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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-03

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

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Apr 26May 3May 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

194 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 199▲ 59 vs year ago 135 · +43.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

70 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 69▼ 10 vs year ago 80 · −12.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 8▲ 8 vs year ago 13 · +61.5%

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, breaker and boning cows mostly steady overall, with lean cows 7.00 to 8.00 higher, and slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. No comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts, but a higher undertone was noted.

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 $206.92/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +22.95 against this barn's trailing median of $183.97.

Average price

$206.92

41 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,027

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$12.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.93

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	355	219.00	777	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	509	206.64	1,052	38
Small and Medium 1-2	323	206.25	665	2thin

One grade step is worth $12.75/cwt here — about $112 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 sale41 hd

206.92

—

TN average10 barns · 999 hd

200.00

+6.93

This barn, trailing median6 sales

183.97

+22.95

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	—	High	1,521	124.53	1,894	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,111	94.17	1,046	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,296	91.26	1,183	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,022	81.82	836	17

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$1,175	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,133	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,040	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	967	$973	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$910	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	875	$1,098	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,040	1thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	775	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	257.96/cwt	252.50–262.50	980	3
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	388	228.76/cwt	227.50–230.00	888	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	220.81/cwt	215.00–228.00	927	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	222.81/cwt	219.00–230.00	1,034	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	216.29/cwt	205.00–228.00	1,118	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	192.02/cwt	190.00–194.00	1,123	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	195.89/cwt	191.00–201.00	1,312	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	385	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	701	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	211.06/cwt	204.00–219.00	823	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	390	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	722	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	410	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	910	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	413	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	743	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	187.56/cwt	185.00–190.00	788	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	470	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	992	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	470	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	780	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	189.13/cwt	179.00–203.00	915	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	192.77/cwt	183.00–205.00	999	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,144	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	565	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	966	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	186.07/cwt	178.00–195.00	1,074	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,074	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	673	146.77/cwt	140.00–154.00	988	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	720	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	900	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	260	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	527	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	313	229.15/cwt	225.00–232.50	717	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	355	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	777	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	236.94/cwt	228.00–242.00	900	4
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	385	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	809	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	220.85/cwt	218.00–225.00	910	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	215.76/cwt	209.00–222.50	1,018	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	204.63/cwt	197.50–219.00	1,058	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,130	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	635	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,035	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,184	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	179.48/cwt	176.00–185.00	1,217	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	167.57/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,295	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,131	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,105	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,348	1
Bulls	—	—	1,513	123.29/cwt	118.50–126.00	1,865	4
Bulls	—	—	1,970	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,600	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	943	72.05/cwt	70.00–73.00	679	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,046	84.82/cwt	78.00–88.00	887	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,059	90.36/cwt	87.50–94.00	957	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,130	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	972	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	83.65/cwt	81.50–86.50	962	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,176	103.40/cwt	99.00–108.50	1,216	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,329	92.31/cwt	88.50–95.50	1,227	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	850	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	1,040.00/head	1,040.00–1,040.00	1,040	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	1,035.00/head	1,030.00–1,040.00	1,035	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	1,132.50/head	1,030.00–1,250.00	1,133	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040.00/head	1,040.00–1,040.00	1,040	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	1,097.50/head	1,070.00–1,125.00	1,098	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 May 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 194Last week 199Year ago 135

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 69Year ago 80

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 8Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	228.00–242.00	236.94
5	—	412	218.00–225.00	220.85
2	—	773	165.00–170.00	167.57
4	—	678	176.00–185.00	179.48
5	—	517	197.50–219.00	204.63
10	—	472	209.00–222.50	215.76
2	—	568	199.00	199.00
1	—	850	133.00	133.00
3	—	313	225.00–232.50	229.15
1	—	640	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	202.50	202.50
1	—	385	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	190.00–194.00	192.02
3	—	420	215.00–228.00	220.81
5	—	517	205.00–228.00	216.29
4	—	464	219.00–230.00	222.81
2	—	670	191.00–201.00	195.89
1	—	310	250.00	250.00
3	—	380	252.50–262.50	257.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	227.50–230.00	228.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	125.00	125.00
2	—	673	140.00–154.00	146.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	208.00	208.00
1	—	410	222.00	222.00
1	—	470	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	185.00–190.00	187.56
4	—	484	179.00–203.00	189.13
6	—	518	183.00–205.00	192.77
10	—	390	204.00–219.00	211.06
2	—	600	179.00	179.00
3	—	577	178.00–195.00	186.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	180.00	180.00
1	—	565	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	166.00	166.00
1	—	390	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,329	88.50–95.50	92.31
1	—	1,130	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,176	99.00–108.50	103.40
2	—	1,150	81.50–86.50	83.65
9	—	1,059	87.50–94.00	90.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	943	70.00–73.00	72.05
13	—	1,046	78.00–88.00	84.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,970	132.00	132.00
4	—	1,513	118.50–126.00	123.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	122.00	122.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,025	1,030.00–1,040.00	1,035.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,100	1,030.00–1,250.00	1,132.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	1,040.00	1,040.00

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	850.00	850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,040.00	1,040.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	875	1,070.00–1,125.00	1,097.50

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.