Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2020-08-28

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-28

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Aug 28

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Aug 7Aug 28Sep 11 →

Receipts

535 head

▼ 1,286 vs last sale 1,821▲ 12 vs year ago 523 · +2.3%

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

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.29/cwt on 258 head.

Average price

$131.29

258 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$7.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.68

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	629	132.21	832	226
Medium and Large 2	545	124.78	679	32

One grade step is worth $7.43/cwt here — about $152 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 sale258 hd

131.29

—

TN average12 barns · 2,554 hd

139.97

−8.68

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

Every lot

37 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	333	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	473	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	566	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	138.99/cwt	137.00–140.00	612	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	139.67/cwt	134.00–141.50	668	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	133.99/cwt	130.00–135.00	646	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	135.71/cwt	130.00–136.50	714	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	785	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	584	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	721	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	644	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	763	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	645	133.02/cwt	129.00–134.00	858	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	134.78/cwt	129.00–135.00	883	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	748	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	935	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	940	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	850	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	918	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	852	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	980	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,008	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	935	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	414	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	500	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	124.67/cwt	121.00–125.00	536	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	521	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	118.56/cwt	114.00–119.00	564	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	122.89/cwt	120.00–123.00	589	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	581	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	124.84/cwt	123.00–125.00	662	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	590	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	123.19/cwt	119.50–123.50	710	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	115.39/cwt	112.00–116.50	742	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	644	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	686	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	116.38/cwt	115.00–116.50	759	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	746	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	828	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	838	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	765	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	840	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	706	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	935	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	832	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 Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Sweetwater, TN

Fri Aug 28, 2020

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

Receipts 535Last week 1,821Year ago 523

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	89.00	89.00
2	—	818	93.50	93.50
3	—	755	111.00	111.00
4	—	391	128.00	128.00
8	—	643	112.00–116.50	115.39
12	—	430	121.00–125.00	124.67
51	—	652	115.00–116.50	116.38
15	—	746	111.00	111.00
27	—	479	120.00–123.00	122.89
37	—	530	123.00–125.00	124.84
51	—	576	119.50–123.50	123.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	114.00	114.00
2	—	505	115.00	115.00
2	—	573	103.00	103.00
4	—	644	106.50	106.50
5	—	440	118.50	118.50
1	—	840	84.00	84.00
11	—	476	114.00–119.00	118.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	482	130.00–135.00	133.99
10	—	644	118.50	118.50
1	—	850	108.00	108.00
2	—	410	135.00	135.00
3	—	333	142.00	142.00
4	—	584	123.50	123.50
7	—	510	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	526	130.00–136.50	135.71
9	—	440	137.00–140.00	138.99
15	—	645	129.00–134.00	133.02
22	—	478	134.00–141.50	139.67
31	—	577	136.00	136.00
34	—	748	125.00	125.00
13	—	852	115.00	115.00
55	—	655	129.00–135.00	134.78
1	—	390	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,100	85.00	85.00
3	—	960	105.00	105.00
5	—	758	124.00	124.00

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.