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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 25

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Sep 11Sep 25Oct 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

216 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 183▲ 216 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

126 head

▲ 65 vs last sale 61▲ 126 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

49 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 19▲ 49 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 same sale two weeks ago, slaughter cows gauging 4.00 lower overall, with slaughter bulls 7.00 lower. No comparisons available for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $113.44/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −70.54 against this barn's trailing median of $183.97.

Average price

$113.44

60 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$75

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

$21.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.92

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 1-2	365	125.00	456	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	559	114.36	640	53
Medium and Large 2-3	514	103.33	531	6thin

One grade step is worth $21.67/cwt here — about −$75 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 sale60 hd

113.44

—

TN average9 barns · 1,251 hd

114.36

−0.92

This barn, trailing median6 sales

183.97

−70.54

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

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

6 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $207.99, low $174.34, median $183.97 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	Low	1,788	75.25	1,345	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,458	54.14	789	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	825	52.00	429	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,161	51.77	601	46

Every lot

72 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	431	1
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	593	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	119.52/cwt	119.00–120.00	681	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	125.50/cwt	125.00–126.00	763	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	119.51/cwt	119.00–120.00	872	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	114.00/cwt	112.00–116.00	929	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	815	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	835	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,024	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	225	125.93/cwt	123.00–129.00	283	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	250	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	310	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	335	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	348	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	119.54/cwt	118.00–121.00	442	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	114.88/cwt	110.00–120.00	494	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	120.55/cwt	113.00–124.00	562	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	116.98/cwt	110.00–121.00	615	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	114.98/cwt	113.00–116.00	646	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	578	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	590	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	101.65/cwt	100.00–103.00	627	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	103.97/cwt	100.00–108.00	707	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	102.99/cwt	101.00–105.00	750	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	100.05/cwt	96.00–104.00	760	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	743	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	815	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	245	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	319	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	295	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	398	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	322	128.04/cwt	125.00–130.00	412	5
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	365	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	456	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	136.62/cwt	129.00–143.00	522	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	420	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	449	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	121.77/cwt	119.00–123.00	581	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	520	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	115.95/cwt	109.00–123.00	602	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	525	103.50/cwt	101.00–106.00	543	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	114.42/cwt	111.00–118.00	661	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	106.01/cwt	104.00–108.00	645	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	610	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	586	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	600	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	104.79/cwt	100.00–108.00	721	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	103.51/cwt	99.00–106.50	757	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	730	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	813	102.03/cwt	99.00–105.00	830	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	873	93.03/cwt	92.00–94.00	812	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	745	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	702	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	1,167	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	694	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	826	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	430	4
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	960	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	480	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,090	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	654	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,320	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	805	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	74.36/cwt	67.50–78.00	1,338	8
Bulls	—	—	1,910	82.36/cwt	80.50–85.50	1,573	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	825	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	429	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	980	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	588	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,071	41.58/cwt	37.00–45.50	445	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	52.46/cwt	46.00–57.50	619	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	59.26/cwt	58.00–60.50	716	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,458	54.14/cwt	49.50–58.00	789	16
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980.00/cwt	980.00–980.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	—	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	—	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	—	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	940.00/cwt	940.00–940.00	8,460	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	900	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,950	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,188	818.75/cwt	750.00–875.00	9,727	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	690.00/cwt	650.00–730.00	8,625	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,400	686.67/cwt	660.00–700.00	9,613	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	6,200	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,875	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 Sep 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 216Last week 183Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 126Last week 61Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 19Year ago 0

Compared to same sale two weeks ago, slaughter cows gauging 4.00 lower overall, with slaughter bulls 7.00 lower. No comparisons available for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	61.00	61.00
3	—	1,910	80.50–85.50	82.36
8	—	1,800	67.50–78.00	74.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,209	58.00–60.50	59.26
8	—	1,071	37.00–45.50	41.58
30	—	1,180	46.00–57.50	52.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,458	49.50–58.00	54.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	52.00	52.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	119.00–120.00	119.52
2	—	525	120.00	120.00
2	—	463	128.00	128.00
1	—	935	109.50	109.50
2	—	608	125.00–126.00	125.50
2	—	730	119.00–120.00	119.51
2	—	815	112.00–116.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	112.00	112.00
1	—	815	102.50	102.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	102.00	102.00
1	—	335	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	466	113.00–124.00	120.55
6	—	526	110.00–121.00	116.98
3	—	617	100.00–103.00	101.65
3	—	562	113.00–116.00	114.98
2	—	760	96.00–104.00	100.05
2	—	728	101.00–105.00	102.99
2	—	680	100.00–108.00	103.97
2	—	430	110.00–120.00	114.88
2	—	370	118.00–121.00	119.54
2	—	225	123.00–129.00	125.93
1	—	1,025	79.50	79.50
1	—	885	84.00	84.00
1	—	250	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	101.00–106.00	103.50
2	—	495	105.00	105.00
1	—	625	96.00	96.00
1	—	420	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	519	109.00–123.00	115.95
9	—	477	119.00–123.00	121.77
5	—	731	99.00–106.50	103.51
5	—	688	100.00–108.00	104.79
5	—	382	129.00–143.00	136.62
5	—	322	125.00–130.00	128.04
2	—	873	92.00–94.00	93.03
2	—	813	99.00–105.00	102.03
2	—	608	104.00–108.00	106.01
2	—	578	111.00–118.00	114.42
1	—	975	72.00	72.00
1	—	920	81.00	81.00
1	—	760	96.00	96.00
1	—	295	135.00	135.00
1	—	245	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,167	59.50	59.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	50.00	50.00
4	—	826	52.00	52.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	980.00	980.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	730.00	730.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	810.00	810.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	875.00	875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,400	660.00–700.00	686.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,188	750.00–875.00	818.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	650.00–730.00	690.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	940.00	940.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	550.00	550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	620.00	620.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	625.00	625.00

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.