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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-22

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Oct 22

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

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Receipts

960 head

▲ 705 vs last sale 255▼ 34 vs year ago 994 · −3.4%

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 classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.81/cwt on 448 head.

Average price

$141.81

448 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$1.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.04

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	661	142.12	939	367
Medium and Large 2	597	140.39	838	81

One grade step is worth $1.73/cwt here — about $100 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 sale448 hd

141.81

—

TN average10 barns · 2,041 hd

142.85

−1.04

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

Every lot

66 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	625	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	443	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	576	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	473	160.75/cwt	160.75–160.75	760	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	700	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	478	161.79/cwt	158.00–162.25	773	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	592	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	765	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	694	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	544	157.75/cwt	157.75–157.75	858	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	554	151.71/cwt	139.00–152.25	840	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	556	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	845	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	829	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	626	125.60/cwt	116.00–128.00	786	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	634	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	922	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	872	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	645	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	853	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	655	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	866	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	660	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	960	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	903	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	710	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	932	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	128.51/cwt	124.00–129.00	950	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	953	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	759	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	996	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	770	137.96/cwt	136.50–138.25	1,062	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	955	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	815	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	994	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,042	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	835	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,044	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	859	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,121	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,098	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	920	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,122	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,068	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	939	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,176	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,024	115.25/cwt	115.25–115.25	1,180	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,025	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	974	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,212	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,321	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	320	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	378	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	358	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	448	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	425	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	534	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	475	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	638	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	125.38/cwt	121.50–127.25	597	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	478	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	621	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	653	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	549	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	677	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	555	133.29/cwt	128.75–133.75	740	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	567	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	692	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	704	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	737	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	115.75/cwt	115.75–115.75	741	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	643	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	794	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	645	129.72/cwt	125.50–130.25	837	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	115.75/cwt	115.75–115.75	764	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	666	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	867	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	804	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	743	120.56/cwt	120.25–123.50	896	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	813	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	773	125.01/cwt	123.50–125.10	966	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	795	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	894	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	807	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	863	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	856	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	839	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	965	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	935	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,075	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	980	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	951	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 Oct 22, 2021

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

Receipts 960Last week 255Year ago 994

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	437	143.00	143.00
3	—	929	115.00	115.00
3	—	830	125.50	125.50
3	—	638	136.75	136.75
1	—	875	125.50	125.50
32	—	660	136.75	136.75
20	—	739	124.00–129.00	128.51
1	—	770	124.00	124.00
4	—	1,024	115.25	115.25
3	—	1,212	109.00	109.00
19	—	476	147.00	147.00
18	—	525	145.75	145.75
17	—	583	142.25	142.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	122.00	122.00
5	—	626	116.00–128.00	125.60
4	—	443	130.00	130.00
3	—	565	130.00	130.00
2	—	750	127.00	127.00
2	—	530	131.00	131.00
2	—	485	122.00	122.00
1	—	1,025	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	655	132.25	132.25
11	—	473	160.75	160.75
1	—	920	122.00	122.00
1	—	710	131.25	131.25
2	—	835	125.00	125.00
2	—	645	132.25	132.25
26	—	554	139.00–152.25	151.71
4	—	759	131.25	131.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	660	145.50	145.50
8	—	939	125.25	125.25
6	—	556	152.00	152.00
5	—	859	130.50	130.50
83	—	634	145.50	145.50
76	—	770	136.50–138.25	137.96
28	—	544	157.75	157.75
18	—	478	158.00–162.25	161.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	358	125.00	125.00
6	—	422	126.50	126.50
1	—	815	105.00	105.00
1	—	795	112.50	112.50
1	—	715	112.50	112.50
1	—	660	115.75	115.75
19	—	476	121.50–127.25	125.38
16	—	576	122.25	122.25
13	—	640	115.75	115.75
11	—	529	123.50	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	110.00	110.00
1	—	760	107.00	107.00
1	—	635	116.00	116.00
1	—	360	118.00	118.00
1	—	320	118.00	118.00
3	—	807	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	839	115.00	115.00
2	—	935	115.00	115.00
30	—	475	134.25	134.25
12	—	666	130.25	130.25
88	—	645	125.50–130.25	129.72
87	—	555	128.75–133.75	133.29
69	—	773	123.50–125.10	125.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	567	122.00	122.00
23	—	549	123.25	123.25
14	—	643	123.50	123.50
13	—	478	130.00	130.00
1	—	980	97.00	97.00
10	—	743	120.25–123.50	120.56

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.