Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-07

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.37/cwt on 159 head.

Average price

$148.37

159 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$14.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.65

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	151.23	964	128
Medium and Large 2	599	136.55	818	31

One grade step is worth $14.68/cwt here — about $146 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 sale159 hd

148.37

—

TN average10 barns · 1,865 hd

159.02

−10.65

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

33 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	—	915	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,007	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	615	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	125.51/cwt	123.00–128.00	820	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	663	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	960	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	150.69/cwt	143.00–152.00	871	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,000	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,039	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,239	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,111	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	161.60/cwt	160.00–172.00	781	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	921	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	641	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	839	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	403	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	718	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,001	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	126.20/cwt	121.00–126.50	728	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	815	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	705	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,293	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,162	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	982	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	119.17/cwt	118.50–122.00	620	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	813	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	147.21/cwt	142.00–147.50	1,101	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	748	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 Oct 7, 2022

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

Receipts 291Last week 569Year ago 255

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	110.00	110.00
3	—	853	117.00	117.00
5	—	439	140.00	140.00
6	—	653	123.00–128.00	125.51
10	—	484	137.00	137.00
10	—	741	129.50	129.50
18	—	577	121.00–126.50	126.20
24	—	637	128.00	128.00
13	—	538	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	103.00	103.00
2	—	423	129.00	129.00
3	—	370	109.00	109.00
3	—	642	116.00	116.00
4	—	565	117.00	117.00
5	—	520	118.50–122.00	119.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	578	143.00–152.00	150.69
43	—	658	152.00	152.00
1	—	885	140.00	140.00
2	—	753	147.50	147.50
7	—	483	160.00–172.00	161.60
2	—	965	134.00	134.00
3	—	830	140.00	140.00
6	—	646	152.00	152.00
17	—	528	154.00	154.00
19	—	748	142.00–147.50	147.21
1	—	435	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	127.50	127.50
10	—	672	137.00	137.00
3	—	442	145.00	145.00
3	—	478	145.00	145.00
4	—	578	130.00	130.00
7	—	532	135.00	135.00
3	—	750	133.50	133.50

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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