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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 15

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

193 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 239▼ 12 vs year ago 205 · −5.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

56 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 78▼ 52 vs year ago 108 · −48.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 54▼ 8 vs year ago 17 · −47.1%

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, feeder heifers weighing under 600 lbs. mostly steady overall with those weighing over 600 lbs. sharply lower, and no comparisons available for feeder steers and bulls due to limited comparable receipts. Regarding slaughter classes- boning and lean cows holding mostly steady overall with breaker cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, and no comparisons available for slaughter bulls due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.17/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$129.17

50 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.16

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	499	129.17	644	50

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale50 hd

129.17

—

TN average9 barns · 1,957 hd

130.33

−1.16

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,715	91.21	1,564	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	68.02	850	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,552	66.57	1,033	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	62.91	664	5thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	672	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	713	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	146.84/cwt	142.00–150.00	768	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	153.26/cwt	149.00–159.00	895	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	145.31/cwt	141.00–153.00	886	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	865	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	918	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	942	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	805	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	950	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,004	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	307	132.01/cwt	131.00–134.00	405	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	137.14/cwt	131.00–143.00	524	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	135.63/cwt	129.00–139.00	579	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	129.38/cwt	127.00–133.00	616	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	515	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	618	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	131.40/cwt	122.00–135.00	689	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	535	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	610	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	123.44/cwt	119.00–128.00	711	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	766	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	122.01/cwt	116.00–126.00	806	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	111.51/cwt	111.00–112.00	801	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	541	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	153.83/cwt	150.00–160.00	577	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	145.13/cwt	136.00–149.00	639	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	146.40/cwt	140.00–153.00	692	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	140.84/cwt	130.00–144.00	741	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	133.29/cwt	131.00–135.00	770	3
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	595	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	744	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	128.75/cwt	125.00–132.00	798	4
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	120.51/cwt	118.00–123.00	787	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	109.47/cwt	105.00–114.00	805	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	750	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	728	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	805	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	755	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	245	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	282	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	530	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	477	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	800	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	688	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,155	83.06/cwt	81.50–84.50	959	2
Bulls	—	—	2,088	96.65/cwt	95.50–97.50	2,018	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	62.91/cwt	58.00–65.50	664	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	68.02/cwt	64.00–70.50	850	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,552	66.57/cwt	62.50–69.50	1,033	19
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	—	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	8,190	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 Sep 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 193Last week 239Year ago 205

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 78Year ago 108

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 54Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	661	116.00–126.00	122.01
6	—	524	122.00–135.00	131.40
5	—	476	127.00–133.00	129.38
4	—	576	119.00–128.00	123.44
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
9	—	382	131.00–143.00	137.14
10	—	427	129.00–139.00	135.63
2	—	628	122.00	122.00
2	—	718	111.00–112.00	111.51
3	—	307	131.00–134.00	132.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	142.00–150.00	146.84
1	—	495	144.00	144.00
1	—	420	160.00	160.00
1	—	740	124.00	124.00
1	—	760	124.00	124.00
2	—	668	129.00–130.00	129.50
4	—	584	149.00–159.00	153.26
3	—	610	141.00–153.00	145.31
1	—	810	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	120.00	120.00
1	—	805	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	90.00	90.00
1	—	245	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	105.00–114.00	109.47
5	—	440	136.00–149.00	145.13
4	—	620	125.00–132.00	128.75
3	—	578	131.00–135.00	133.29
5	—	375	150.00–160.00	153.83
1	—	340	159.00	159.00
1	—	875	92.00	92.00
12	—	526	130.00–144.00	140.84
2	—	473	140.00–153.00	146.40
1	—	915	82.50	82.50
2	—	653	118.00–123.00	120.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	97.00	97.00
1	—	485	110.00	110.00
1	—	595	125.00	125.00
1	—	640	115.00	115.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	910.00	910.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,088	95.50–97.50	96.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	81.50–84.50	83.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,250	64.00–70.50	68.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,552	62.50–69.50	66.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,055	58.00–65.50	62.91

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.