Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-22

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $239.88/cwt on 413 head.

Average price

$239.88

413 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,542

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

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

$2.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.27

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	666	240.39	1,600	317
Medium and Large 2	569	238.19	1,354	96

One grade step is worth $2.20/cwt here — about $246 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 sale413 hd

239.88

—

TN average13 barns · 2,160 hd

245.15

−5.27

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

59 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 1	—	580	236.25/cwt	236.25–236.25	1,370	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	237.75/cwt	237.75–237.75	1,531	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	237.21/cwt	227.00–237.75	1,547	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	225.25/cwt	225.25–225.25	1,669	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	719	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,632	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	520	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	1,255	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	562	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	1,356	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	752	237.52/cwt	229.00–237.75	1,786	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	638	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	1,501	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,476	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	445	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	727	237.75/cwt	237.75–237.75	1,728	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	405	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,077	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	563	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,430	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	815	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	470	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,203	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	464	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,234	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	878	226.60/cwt	226.60–226.60	1,990	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	654	253.16/cwt	240.00–255.25	1,656	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	211.90/cwt	200.00–213.50	1,115	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	205.65/cwt	205.00–207.00	843	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	209.75/cwt	200.00–210.25	1,344	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	221.25/cwt	221.25–221.25	1,281	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,183	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	950	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,078	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	199.79/cwt	196.00–201.00	1,464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,187	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	487	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	471	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,159	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	858	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	735	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	928	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,800	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	840	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	731	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,553	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	564	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,269	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	680	218.25/cwt	218.25–218.25	1,484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	789	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	653	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,499	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	1,273	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	784	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,705	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	557	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,295	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,086	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	639	218.25/cwt	218.25–218.25	1,395	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,171	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,076	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	216.14/cwt	214.00–223.00	1,251	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,166	3

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 Sep 22, 2023

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

Receipts 820Last week 134Year ago 569

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	580	236.25	236.25
4	—	644	237.75	237.75
4	—	378	240.00	240.00
40	—	652	227.00–237.75	237.21
1	—	335	231.00	231.00
13	—	741	225.25	225.25
2	—	813	221.00	221.00
1	—	1,045	199.00	199.00
27	—	531	239.75	239.75
11	—	482	243.00	243.00
4	—	443	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	719	227.00	227.00
3	—	520	241.25	241.25
20	—	562	241.25	241.25
26	—	638	235.25	235.25
1	—	445	249.00	249.00
1	—	815	215.00	215.00
18	—	470	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	227.50	227.50
7	—	639	231.00	231.00
3	—	340	232.00	232.00
3	—	470	231.00	231.00
4	—	579	214.00–223.00	216.14
3	—	523	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	752	229.00–237.75	237.52
5	—	727	237.75	237.75
1	—	405	266.00	266.00
24	—	563	254.00	254.00
7	—	464	266.00	266.00
48	—	878	226.60	226.60
60	—	654	240.00–255.25	253.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	526	200.00–213.50	211.90
4	—	365	207.00	207.00
3	—	410	205.00–207.00	205.65
1	—	555	205.00	205.00
3	—	645	184.00	184.00
1	—	470	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	641	200.00–210.25	209.75
23	—	579	221.25	221.25
17	—	534	221.50	221.50
4	—	422	225.00	225.00
1	—	1,020	157.50	157.50
14	—	479	225.00	225.00
4	—	733	196.00–201.00	199.79
5	—	362	212.00	212.00
1	—	785	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	487	225.00	225.00
3	—	840	180.00	180.00
8	—	731	212.50	212.50
9	—	564	225.00	225.00
2	—	680	218.25	218.25
12	—	639	218.25	218.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	471	246.00	246.00
4	—	858	206.00	206.00
1	—	735	216.50	216.50
6	—	928	194.00	194.00
66	—	653	229.50	229.50
65	—	784	217.50	217.50
33	—	557	232.50	232.50

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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