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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-04

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Aug 4

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

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Receipts

1,305 head

▲ 704 vs last sale 601▼ 362 vs year ago 1,667 · −21.7%

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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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's offerings included the following load lots: 1 load ML 1 Steers, 647 lbs., $248.35, medium flesh, black; 1 load ML 1 preconditioned Steers, 641 lbs., $272.00, medium flesh, black/bwf; 1 load ML 1 preconditioned Steers, 743 lbs., $255.25, medium flesh, black/bwf; 1 load ML 1 preconditioned Heifers, 644 lbs., $241.50, medium flesh, black/bwf; 1 load ML 1 preconditioned Heifers, 789 lbs., $224.50, medium flesh, mostly black.

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 $251.78/cwt on 695 head.

Average price

$251.78

695 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

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

$16.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.85

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	641	253.74	1,626	611
Medium and Large 2	562	237.58	1,335	84

One grade step is worth $16.16/cwt here — about $291 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 sale695 hd

251.78

—

TN average15 barns · 2,651 hd

248.93

+2.85

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

Every lot

64 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	859	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	345	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	768	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	951	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	381	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	930	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,076	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,041	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	464	268.51/cwt	259.00–269.50	1,246	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	239.09/cwt	229.00–242.50	1,131	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,192	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	477	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,171	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,211	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,267	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	541	267.76/cwt	262.50–268.50	1,449	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,316	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	564	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,390	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	246.88/cwt	234.00–247.50	1,429	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	586	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,573	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	641	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,744	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	645	236.96/cwt	223.00–238.50	1,528	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	647	247.55/cwt	239.25–248.35	1,602	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	248.35/cwt	248.35–248.35	1,614	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	225.74/cwt	223.00–228.00	1,501	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	688	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,809	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	737	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,658	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	741	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,760	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	743	255.25/cwt	255.25–255.25	1,897	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,817	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	831	238.75/cwt	238.75–238.75	1,984	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,844	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	870	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,827	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	919	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,026	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,095	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,000	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,110	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,250	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,500	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	340	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	714	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	842	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	384	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	806	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	229.12/cwt	221.00–230.50	974	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	425	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	931	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	918	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	451	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	988	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	467	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,177	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	207.41/cwt	205.00–210.00	971	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	232.25/cwt	232.25–232.25	1,106	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,014	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,180	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	544	222.89/cwt	213.50–223.50	1,213	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	555	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,185	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	558	235.87/cwt	223.50–236.25	1,316	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,164	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,252	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,119	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	212.86/cwt	204.00–213.50	1,362	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	644	239.58/cwt	223.50–241.50	1,543	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	647	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,343	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	680	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,411	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	715	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,444	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	210.75/cwt	210.75–210.75	1,536	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	769	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,553	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	789	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,771	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	808	171.75/cwt	171.00–172.50	1,388	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,603	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	939	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,690	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 Aug 4, 2023

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

Receipts 1,305Last week 601Year ago 1,667

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	647	207.50	207.50
16	—	544	213.50–223.50	222.89
1	—	715	202.00	202.00
2	—	555	213.50	213.50
7	—	451	219.00	219.00
1	—	680	207.50	207.50
3	—	769	202.00	202.00
2	—	425	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	558	223.50–236.25	235.87
4	—	939	180.00	180.00
32	—	467	252.00	252.00
62	—	789	224.50	224.50
85	—	644	223.50–241.50	239.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	216.00	216.00
1	—	565	206.00	206.00
2	—	808	171.00–172.50	171.75
3	—	520	195.00	195.00
2	—	468	205.00–210.00	207.41
1	—	340	210.00	210.00
4	—	384	210.00	210.00
1	—	605	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	729	210.75	210.75
8	—	381	221.00	221.00
20	—	476	232.25	232.25
44	—	528	223.50	223.50
73	—	640	204.00–213.50	212.86
13	—	425	221.00–230.50	229.12
2	—	818	196.00	196.00
55	—	581	215.50	215.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	560	235.00	235.00
1	—	345	222.50	222.50
5	—	381	244.00	244.00
1	—	760	220.00	220.00
8	—	473	229.00–242.50	239.09
6	—	426	252.50	252.50
9	—	665	223.00–228.00	225.74
9	—	522	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	528	240.00	240.00
13	—	650	248.35	248.35
4	—	370	257.00	257.00
2	—	765	237.50	237.50
23	—	476	250.50	250.50
10	—	432	241.00	241.00
29	—	741	237.50	237.50
65	—	579	234.00–247.50	246.88
1	—	340	252.50	252.50
4	—	838	220.00	220.00
90	—	647	239.25–248.35	247.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	541	262.50–268.50	267.76
1	—	1,250	200.00	200.00
6	—	919	220.50	220.50
1	—	1,000	211.00	211.00
1	—	950	220.50	220.50
37	—	688	263.00	263.00
30	—	586	268.50	268.50
79	—	641	272.00	272.00
21	—	464	259.00–269.50	268.51
69	—	743	255.25	255.25
45	—	831	238.75	238.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	477	245.50	245.50
10	—	645	223.00–238.50	236.96
16	—	564	246.50	246.50
1	—	870	210.00	210.00
7	—	737	225.00	225.00

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.