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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 28

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Jul 21Jul 28Aug 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

146 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 133▲ 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

95 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 85▲ 95 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 5▲ 10 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 last week, regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows 1.00 higher with lean cows 4.00 higher, and limited receipts for slaughter bulls, but a higher undertone noted. No comparisons available for feeder classes 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 $145.38/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −38.59 against this barn's trailing median of $183.97.

Average price

$145.38

41 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$128

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

$8.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.86

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	383	153.02	586	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	492	144.99	714	39

One grade step is worth $8.03/cwt here — about −$128 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 sale41 hd

145.38

—

TN average8 barns · 727 hd

134.52

+10.86

This barn, trailing median6 sales

183.97

−38.59

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	1,625	106.31	1,728	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,216	74.36	904	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,475	69.48	1,025	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,139	66.71	760	11

Every lot

45 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	635	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	700	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	767	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	143.27/cwt	136.00–150.00	814	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	135.42/cwt	133.00–140.00	842	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	705	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	917	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	910	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	983	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	147.97/cwt	144.00–150.00	481	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	360	148.77/cwt	147.50–150.00	536	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	134.98/cwt	130.00–139.00	497	4
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	405	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	518	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	135.12/cwt	131.00–140.00	563	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	132.85/cwt	127.00–134.00	622	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	505	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	601	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	129.47/cwt	124.00–131.00	700	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	701	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	740	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	796	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	160.98/cwt	160.00–162.00	520	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	348	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	637	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	365	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	648	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	167.46/cwt	164.00–171.00	625	4
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	383	153.02/cwt	150.00–156.00	586	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	152.23/cwt	148.00–160.00	647	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	146.11/cwt	140.00–156.00	691	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	138.73/cwt	135.00–145.00	724	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	128.96/cwt	126.00–132.00	729	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	125.00/cwt	124.00–126.00	794	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	826	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	799	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	493	94.02/cwt	90.00–98.00	464	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,550	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,628	1
Bulls	—	—	1,663	106.96/cwt	106.50–107.50	1,779	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	702	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,157	66.03/cwt	62.50–71.50	764	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,167	71.23/cwt	66.00–76.00	831	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,309	80.28/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,051	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,395	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,102	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	69.60/cwt	66.00–76.00	1,029	28
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	63.01/cwt	62.50–63.50	931	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	787.50/cwt	750.00–825.00	6,497	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,375	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,800	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	9,240	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,050	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 Jul 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 146Last week 133Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 85Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 5Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	750.00	750.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	825	750.00–825.00	787.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	725.00	725.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	840.00	840.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,663	106.50–107.50	106.96
1	—	1,550	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	79.00	79.00
2	—	1,478	62.50–63.50	63.01
28	—	1,478	66.00–76.00	69.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,157	62.50–71.50	66.03
1	—	955	73.50	73.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,309	77.00–85.00	80.28
17	—	1,167	66.00–76.00	71.23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	541	124.00–131.00	129.47
1	—	730	109.00	109.00
4	—	368	130.00–139.00	134.98
3	—	325	144.00–150.00	147.97
7	—	468	127.00–134.00	132.85
1	—	565	124.00	124.00
1	—	655	113.00	113.00
6	—	417	131.00–140.00	135.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	147.50–150.00	148.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	126.00–132.00	128.96
1	—	765	108.00	108.00
8	—	473	140.00–156.00	146.11
1	—	815	98.00	98.00
4	—	635	124.00–126.00	125.00
4	—	373	164.00–171.00	167.46
9	—	522	135.00–145.00	138.73
4	—	425	148.00–160.00	152.23
2	—	323	160.00–162.00	160.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	150.00–156.00	153.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	177.50	177.50
2	—	348	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	153.00	153.00
3	—	622	133.00–140.00	135.42
13	—	568	136.00–150.00	143.27
1	—	470	149.00	149.00
1	—	515	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	90.00–98.00	94.02

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.