Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2019-10-18

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-18

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Oct 18

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Oct 4Oct 18Nov 8 →

Receipts

1,061 head

▲ 562 vs last sale 499▲ 1,061 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026 Graded Holstein Steer SaleFri Oct 9, 2026 Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026

View

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 $116.31/cwt on 487 head.

Average price

$116.31

487 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$10.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.49

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	587	117.79	692	417
Medium and Large 2	557	107.46	598	70

One grade step is worth $10.33/cwt here — about $93 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 sale487 hd

116.31

—

TN average7 barns · 2,069 hd

115.82

+0.49

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

Every lot

65 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	486	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	389	129.19/cwt	126.00–130.00	503	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	550	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	475	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	445	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	634	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	459	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	620	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	462	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	554	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	463	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	660	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	651	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	510	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	632	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	619	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	127.47/cwt	122.00–128.00	676	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	561	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	791	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	125.68/cwt	112.00–128.50	716	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	125.87/cwt	120.00–127.50	733	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	769	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	645	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	813	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	649	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	863	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	125.50/cwt	124.00–126.00	818	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	654	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	693	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	662	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	814	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	734	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	837	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	747	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	889	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	754	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	788	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	788	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,024	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	790	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	901	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	834	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	876	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	840	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	773	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	855	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	949	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	855	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	941	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	930	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	893	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	935	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	785	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	955	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	965	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	965	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	926	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	980	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	823	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,035	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	849	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	403	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	459	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	428	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	492	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	429	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	450	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	498	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	456	114.40/cwt	112.00–115.00	522	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	472	122.62/cwt	117.00–124.00	579	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	550	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	481	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	486	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	517	122.68/cwt	116.00–123.00	634	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	108.30/cwt	105.00–109.00	575	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	535	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	602	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	540	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	502	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	554	122.73/cwt	120.00–123.00	680	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	562	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	556	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	567	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	669	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	108.35/cwt	104.00–109.00	625	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	643	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	675	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	646	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	678	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	784	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	653	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	646	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	656	114.43/cwt	111.00–117.00	751	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	700	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	693	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	701	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	754	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	882	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	755	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	680	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	744	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	773	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	804	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	829	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	688	4

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 Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Sweetwater, TN

Fri Oct 18, 2019

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

Receipts 1,061Last week 499Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	82.00	82.00
1	—	980	84.00	84.00
1	—	360	135.00	135.00
44	—	652	124.00–126.00	125.50
23	—	530	122.00–128.00	127.47
20	—	582	120.00–127.50	125.87
14	—	747	119.00	119.00
14	—	482	135.00	135.00
6	—	855	110.00	110.00
5	—	645	126.00	126.00
3	—	423	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	662	123.00	123.00
6	—	734	114.00	114.00
5	—	834	105.00	105.00
4	—	459	135.00	135.00
2	—	930	96.00	96.00
1	—	965	96.00	96.00
1	—	790	114.00	114.00
1	—	510	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	570	112.00–128.50	125.68
6	—	527	117.50	117.50
5	—	389	126.00–130.00	129.19
4	—	754	104.50	104.50
4	—	654	106.00	106.00
4	—	424	112.00	112.00
3	—	462	120.00	120.00
2	—	935	84.00	84.00
2	—	840	92.00	92.00
2	—	625	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	649	133.00	133.00
67	—	561	141.00	141.00
63	—	788	130.00	130.00
10	—	463	142.50	142.50
4	—	955	101.00	101.00
3	—	855	111.00	111.00
1	—	445	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	456	112.00–115.00	114.40
12	—	567	118.00	118.00
11	—	643	105.00	105.00
3	—	535	112.50	112.50
2	—	773	104.00	104.00
2	—	428	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	481	101.00	101.00
4	—	829	83.00	83.00
4	—	429	105.00	105.00
3	—	562	99.00	99.00
3	—	360	112.00	112.00
2	—	755	90.00	90.00
2	—	653	99.00	99.00
1	—	700	99.00	99.00
1	—	540	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	554	120.00–123.00	122.73
76	—	648	121.00	121.00
52	—	754	117.00	117.00
46	—	517	116.00–123.00	122.68
31	—	472	117.00–124.00	122.62
21	—	656	111.00–117.00	114.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	531	105.00–109.00	108.30
23	—	577	104.00–109.00	108.35
20	—	646	105.00	105.00
14	—	478	115.00	115.00
14	—	437	114.00	114.00
9	—	376	122.00	122.00
4	—	759	98.00	98.00
1	—	715	98.00	98.00

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.