Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2025-07-09

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 9
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 109▼ 83 vs year ago 207 · −40.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 48▼ 40 vs year ago 117 · −34.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to no sale last week in observance of Independence Day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $310.81/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −59.66 against this barn's trailing median of $370.47.
Average price
$310.81
5 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,734
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−1.25
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558310.811,7345thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
310.81
—
TN average11 barns · 223 hd
312.06
−1.25
This barn, trailing median8 sales
370.47
−59.66
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales
448404360316median 370.4703/2507/0808/1910/2110/28
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $433.51, low $330.49, median $370.47 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,751202.683,54816
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,402163.062,2867thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,204162.801,96017
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,111147.431,6385thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,463158.892,3253thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,558154.482,4072thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,113139.131,54811

Every lot

40 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center - 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added465380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7672
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added540365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9717
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0061
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337326.61/cwt315.00–340.001,1013
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1521
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433332.64/cwt320.00–345.001,4404
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5751
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483313.61/cwt305.00–320.001,5154
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561302.54/cwt300.00–310.001,6974
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7902
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added713300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1392
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added790305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,4102
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255355.00/cwt355.00–355.009051
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3145
Bulls350–400Small and Medium 1Full390330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2871
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1434358.41/cwt335.00–372.501,55513
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465341.88/cwt325.00–355.001,5903
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6592
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573311.35/cwt310.00–312.001,7843
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610301.24/cwt300.00–305.001,8384
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680267.49/cwt260.00–277.501,8193
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1722252.49/cwt245.00–265.001,8234
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8111
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,035198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,0491
Bulls——1,515224.00/cwt224.00–224.003,3941
Bulls——1,787202.22/cwt195.00–211.003,61413
Bulls——Heavy Weight2,230192.00/cwt192.00–192.004,2821
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,111147.43/cwt140.00–155.001,6385
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183160.61/cwt155.00–167.001,90014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283187.06/cwt180.00–192.002,4002
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,290169.76/cwt169.50–170.002,1902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,9431
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,438162.98/cwt159.00–167.002,3444
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,2201
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053132.51/cwt130.00–137.001,3955
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,163144.64/cwt142.00–149.001,6826
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,463158.89/cwt156.00–164.002,3253
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,558154.48/cwt152.00–157.002,4072

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.