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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 12

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Sep 21Oct 12Oct 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

196 head

▲ 110 vs last sale 86▼ 8 vs year ago 204 · −3.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

79 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 66▲ 4 vs year ago 75 · +5.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 8▼ 27 vs year ago 42 · −64.3%

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

No comparisons available due to reporter absence last week.

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 $127.48/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$127.48

67 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$12.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.66

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	514	128.10	659	63
Medium and Large 2-3	525	120.00	630	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	483	115.50	557	2thin

One grade step is worth $12.60/cwt here — about $102 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 sale67 hd

127.48

—

TN average9 barns · 2,002 hd

138.14

−10.66

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	1,706	99.97	1,705	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,128	70.52	796	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,416	68.33	968	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,086	60.50	657	5thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$785	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	975	$755	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,025	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	800	$620	1thin

Every lot

75 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	400	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	556	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	735	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	784	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	475	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	665	1
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	490	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	637	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	148.06/cwt	146.00–154.00	770	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	905	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	864	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	139.00/cwt	137.00–142.00	852	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	690	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	966	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	780	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	944	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,214	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	137.96/cwt	133.00–143.00	466	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	375	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	548	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	136.06/cwt	131.00–141.00	513	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	135.36/cwt	132.00–140.00	581	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	460	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	575	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	139.37/cwt	130.00–142.00	677	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	488	125.45/cwt	122.00–129.00	612	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	500	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	555	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	515	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	706	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	122.13/cwt	120.00–128.00	639	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	557	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	746	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	122.49/cwt	120.00–127.00	701	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	590	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	679	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	117.98/cwt	114.00–122.00	717	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	830	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	98.48/cwt	95.00–102.00	798	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	861	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	260	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	377	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	290	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	438	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	330	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	482	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	542	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	350	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	504	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	370	138.50/cwt	131.00–146.00	512	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	166.01/cwt	164.00–168.00	619	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	395	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	628	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	154.84/cwt	149.00–161.00	669	3
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	435	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	576	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	440	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	616	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	463	129.35/cwt	124.00–135.00	599	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	147.61/cwt	145.00–152.00	720	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	505	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	636	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	134.40/cwt	129.00–140.00	706	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	132.48/cwt	126.00–137.50	755	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	121.92/cwt	118.00–124.00	752	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	122.26/cwt	119.00–126.00	807	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	675	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	905	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	108.66/cwt	108.00–110.00	842	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	902	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 4	840	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	529	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	1,083	84.53/cwt	82.00–87.00	915	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	1,175	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,034	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	1,240	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,091	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,706	99.97/cwt	90.00–106.00	1,705	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	60.50/cwt	56.00–68.00	657	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,089	71.36/cwt	67.50–79.50	777	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,198	61.99/cwt	61.50–62.50	743	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,011	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,358	79.24/cwt	79.00–79.50	1,076	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,391	61.82/cwt	60.00–63.00	860	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,438	68.43/cwt	64.50–75.50	984	19
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	850	740.00/head	740.00–740.00	740	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	785.00/head	770.00–800.00	785	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	770.00/head	770.00–770.00	770	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	800	620.00/head	620.00–620.00	620	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	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 Oct 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 196Last week 86Year ago 204

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 66Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 8Year ago 42

No comparisons available due to reporter absence last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	121.00	121.00
1	—	475	140.00	140.00
1	—	400	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	114.00	114.00
1	—	580	149.00	149.00
1	—	475	165.00	165.00
4	—	613	137.00–142.00	139.00
1	—	420	175.00	175.00
4	—	520	146.00–154.00	148.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	140.00	140.00
2	—	580	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	123.00	123.00
2	—	338	133.00–143.00	137.96
2	—	810	95.00–102.00	98.48
6	—	523	120.00–128.00	122.13
1	—	870	99.00	99.00
9	—	572	120.00–127.00	122.49
9	—	377	131.00–141.00	136.06
2	—	608	114.00–122.00	117.98
13	—	486	130.00–142.00	139.37
5	—	429	132.00–140.00	135.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
2	—	488	122.00–129.00	125.45
1	—	610	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
1	—	500	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	105.00	105.00
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
1	—	520	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	125.00	125.00
1	—	590	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	137.00	137.00
1	—	375	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,083	82.00–87.00	84.53
1	—	1,175	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,240	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	108.00–110.00	108.66
4	—	660	119.00–126.00	122.26
1	—	290	151.00	151.00
3	—	617	118.00–124.00	121.92
6	—	570	126.00–137.50	132.48
3	—	488	145.00–152.00	147.61
3	—	432	149.00–161.00	154.84
1	—	345	157.00	157.00
1	—	700	118.00	118.00
2	—	525	129.00–140.00	134.40
2	—	373	164.00–168.00	166.01
1	—	940	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	124.00–135.00	129.35
2	—	370	131.00–146.00	138.50
1	—	435	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	144.00	144.00
1	—	330	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	145.00	145.00
1	—	505	126.00	126.00
1	—	440	140.00	140.00
1	—	395	159.00	159.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,358	79.00–79.50	79.24
19	—	1,438	64.50–75.50	68.43
7	—	1,391	60.00–63.00	61.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	61.50–62.50	61.99
1	—	1,225	82.50	82.50
6	—	1,089	67.50–79.50	71.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,086	56.00–68.00	60.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,706	90.00–106.00	99.97

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,075	770.00–800.00	785.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	770.00	770.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	740.00	740.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	620.00	620.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	1,025.00	1,025.00

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.