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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 7

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Mar 31Apr 7Apr 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

143 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 119▲ 3 vs year ago 140 · +2.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

89 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 44▲ 19 vs year ago 70 · +27.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 14▲ 6 vs year ago 4 · +150.0%

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 for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts from last week. Also, no comparisons available for slaughter cows and bulls due to limited comparable receipts from last week, but a higher undertone was noted.

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 $145.36/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −38.61 against this barn's trailing median of $183.97.

Average price

$145.36

49 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$252

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

$9.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.49

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	337	154.00	518	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	333	153.00	509	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	533	144.42	770	44

One grade step is worth $9.58/cwt here — about −$252 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 sale49 hd

145.36

—

TN average10 barns · 994 hd

141.87

+3.49

This barn, trailing median6 sales

183.97

−38.61

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	—	High	1,863	97.02	1,807	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,263	74.60	942	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	927	65.20	604	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,425	63.89	911	15
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,780	85.50	1,522	1thin

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	621	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	169.97/cwt	164.00–176.00	753	2
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	480	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	624	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	820	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	155.37/cwt	152.00–159.00	816	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	139.57/cwt	135.00–149.00	791	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	823	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	812	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,015	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,041	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	455	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	140.87/cwt	136.00–145.00	521	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	390	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	511	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	132.93/cwt	130.00–136.00	565	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	135.78/cwt	130.00–140.00	631	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	128.51/cwt	124.00–133.00	657	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	122.94/cwt	118.00–128.00	693	5
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	717	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	127.06/cwt	123.00–131.00	847	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	777	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	745	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	961	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	758	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	925	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	859	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,019	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	250	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	413	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	260	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	455	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	574	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	318	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	636	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	340	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	534	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	370	183.04/cwt	180.00–186.00	677	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	165.89/cwt	159.00–175.00	615	4
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	415	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	585	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	159.88/cwt	155.00–165.00	679	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	152.19/cwt	146.00–159.00	721	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	140.68/cwt	130.00–146.00	747	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	137.64/cwt	129.00–142.00	791	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	127.59/cwt	120.00–130.00	792	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	119.76/cwt	117.00–121.00	801	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	815	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	787	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	914	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3-4	587	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	575	3
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,780	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,522	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,505	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,445	1
Bulls	—	—	1,825	104.79/cwt	104.00–105.50	1,912	2
Bulls	—	—Heavy Weight	2,295	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,893	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	855	79.99/cwt	69.00–90.00	684	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	860	69.43/cwt	68.50–70.50	597	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	62.03/cwt	57.00–67.50	589	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,125	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	619	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	70.94/cwt	64.50–75.00	892	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,271	81.11/cwt	77.50–89.50	1,031	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,290	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	955	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,459	63.80/cwt	60.00–71.50	931	13
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	800	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	6,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	800	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	800	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	983	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,618	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	10,500	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 Apr 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 143Last week 119Year ago 140

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 44Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 14Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	131.00	131.00
1	—	660	123.00	123.00
1	—	355	175.00	175.00
2	—	525	152.00–159.00	155.37
1	—	605	136.00	136.00
2	—	443	164.00–176.00	169.97
1	—	730	139.00	139.00
3	—	567	135.00–149.00	139.57
1	—	485	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	140.00	140.00
4	—	370	136.00–145.00	140.87
1	—	850	101.00	101.00
5	—	667	123.00–131.00	127.06
1	—	700	111.00	111.00
2	—	425	130.00–136.00	132.93
4	—	465	130.00–140.00	135.78
4	—	511	124.00–133.00	128.51
5	—	564	118.00–128.00	122.94
1	—	980	104.00	104.00
2	—	758	122.00	122.00
2	—	600	119.00–120.00	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	155.00–165.00	159.88
1	—	310	185.00	185.00
1	—	905	87.00	87.00
6	—	621	120.00–130.00	127.59
1	—	1,050	87.00	87.00
4	—	575	129.00–142.00	137.64
8	—	531	130.00–146.00	140.68
4	—	669	117.00–121.00	119.76
1	—	755	108.00	108.00
4	—	371	159.00–175.00	165.89
8	—	474	146.00–159.00	152.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	200.00	200.00
2	—	370	180.00–186.00	183.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	175.00	175.00
1	—	340	157.00	157.00
1	—	410	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	141.00	141.00
1	—	250	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	98.00	98.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,825	104.00–105.50	104.79
1	—	1,505	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,295	82.50	82.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	74.00	74.00
13	—	1,459	60.00–71.50	63.80
1	—	1,125	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	68.50–70.50	69.43
12	—	950	57.00–67.50	62.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	69.00–90.00	79.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,258	64.50–75.00	70.94
9	—	1,271	77.50–89.50	81.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	85.50	85.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	750.00	750.00

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)	3	—	983	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,050.00	1,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	800.00	800.00

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.