Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2021-06-02

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 2
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067
Feeder Cattle receipts
118 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 110▲ 69 vs year ago 49 · +140.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 37▼ 5 vs year ago 52 · −9.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 7▲ 4 vs year ago 1 · +400.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 3.00 higher overall, with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls and feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.66/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −51.31 against this barn's trailing median of $183.97.
Average price
$132.66
33 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$6.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.52
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2507133.4867729
Small and Medium 1-2439126.705564thin
One grade step is worth $6.79/cwt here — about $121 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 sale33 hd
132.66
—
TN average7 barns · 448 hd
132.13
+0.52
This barn, trailing median6 sales
183.97
−51.31
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
222201181160median 183.9704/0104/0810/0710/2110/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,72898.461,7025thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19971.128539thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49366.8699818
CowsLean 85-90%Average91563.265793thin

Every lot

40 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440157.00/cwt157.00–157.006911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535153.00/cwt153.00–153.008191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545146.00/cwt146.00–146.007961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580150.00/cwt150.00–150.008701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738123.53/cwt121.00–126.009122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2790113.00/cwt113.00–113.008931
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295148.00/cwt148.00–148.004371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373134.08/cwt131.00–138.005003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425125.50/cwt123.00–128.005332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480121.00/cwt121.00–121.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523119.71/cwt115.00–123.006265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579113.64/cwt109.00–117.006588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added603112.49/cwt109.00–116.006782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625104.48/cwt104.00–105.006532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678105.00/cwt105.00–105.007122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-270897.49/cwt95.00–100.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-277592.04/cwt90.00–94.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added780100.00/cwt100.00–100.007801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315162.85/cwt159.00–170.005133
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2375131.89/cwt130.00–134.004952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380158.00/cwt158.00–158.006001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2431141.04/cwt135.00–148.006085
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2465124.00/cwt124.00–124.005771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy470148.00/cwt148.00–148.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2479136.12/cwt130.00–142.006525
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535128.62/cwt126.00–132.006883
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2540119.00/cwt119.00–119.006431
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2587122.59/cwt119.00–128.007205
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2618118.64/cwt116.00–122.007333
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed625111.00/cwt111.00–111.006941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670112.44/cwt110.00–115.007532
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,08583.50/cwt83.50–83.509061
Bulls——1,82898.14/cwt97.50–99.001,7942
Bulls——1,950106.27/cwt105.00–107.502,0722
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91563.26/cwt61.50–65.005793
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17469.34/cwt63.50–74.508147
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28577.37/cwt75.50–79.009942
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49366.86/cwt62.50–72.0099818
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850630.00/cwt630.00–630.005,3551
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200760.00/cwt760.00–760.009,1201

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.