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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 3

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Oct 27Nov 3Nov 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

288 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 257▲ 124 vs year ago 164 · +75.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

91 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 80▲ 25 vs year ago 66 · +37.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

17 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 9▲ 12 vs year ago 5 · +240.0%

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.54/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$119.54

72 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$8.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.47

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	519	120.85	627	61
Medium and Large 2-3	438	113.00	494	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	516	112.11	579	9thin

One grade step is worth $8.74/cwt here — about $48 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 sale72 hd

119.54

—

TN average9 barns · 2,087 hd

126.01

−6.47

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	1,687	86.84	1,465	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,135	61.29	695	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	57.61	783	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,059	56.17	595	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,245	89.00	1,108	1thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	300	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	423	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	342	132.76/cwt	130.50–135.00	454	6
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	147.64/cwt	146.00–149.00	626	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	425	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	561	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	453	144.65/cwt	142.00–150.00	655	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	632	1
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	500	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	670	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	145.70/cwt	139.00–150.00	750	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	525	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	688	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	142.54/cwt	138.00–150.00	810	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	136.18/cwt	129.00–141.00	858	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	126.97/cwt	125.00–129.00	844	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	668	138.02/cwt	135.00–141.00	922	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	920	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	775	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,023	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,106	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,072	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	124.13/cwt	121.00–131.00	397	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	123.99/cwt	122.00–126.00	462	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	380	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	447	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	427	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	128.84/cwt	124.00–130.00	535	10
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	455	118.50/cwt	118.00–119.00	539	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	472	113.83/cwt	110.00–120.00	537	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	122.58/cwt	122.00–126.00	582	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	564	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	120.26/cwt	114.00–126.00	625	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	530	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	578	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	575	126.49/cwt	125.00–128.00	727	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	575	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	621	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	118.04/cwt	113.00–121.00	683	13
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	610	107.33/cwt	105.00–110.00	655	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	623	122.63/cwt	119.00–126.00	764	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	653	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	686	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	116.00/cwt	115.00–118.00	776	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	810	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	851	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	141.93/cwt	138.00–154.00	542	5
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	135.46/cwt	130.00–143.00	577	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	133.99/cwt	133.00–136.00	619	3
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	475	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	599	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	515	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	628	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	130.99/cwt	129.00–135.00	679	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	122.69/cwt	119.00–125.00	696	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	116.00/cwt	112.50–120.00	710	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	735	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	105.66/cwt	102.00–107.50	798	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 4	680	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	272	3
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 4	704	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	275	4
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 4	833	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	350	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 4	935	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	430	2
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,245	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,108	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,470	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,374	1
Bulls	—	—	1,718	85.89/cwt	83.50–91.00	1,476	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	885	63.70/cwt	58.00–72.00	564	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	920	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	672	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	53.82/cwt	48.50–59.50	599	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,134	58.98/cwt	54.50–64.00	669	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	66.98/cwt	66.50–67.50	834	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	57.61/cwt	53.50–62.50	783	21
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	7,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,325	812.50/cwt	800.00–825.00	10,766	2

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 Nov 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 288Last week 257Year ago 164

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 80Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 9Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	142.00–150.00	144.65
2	—	1,140	94.00	94.00
7	—	568	138.00–150.00	142.54
6	—	424	146.00–149.00	147.64
1	—	970	114.00	114.00
1	—	730	126.00	126.00
7	—	630	129.00–141.00	136.18
7	—	515	139.00–150.00	145.70
2	—	665	125.00–129.00	126.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	136.00	136.00
1	—	425	132.00	132.00
6	—	342	130.50–135.00	132.76
1	—	525	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	668	135.00–141.00	138.02
1	—	775	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	130.00	130.00
1	—	300	141.00	141.00
1	—	500	134.00	134.00
1	—	400	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	40.00	40.00
2	—	935	46.00	46.00
2	—	833	42.00	42.00
4	—	704	39.00	39.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	113.00	113.00
9	—	518	129.00–135.00	130.99
7	—	426	130.00–143.00	135.46
5	—	612	112.50–120.00	116.00
5	—	382	138.00–154.00	141.93
3	—	567	119.00–125.00	122.69
3	—	755	102.00–107.50	105.66
3	—	462	133.00–136.00	133.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	120.00	120.00
3	—	515	122.00	122.00
2	—	475	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	122.00–126.00	123.99
12	—	520	114.00–126.00	120.26
10	—	415	124.00–130.00	128.84
13	—	579	113.00–121.00	118.04
7	—	475	122.00–126.00	122.58
3	—	669	115.00–118.00	116.00
3	—	320	121.00–131.00	124.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	125.00–128.00	126.49
1	—	730	120.00	120.00
2	—	623	119.00–126.00	122.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	109.00	109.00
2	—	653	105.00	105.00
1	—	810	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	110.00–120.00	113.83
1	—	575	108.00	108.00
3	—	610	105.00–110.00	107.33
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
1	—	380	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	115.00	115.00
1	—	385	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	118.00–119.00	118.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,113	48.50–59.50	53.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,360	53.50–62.50	57.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	66.50–67.50	66.98
10	—	1,134	54.50–64.00	58.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	885	58.00–72.00	63.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,718	83.50–91.00	85.89
1	—	1,470	93.50	93.50

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	780.00	780.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,325	800.00–825.00	812.50

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.