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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 21

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Sep 14Sep 21Oct 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

86 head

▼ 130 vs last sale 216▼ 68 vs year ago 154 · −44.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

66 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 98▼ 19 vs year ago 85 · −22.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 4▼ 3 vs year ago 11 · −27.3%

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 gauging 1.00 to 4.00 higher overall, with slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.44/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$137.44

20 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$89

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$19.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.09

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	437	140.16	613	17thin
Small and Medium 1-2	580	122.50	711	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	121.00	702	1thin

One grade step is worth $19.16/cwt here — about −$89 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 sale20 hd

137.44

—

TN average9 barns · 1,841 hd

149.53

−12.09

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	1,988	107.00	2,127	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,124	90.88	1,021	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	87.65	1,192	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,161	77.27	897	7thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,300	$1,125	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	750	$775	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	650	$640	1thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	335	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	499	1
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	415	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	685	1
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	525	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	809	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	880	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	695	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,036	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	705	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,050	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	290	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	418	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	451	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	143.75/cwt	136.00–149.00	556	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	141.68/cwt	140.00–145.00	619	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	140.64/cwt	138.00–142.00	668	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	135.51/cwt	135.00–136.00	702	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	535	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	663	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	731	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	702	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	625	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	756	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	611	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	350	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	525	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	693	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	674	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	149.40/cwt	142.00–156.00	759	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	525	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	693	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	553	147.49/cwt	145.00–150.00	816	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	898	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	739	128.67/cwt	128.00–129.00	951	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	122.47/cwt	120.00–125.00	998	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,240	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	1,197	1
Bulls	—	—	2,078	110.66/cwt	105.00–114.00	2,300	3
Bulls	—	—Heavy Weight	2,465	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	2,625	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,107	99.83/cwt	92.50–106.50	1,105	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	77.15/cwt	71.50–80.00	855	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,134	85.28/cwt	79.00–88.50	967	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,349	85.22/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,150	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,396	95.53/cwt	92.00–97.50	1,334	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,480	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,154	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	650	640.00/head	640.00–640.00	640	1
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	750	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	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 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 86Last week 216Year ago 154

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 98Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 4Year ago 11

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 4.00 higher overall, with slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. No comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	145.00–150.00	147.49
1	—	435	155.00	155.00
1	—	345	177.00	177.00
3	—	508	142.00–156.00	149.40
3	—	739	128.00–129.00	128.67
1	—	665	135.00	135.00
2	—	815	120.00–125.00	122.47
1	—	470	150.00	150.00
1	—	385	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	149.00	149.00
1	—	695	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	165.00	165.00
1	—	525	154.00	154.00
1	—	335	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	141.00	141.00
3	—	475	138.00–142.00	140.64
3	—	437	140.00–145.00	141.68
5	—	387	136.00–149.00	143.75
2	—	518	135.00–136.00	135.51
2	—	560	130.00–131.00	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	124.00	124.00
1	—	625	121.00	121.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,125.00	1,125.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	650	640.00	640.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	750	775.00	775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,465	106.50	106.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	96.50	96.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,078	105.00–114.00	110.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,107	92.50–106.50	99.83
8	—	1,134	79.00–88.50	85.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,349	80.00–89.00	85.22
4	—	1,396	92.00–97.50	95.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,108	71.50–80.00	77.15
1	—	1,480	78.00	78.00

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.