Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-05

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $211.01/cwt on 241 head.

Average price

$211.01

241 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,327

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$15.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.87

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	626	214.45	1,342	189
Medium and Large 2	639	198.54	1,269	52

One grade step is worth $15.91/cwt here — about $73 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 sale241 hd

211.01

—

TN average12 barns · 2,431 hd

220.88

−9.87

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 1Value Added	—	990	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,495	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	218.98/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,060	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	550	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	475	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	879	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	824	159.41/cwt	159.00–161.00	1,314	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	915	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,437	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	657	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,380	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,243	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	959	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,343	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	459	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,065	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	953	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,144	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	468	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,002	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,085	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	648	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,503	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,256	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	558	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,289	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	525	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,176	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	788	192.25/cwt	192.25–192.25	1,515	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	182.77/cwt	174.00–190.00	782	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	179.68/cwt	179.00–180.00	839	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	796	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	161.83/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,037	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,025	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	368	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	688	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	767	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,181	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	959	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	923	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	641	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,122	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	551	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,047	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	546	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	945	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	867	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	920	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	893	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,117	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	773	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,237	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	459	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	950	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,241	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	982	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	216.95/cwt	209.00–218.00	1,139	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	628	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,005	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	746	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,350	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	550	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,298	25

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 May 5, 2023

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

Receipts 525Last week 576Year ago 404

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	151.00	151.00
1	—	915	157.00	157.00
20	—	459	232.00	232.00
32	—	648	232.00	232.00
1	—	525	224.00	224.00
50	—	788	192.25	192.25
25	—	550	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	484	210.00–220.00	218.98
10	—	573	217.00	217.00
8	—	434	221.00	221.00
7	—	742	181.00	181.00
6	—	641	196.00	196.00
2	—	653	190.00	190.00
16	—	525	209.00–218.00	216.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	824	159.00–161.00	159.41
11	—	657	210.00	210.00
2	—	953	120.00	120.00
7	—	468	214.00	214.00
11	—	558	231.00	231.00
7	—	746	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	121.00	121.00
1	—	680	182.00	182.00
3	—	425	210.00	210.00
2	—	635	182.00	182.00
2	—	525	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	170.00	170.00
5	—	475	185.00	185.00
4	—	368	187.00	187.00
3	—	767	154.00	154.00
17	—	546	173.00	173.00
8	—	628	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	191.00	191.00
7	—	430	185.00	185.00
12	—	641	160.00–162.00	161.83
11	—	576	178.00	178.00
1	—	1,005	152.00	152.00
7	—	471	184.00	184.00
6	—	520	177.00	177.00
2	—	730	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	428	174.00–190.00	182.77
3	—	467	179.00–180.00	179.68
7	—	581	165.00	165.00
1	—	380	152.00	152.00
2	—	313	150.00	150.00
1	—	710	130.00	130.00
2	—	663	127.00	127.00
2	—	528	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	641	175.00	175.00
29	—	551	190.00	190.00
22	—	773	160.00	160.00
21	—	459	207.00	207.00

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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