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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-12

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, May 12

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2072

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Receipts

446 head

▲ 32 vs last sale 414▼ 74 vs year ago 520 · −14.2%

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

25 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 Steers25 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	315	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	520	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	332	187.87/cwt	185.00–189.00	624	7
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	338	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	431	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	378	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	720	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	381	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	648	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	418	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	669	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	433	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	842	12
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	474	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	792	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	477	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	954	18
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	524	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	802	8
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	532	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,029	20
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	568	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	753	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	577	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	992	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	580	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,088	21
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	652	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,154	52
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	662	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,066	10
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	747	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	878	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	748	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,227	63
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	783	106.50/cwt	102.00–112.50	834	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	892	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,423	57
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,039	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,475	11
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,129	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,603	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,200	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,704	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,875	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.

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

Fri May 12, 2023

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

Receipts 446Last week 414Year ago 520

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	142.00	142.00
1	—	1,500	125.00	125.00
5	—	378	190.50	190.50
7	—	332	185.00–189.00	187.87
7	—	1,129	142.00	142.00
11	—	1,039	142.00	142.00
63	—	748	164.00	164.00
20	—	532	193.50	193.50
18	—	477	200.00	200.00
57	—	892	159.50	159.50
12	—	433	194.50	194.50
21	—	580	187.50	187.50
52	—	652	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	127.50	127.50
5	—	568	132.50	132.50
7	—	783	102.00–112.50	106.50
5	—	747	117.50	117.50
1	—	630	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	577	172.00	172.00
10	—	662	161.00	161.00
5	—	418	160.00	160.00
8	—	524	153.00	153.00
2	—	315	165.00	165.00
7	—	474	167.00	167.00
4	—	381	170.00	170.00

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.