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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Mar 11

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Feb 26Mar 11Mar 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

211 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 169▲ 211 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

49 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 62▲ 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 14▲ 18 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

No comparisons available between sale two weeks ago and this week's sale for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts, however, a lower undertone was noted. Slaughter cows remaining mostly steady overall with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls due to limited comparable receipts, but a lower undertone noted.

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 $115.73/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$115.73

63 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$32

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

$10.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.29

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	526	118.44	623	45
Small and Medium 1-2	466	110.80	516	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	606	108.27	656	13thin

One grade step is worth $10.17/cwt here — about −$32 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 sale63 hd

115.73

—

TN average9 barns · 2,162 hd

125.02

−9.29

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	1,844	83.11	1,533	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,646	65.38	1,076	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	60.22	781	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,108	54.95	609	4thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	605	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	146.97/cwt	146.00–148.00	691	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	480	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	787	1
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	480	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	634	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	515	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	767	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	577	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	741	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	591	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	736	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	610	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	665	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	793	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	668	120.28/cwt	119.00–120.50	803	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	127.45/cwt	123.00–129.00	853	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	721	114.31/cwt	112.00–115.00	824	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	848	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	131.81/cwt	129.00–136.00	360	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	305	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	384	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	129.45/cwt	124.00–139.00	496	5
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	385	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	458	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	405	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	579	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	415	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	490	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	127.30/cwt	125.00–129.00	544	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	430	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	473	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	445	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	481	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	516	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	127.67/cwt	122.00–131.00	613	3
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	490	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	524	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	121.81/cwt	120.50–124.00	643	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	567	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	649	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	122.17/cwt	119.00–123.50	705	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	106.79/cwt	100.00–110.50	677	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	693	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	700	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	93.68/cwt	90.00–96.00	663	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,022	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	848	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	250	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	500	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	305	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	442	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	380	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	566	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	380	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	540	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	150.03/cwt	146.00–154.00	648	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	433	134.93/cwt	131.00–139.00	584	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	440	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	708	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	152.99/cwt	152.00–154.00	696	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	505	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	550	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	137.45/cwt	136.00–139.00	712	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	125.31/cwt	120.00–129.00	713	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	575	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	650	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	590	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	690	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	603	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	687	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	680	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	694	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	101.67/cwt	101.00–102.00	725	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,824	81.26/cwt	75.50–84.50	1,482	4
Bulls	—	—	1,925	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,742	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	54.95/cwt	48.50–57.50	609	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	60.80/cwt	56.00–66.00	766	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	51.72/cwt	50.00–53.50	658	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,550	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	1,077	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,570	63.43/cwt	59.00–67.50	996	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,773	68.63/cwt	68.00–69.50	1,217	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	800	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	5,280	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,483	856.67/cwt	810.00–940.00	12,704	3

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 Mar 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 169Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 62Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 14Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	713	101.00–102.00	101.67
2	—	518	136.00–139.00	137.45
2	—	455	152.00–154.00	152.99
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
1	—	250	200.00	200.00
8	—	432	146.00–154.00	150.03
7	—	569	120.00–129.00	125.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	114.00	114.00
1	—	505	109.00	109.00
1	—	380	142.00	142.00
1	—	305	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	131.00–139.00	134.93
1	—	680	102.00	102.00
1	—	590	117.00	117.00
1	—	380	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	109.00	109.00
9	—	721	112.00–115.00	114.31
7	—	668	119.00–120.50	120.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	591	124.50	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	669	123.00–129.00	127.45
2	—	470	146.00–148.00	146.97
2	—	393	154.00	154.00
1	—	800	106.00	106.00
1	—	615	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	577	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	149.00	149.00
1	—	480	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	110.00	110.00
1	—	490	107.00	107.00
1	—	445	108.00	108.00
1	—	385	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	693	101.00	101.00
5	—	567	114.50	114.50
1	—	465	111.00	111.00
1	—	415	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
1	—	430	110.00	110.00
1	—	305	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	634	100.00–110.50	106.79
7	—	577	119.00–123.50	122.17
7	—	528	120.50–124.00	121.81
5	—	383	124.00–139.00	129.45
3	—	708	90.00–96.00	93.68
3	—	480	122.00–131.00	127.67
3	—	427	125.00–129.00	127.30
3	—	273	129.00–136.00	131.81
1	—	1,022	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	143.00	143.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,108	48.50–57.50	54.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,570	59.00–67.50	63.43
3	—	1,773	68.00–69.50	68.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,260	56.00–66.00	60.80
3	—	1,273	50.00–53.50	51.72
2	—	1,550	69.50	69.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,824	75.50–84.50	81.26
1	—	1,925	90.50	90.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	660.00	660.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,483	810.00–940.00	856.67

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.