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East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

Sweetwater, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special Graded)

Sale of Friday, February 26, 2021

1,007 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale report →

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $134.21/cwt -1.18 vs last sale · ≈ $882/hd at 657 lb · 103 head
light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $127.19/cwt -5.41 vs last sale · ≈ $946/hd at 744 lb · 85 head
heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $111.74/cwt -4.26 vs last sale · ≈ $870/hd at 779 lb · 68 head
HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 1,007 908 316
Feeder cattle 1,007 908 316

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320–345 326 5 163.00 $163.00 $531
384–385 384 8 170.50 $170.50 $655 +19.50
400–445 427 14 153.00–159.00 $158.55 $677 +12.55
468 value added 468 13 168.00 $168.00 $786 +10.50
465–479 478 25 155.00 $155.00 $741 +12.68
500–531 528 41 143.50–155.50 $154.40 $815 +22.78
556 value added 556 44 157.00 $157.00 $873 +12.25
576–583 578 15 132.00–139.00 $137.12 $793 +10.12
625–640 634 9 128.00–131.00 $129.73 $822 +5.62
654 value added 654 53 138.00 $138.00 $903 +2.00
657–672 660 50 127.00–131.00 $130.19 $859 +10.19
730–740 739 13 125.50 $125.50 $927
745 value added 745 72 127.50 $127.50 $950 -5.10
755 value added 755 13 120.00 $120.00 $906
841 841 5 114.00 $114.00 $959 +8.00
868 value added 868 58 118.00 $118.00 $1,024 -10.75
930 930 3 112.00 $112.00 $1,042
1025–1030 value added 1026 4 103.00–106.00 $105.25 $1,080
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
302 302 3 167.00 $167.00 $504
355–380 375 5 150.00–151.00 $150.81 $566 +6.81
427 427 7 143.50 $143.50 $613 +5.74
457 value added 457 6 158.00 $158.00 $722 -1.00
487 487 7 128.00 $128.00 $623
524–540 527 5 133.00 $133.00 $701 +12.50
561–582 value added 569 10 131.00 $131.00 $745
560–580 576 6 130.00 $130.00 $749
623–630 value added 629 15 130.75 $130.75 $822 +9.75
645 645 1 119.50 $119.50 $771 +7.86
670 670 6 122.00 $122.00 $817
730–745 737 13 115.00–120.00 $117.92 $869
758–785 767 3 115.00–120.00 $116.71 $895
835 835 3 109.00 $109.00 $910
910 910 1 105.00 $105.00 $956

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Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
378–384 383 17 136.00 $136.00 $521 +14.00
425–433 432 17 131.00 $131.00 $566 +9.50
442 value added 442 3 137.00 $137.00 $606 +8.50
453 value added 453 14 137.00 $137.00 $621 +12.00
465–477 476 21 129.00 $129.00 $614 +14.93
525–547 528 20 118.50–123.25 $122.51 $647 +15.67
556–565 value added 556 38 118.50–126.25 $126.04 $701 -1.46
578 578 17 117.50 $117.50 $679 +7.25
648 648 24 109.75 $109.75 $711 -0.81
658–690 value added 660 49 110.00–117.50 $116.87 $771 -2.13
685 685 1 103.00 $103.00 $706 -6.22
746 746 15 104.00 $104.00 $776 +9.12
763 763 2 95.00 $95.00 $725
779 value added 779 66 112.25 $112.25 $874 -3.75
938 value added 938 5 96.50 $96.50 $905 -13.50
1010–1012 1012 4 88.00–89.00 $88.75 $898
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
372 372 9 132.50 $132.50 $493 +19.50
410–421 419 6 115.00–118.00 $117.51 $492 +1.16
425 value added 425 2 128.00 $128.00 $544 +8.75
450–476 473 9 111.00–123.00 $121.73 $576 +20.24
485 value added 485 4 128.00 $128.00 $621
525 525 1 108.00 $108.00 $567 +3.00
538 value added 538 10 121.00 $121.00 $651
570–585 573 6 111.00–113.00 $112.67 $646 +22.67
628 value added 628 6 119.00 $119.00 $747 +16.03
664–695 670 5 106.00 $106.00 $710
715–736 value added 732 5 101.50 $101.50 $743
760 value added 760 1 101.50 $101.50 $771
790 790 1 85.00 $85.00 $672 -2.00

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What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.