09

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Sep 9
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073
Receipts
187 head
▼ 262 vs last sale 449▼ 65 vs year ago 252 · −25.8%
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Sep 30, 2026Graded Holstein Steer SaleFri Sep 11, 2026Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle included in this- the Southeast Pride SelectVac Sale- follow a strict protocol of weaning, and double-vaccinating and deworming.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.49/cwt on 129 head.
Average price
$175.49
129 head · 714 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,253
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.43
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1716176.271,261121
Medium and Large 2689163.631,1288thin
One grade step is worth $12.65/cwt here — about $133 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 sale129 hd
175.49
—
TN average9 barns · 956 hd
175.92
−0.43
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

18 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385158.00/cwt158.00–158.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 1—461167.00/cwt167.00–167.007707
HeifersMedium and Large 1—556164.00/cwt164.00–164.0091214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—684158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,08427
HeifersMedium and Large 2—640145.00/cwt145.00–145.009281
HeifersMedium and Large 2—735148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0881
SteersMedium and Large 2—691166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1475
SteersMedium and Large 1—685180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,23365
SteersMedium and Large 1—455190.00/cwt190.00–190.008651
SteersMedium and Large 1—429205.00/cwt205.00–205.008793
SteersMedium and Large 1—923156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,4405
SteersMedium and Large 1—554196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,0869
HeifersMedium and Large 2—563149.50/cwt149.50–149.508423
HeifersMedium and Large 2—350149.00/cwt149.00–149.005221
SteersMedium and Large 1—772169.59/cwt166.75–172.001,30911
SteersMedium and Large 1—823163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,34627
SteersMedium and Large 2—870151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,3141
SteersMedium and Large 2—595164.00/cwt164.00–164.009762

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.