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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-17

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Mar 17

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2072

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Receipts

511 head

▲ 160 vs last sale 351▼ 16 vs year ago 527 · −3.0%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026 Graded Feeder Cattle SaleFri Oct 16, 2026 Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026

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Every lot

27 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Holstein Steer 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 · Dairy Steers27 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	316	139.05/cwt	135.00–140.00	439	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	333	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	649	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	342	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	568	3
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	358	138.30/cwt	135.00–140.00	495	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	377	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	641	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	379	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	618	4
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	404	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	576	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	421	162.86/cwt	162.00–163.00	686	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	434	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	707	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	482	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	795	13
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	482	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	757	12
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	526	165.16/cwt	161.00–165.50	869	13
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	528	135.91/cwt	130.00–145.00	718	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	533	161.38/cwt	159.00–161.50	860	20
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	564	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	869	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	581	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	927	31
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	646	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,030	9
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	662	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,023	76
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	662	139.03/cwt	132.50–145.00	920	13
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	750	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,118	70
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	758	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,084	5
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	783	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,077	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	843	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,138	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	901	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,275	57
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	925	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,295	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,106	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,410	24
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,428	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,557	2

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages

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East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Holstein Steer Sale - Sweetwater, TN

Fri Mar 17, 2023

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

Receipts 511Last week 351Year ago 527

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	750	149.00	149.00
24	—	1,106	127.50	127.50
31	—	581	159.50	159.50
57	—	901	141.50	141.50
76	—	662	154.50	154.50
3	—	342	166.00	166.00
4	—	379	163.00	163.00
7	—	434	163.00	163.00
13	—	482	165.00	165.00
20	—	533	159.00–161.50	161.38
2	—	1,428	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	528	130.00–145.00	135.91
6	—	358	135.00–140.00	138.30
13	—	662	132.50–145.00	139.03
3	—	783	137.50	137.50
4	—	404	142.50	142.50
1	—	925	140.00	140.00
5	—	316	135.00–140.00	139.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	154.00	154.00
5	—	758	143.00	143.00
13	—	526	161.00–165.50	165.16
2	—	843	135.00	135.00
3	—	377	170.00	170.00
2	—	333	195.00	195.00
12	—	482	157.00	157.00
7	—	421	162.00–163.00	162.86
9	—	646	159.50	159.50

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.