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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 4

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

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Feeder Cattle receipts

179 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 146▼ 13 vs year ago 192 · −6.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

82 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 95▼ 42 vs year ago 124 · −33.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 10▼ 1 vs year ago 8 · −12.5%

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

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 $140.56/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −43.42 against this barn's trailing median of $183.97.

Average price

$140.56

53 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$13.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.01

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	520	141.23	735	50
Medium and Large 2-3	480	133.00	638	1thin
Small and Medium 1-2	513	127.50	653	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.73/cwt here — about $81 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 sale53 hd

140.56

—

TN average7 barns · 715 hd

134.54

+6.01

This barn, trailing median6 sales

183.97

−43.42

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	—	Average	1,634	99.41	1,625	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,191	74.72	890	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,430	73.60	1,052	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	63.93	703	5thin

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	587	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	718	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	756	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	652	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	728	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	866	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	773	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	610	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	805	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	968	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,072	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	144.53/cwt	140.00–150.00	455	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	142.18/cwt	138.00–145.00	543	5
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	415	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	502	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	137.43/cwt	130.00–140.00	601	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	137.01/cwt	135.00–138.00	647	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	132.51/cwt	125.00–136.00	692	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	540	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	745	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	125.64/cwt	124.00–129.00	720	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	610	131.98/cwt	131.00–133.00	805	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	121.69/cwt	116.00–125.00	742	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	121.02/cwt	115.00–127.00	802	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	355	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	618	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	162.73/cwt	157.50–167.00	630	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	154.10/cwt	150.00–162.50	650	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	148.08/cwt	140.00–154.00	686	6
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	465	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	605	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	480	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	638	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	139.60/cwt	134.00–144.00	729	15
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	135.60/cwt	129.00–139.00	763	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	123.23/cwt	121.00–126.00	780	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	791	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	109.98/cwt	109.00–111.00	845	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	890	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	908	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Small 4	805	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	531	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,250	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,125	1
Bulls	—	—	1,581	97.11/cwt	96.00–98.50	1,535	4
Bulls	—	—	1,933	108.72/cwt	108.00–109.50	2,102	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	63.93/cwt	60.50–69.50	703	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	70.40/cwt	67.00–75.50	808	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,256	81.21/cwt	78.00–83.50	1,020	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,383	79.61/cwt	78.00–82.50	1,101	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,435	72.93/cwt	66.50–77.50	1,047	27
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,600	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	16,160	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 Aug 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 179Last week 146Year ago 192

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 95Year ago 124

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 10Year ago 8

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	1	—	1,600	1,010.00	1,010.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,256	78.00–83.50	81.21
9	—	1,148	67.00–75.50	70.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,435	66.50–77.50	72.93
3	—	1,383	78.00–82.50	79.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,100	60.50–69.50	63.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,581	96.00–98.50	97.11
2	—	1,933	108.00–109.50	108.72

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	116.00–125.00	121.69
8	—	522	125.00–136.00	132.51
6	—	472	135.00–138.00	137.01
11	—	437	130.00–140.00	137.43
2	—	663	115.00–127.00	121.02
3	—	573	124.00–129.00	125.64
5	—	382	138.00–145.00	142.18
3	—	315	140.00–150.00	144.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	131.00–133.00	131.98
2	—	540	138.00	138.00
2	—	430	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	113.00	113.00
1	—	890	102.00	102.00
15	—	522	134.00–144.00	139.60
2	—	768	109.00–111.00	109.98
5	—	387	157.50–167.00	162.73
6	—	463	140.00–154.00	148.08
7	—	422	150.00–162.50	154.10
8	—	563	129.00–139.00	135.60
4	—	633	121.00–126.00	123.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	130.00	130.00
1	—	560	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	155.00	155.00
2	—	570	152.00	152.00
1	—	345	170.00	170.00
1	—	800	134.00	134.00
1	—	645	150.00	150.00
1	—	425	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	132.00	132.00
1	—	490	133.00	133.00
1	—	535	136.00	136.00
2	—	575	134.00–135.00	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	66.00	66.00

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.