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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, May 19

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← May 12May 19May 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

158 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 125▲ 6 vs year ago 152 · +3.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

62 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 66▼ 25 vs year ago 87 · −28.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

26 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 30▲ 20 vs year ago 6 · +333.3%

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, slaughter cows remaining mostly steady overall with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls or feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts, however, a higher undertone was noted for feeder heifers and slaughter bulls.

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 $139.66/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −44.31 against this barn's trailing median of $183.97.

Average price

$139.66

35 head · 452 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$31

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

$14.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.45

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	450	140.06	630	34
Medium and Large 2-3	525	126.00	662	1thin

One grade step is worth $14.06/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale35 hd

139.66

—

TN average9 barns · 1,152 hd

132.20

+7.45

This barn, trailing median6 sales

183.97

−44.31

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	1,710	97.50	1,667	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,114	69.77	777	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,412	64.14	906	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	943	62.82	593	6thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	234	164.41/cwt	164.00–165.00	385	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	160.97/cwt	158.00–162.00	439	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	735	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	134.18/cwt	130.00–141.00	845	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	128.98/cwt	128.00–130.00	873	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	925	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,025	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	208	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	296	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	269	139.30/cwt	138.00–140.00	375	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	419	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	325	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	419	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	129.48/cwt	129.00–130.00	489	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	128.46/cwt	125.00–133.00	546	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	125.94/cwt	124.00–128.00	586	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	122.44/cwt	119.00–128.00	640	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	115.00/cwt	114.00–116.00	673	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	756	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	101.95/cwt	100.00–104.00	836	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	890	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	846	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	889	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,085	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	987	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	151.03/cwt	149.00–156.00	485	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	146.90/cwt	140.00–153.00	542	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	144.36/cwt	143.00–148.00	618	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	138.76/cwt	130.00–142.00	660	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	132.42/cwt	130.00–134.00	690	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	525	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	662	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	126.95/cwt	125.00–129.00	717	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	732	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	812	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,710	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,761	1
Bulls	—	—	1,710	96.58/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,652	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	943	58.99/cwt	56.50–60.50	556	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	945	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	775	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,099	67.69/cwt	63.50–72.50	744	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,176	78.62/cwt	74.50–82.50	925	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,384	65.33/cwt	60.00–71.00	904	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,580	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	901	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	900	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	6,660	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	940.00/cwt	900.00–980.00	12,690	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,400	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957.50/cwt	890.00–1,025.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	—	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	—	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 May 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 158Last week 125Year ago 152

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 66Year ago 87

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 30Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	114.00–116.00	115.00
4	—	425	125.00–133.00	128.46
2	—	820	100.00–104.00	101.95
6	—	269	138.00–140.00	139.30
2	—	378	129.00–130.00	129.48
1	—	1,010	88.00	88.00
2	—	208	142.50	142.50
1	—	315	133.00	133.00
6	—	523	119.00–128.00	122.44
1	—	700	108.00	108.00
1	—	1,085	91.00	91.00
2	—	465	124.00–128.00	125.94
1	—	890	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	476	130.00–142.00	138.76
5	—	521	130.00–134.00	132.42
4	—	321	149.00–156.00	151.03
8	—	369	140.00–153.00	146.90
1	—	615	119.00	119.00
1	—	820	99.00	99.00
2	—	565	125.00–129.00	126.95
6	—	428	143.00–148.00	144.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	273	158.00–162.00	160.97
1	—	490	150.00	150.00
5	—	234	164.00–165.00	164.41
1	—	755	120.00	120.00
4	—	630	130.00–141.00	134.18
1	—	740	125.00	125.00
1	—	1,015	101.00	101.00
3	—	677	128.00–130.00	128.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,384	60.00–71.00	65.33
1	—	1,580	57.00	57.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,176	74.50–82.50	78.62
17	—	1,099	63.50–72.50	67.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	943	56.50–60.50	58.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	103.00	103.00
6	—	1,710	94.00–100.00	96.58

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	740.00	740.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,350	900.00–980.00	940.00

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)	2	—	800	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	890.00–1,025.00	957.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00

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	—	—	860.00	860.00

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.