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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 28

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

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Feeder Cattle receipts

263 head

▲ 89 vs last sale 174▲ 263 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

98 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 57▲ 98 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

22 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 22▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereGraded Feeder Cattle SaleFri Oct 16, 2026 Graded Holstein Steer SaleFri Oct 9, 2026 Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder heifers remaining mostly steady overall, with no comparisons available for feeder steers and bulls due to limited comparable receipts, however, a higher undertone was noted for feeder bulls. Slaughter cows holding mostly steady overall with slaughter bulls 4.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.96/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$111.96

77 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$8.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.20

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	524	112.73	591	70
Small and Medium 1-2	435	104.33	454	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	496	104.25	517	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.48/cwt here — about $74 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 sale77 hd

111.96

—

TN average10 barns · 1,552 hd

118.16

−6.20

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,845	81.08	1,496	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,361	56.35	767	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,140	55.65	635	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	930	46.17	429	11

Every lot

81 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	393	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	464	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	145.15/cwt	140.00–150.00	613	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	134.67/cwt	132.00–136.00	633	3
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	480	122.08/cwt	114.00–130.00	586	2
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	505	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	646	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	139.57/cwt	136.00–143.00	712	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	530	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	678	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	126.01/cwt	123.00–130.00	727	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	121.38/cwt	119.00–124.00	760	5
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	635	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	749	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	635	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	711	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	142.50/cwt	140.00–145.00	926	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	660	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	818	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	118.17/cwt	114.00–122.00	851	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	885	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	258	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	353	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	317	128.82/cwt	126.00–130.00	408	4
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	345	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	380	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	420	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	437	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	117.35/cwt	113.00–125.00	502	9
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	430	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	469	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	115.27/cwt	111.00–118.00	542	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	485	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	519	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	515	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	536	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	112.61/cwt	108.00–119.00	589	11
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	530	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	498	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	576	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	110.27/cwt	104.00–115.00	634	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	105.72/cwt	103.00–108.00	666	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	106.27/cwt	102.00–110.00	704	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	665	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	625	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	97.97/cwt	94.00–102.00	696	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	95.65/cwt	94.00–98.00	738	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	752	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	260	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	367	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	268	165.47/cwt	162.00–169.00	443	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	329	158.07/cwt	151.00–163.00	520	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	360	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	605	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	493	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	425	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	536	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	450	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	545	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	630	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	495	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	589	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	122.84/cwt	115.50–129.00	636	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	528	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	581	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	118.24/cwt	116.00–123.00	670	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	595	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	672	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	666	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	109.97/cwt	104.00–114.00	753	3
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	685	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	685	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	710	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	660	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	100.01/cwt	98.00–102.00	713	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	765	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	689	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	775	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	682	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	95.19/cwt	92.00–99.00	742	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	95.75/cwt	95.50–96.00	790	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	781	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3-4	350	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	266	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,180	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	743	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,615	1
Bulls	—	—	1,904	81.88/cwt	78.00–87.50	1,559	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	785	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	408	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	944	45.59/cwt	41.50–52.00	430	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,000	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	670	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,031	46.14/cwt	40.50–49.50	476	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,152	55.21/cwt	50.50–60.50	636	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	64.98/cwt	62.00–68.00	798	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,329	55.48/cwt	49.00–59.50	737	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,685	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,095	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	800	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	850	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,760	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	8,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	9,240	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	8,690	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,600	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	666.67/cwt	570.00–730.00	8,667	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,400	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	10,920	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,450	940.00/cwt	940.00–940.00	13,630	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	—	1

This sale against other markets

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 - Sweetwater, TN

Wed Aug 28, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 263Last week 174Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 57Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 22Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	102.00	102.00
1	—	515	104.00	104.00
1	—	485	107.00	107.00
1	—	420	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	575	104.00–115.00	110.27
11	—	523	108.00–119.00	112.61
11	—	470	111.00–118.00	115.27
9	—	428	113.00–125.00	117.35
4	—	630	103.00–108.00	105.72
4	—	317	126.00–130.00	128.82
3	—	772	94.00–98.00	95.65
3	—	662	102.00–110.00	106.27
3	—	258	137.00	137.00
2	—	710	94.00–102.00	97.97
1	—	850	88.50	88.50
1	—	365	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	94.00	94.00
1	—	430	109.00	109.00
1	—	345	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	100.00	100.00
1	—	450	121.00	121.00
1	—	260	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	110.00	110.00
1	—	775	88.00	88.00
1	—	710	93.00	93.00
1	—	595	113.00	113.00
1	—	425	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	779	92.00–99.00	95.19
5	—	567	116.00–123.00	118.24
5	—	329	151.00–163.00	158.07
4	—	713	98.00–102.00	100.01
3	—	685	104.00–114.00	109.97
3	—	518	115.50–129.00	122.84
2	—	825	95.50–96.00	95.75
2	—	268	162.00–169.00	165.47
1	—	1,070	73.00	73.00
1	—	600	111.00	111.00
1	—	470	134.00	134.00
1	—	360	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	114.00–130.00	122.08
2	—	393	118.00	118.00
1	—	635	118.00	118.00
1	—	505	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	128.00	128.00
1	—	660	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	720	114.00–122.00	118.17
5	—	626	119.00–124.00	121.38
3	—	577	123.00–130.00	126.01
3	—	470	132.00–136.00	134.67
3	—	422	140.00–150.00	145.15
2	—	650	140.00–145.00	142.50
2	—	510	136.00–143.00	139.57
1	—	750	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	112.00	112.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	52.00	52.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	944	41.50–52.00	45.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,329	49.00–59.50	55.48
1	—	1,685	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	67.00	67.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,152	50.50–60.50	55.21
6	—	1,228	62.00–68.00	64.98
6	—	1,031	40.50–49.50	46.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,904	78.00–87.50	81.88
1	—	1,805	89.50	89.50
1	—	1,180	63.00	63.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	600.00	600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	560.00	560.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	840.00	840.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	880.00	880.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	790.00	790.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,400	780.00	780.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,450	940.00	940.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,300	570.00–730.00	666.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	600.00	600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00

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.