Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.15/cwt on 301 head.

Average price

$157.15

301 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$294

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

$21.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.70

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	159.51	1,015	234
Medium and Large 2	601	150.51	905	58
Medium and Large 1-2	945	138.50	1,309	9thin

One grade step is worth $21.01/cwt here — about −$294 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 sale301 hd

157.15

—

TN average8 barns · 1,661 hd

162.84

−5.70

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

52 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	—	534	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	710	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	639	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	134.45/cwt	133.00–134.50	774	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	133.55/cwt	133.50–135.00	860	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	895	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	470	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	870	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	657	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	976	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	690	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,063	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	923	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,278	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	478	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	860	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	647	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,061	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	750	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,073	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	945	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,309	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	496	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	136.24/cwt	133.00–137.50	1,147	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	545	160.70/cwt	150.00–163.50	876	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	986	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	815	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,253	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	566	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	988	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,203	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	697	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	794	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	620	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,013	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	846	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	647	150.26/cwt	140.00–150.50	972	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	766	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,019	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	159.86/cwt	155.00–160.50	914	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	562	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	787	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	513	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	758	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	812	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	750	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,013	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	557	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	858	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	463	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	129.34/cwt	125.00–131.00	561	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	464	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	936	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	477	155.88/cwt	150.00–158.50	744	10

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 Nov 11, 2022

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

Receipts 666Last week 789Year ago 495

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	534	133.00	133.00
22	—	473	135.00	135.00
29	—	576	133.00–134.50	134.45
30	—	644	133.50–135.00	133.55
1	—	760	125.00	125.00
1	—	665	133.00	133.00
1	—	895	115.00	115.00
7	—	434	125.00–131.00	129.34
12	—	354	131.00	131.00
12	—	749	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	121.00	121.00
3	—	423	111.00	111.00
1	—	615	112.00	112.00
3	—	572	120.00	120.00
5	—	489	118.00	118.00
5	—	520	126.00	126.00
1	—	685	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	647	140.00–150.50	150.26
13	—	750	135.00	135.00
60	—	557	154.00	154.00
10	—	477	150.00–158.50	155.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	562	140.00	140.00
2	—	513	130.00	130.00
5	—	463	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	142.00	142.00
6	—	657	148.50	148.50
4	—	750	143.00	143.00
4	—	496	160.50	160.50
24	—	545	150.00–163.50	160.70
1	—	620	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	154.00	154.00
3	—	923	138.50	138.50
6	—	478	180.00	180.00
28	—	647	164.00	164.00
32	—	815	153.75	153.75
41	—	566	174.50	174.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	110.00	110.00
7	—	842	133.00–137.50	136.24
39	—	640	154.00	154.00
1	—	875	137.50	137.50
1	—	1,010	120.00	120.00
6	—	410	170.00	170.00
7	—	477	166.50	166.50
3	—	383	171.00	171.00
12	—	745	136.00	136.00
22	—	529	160.00	160.00
23	—	572	155.00–160.50	159.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	945	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	131.00	131.00
4	—	766	133.00	133.00
6	—	478	158.50	158.50
7	—	655	124.00	124.00

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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