Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2026-06-10

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 10
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067
Feeder Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 71▼ 70 vs year ago 121 · −57.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 45▲ 5 vs year ago 34 · +14.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
0 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 19▼ 7 vs year ago 7 · −100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $375.97/cwt on 6 head, down $30.25 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 9 comparable sales and sits +0.98 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.
Average price
$375.97
▼ 30.25 vs prior sale
6 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,999
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−12.74
vs TN average
−24.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532375.971,9996thin
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 sale6 hd
375.97
—
TN average15 barns · 504 hd
388.70
−12.74
National average163 barns · 8,321 hd
400.52
−24.55
This barn, trailing median9 sales
374.98
+0.98
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

9 sales
434393352311median 374.9803/1804/2907/0808/1909/23
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.81, low $325.16, median $374.98 across 9 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—High1,653221.013,6537thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,416183.962,60511
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,213181.632,2034thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average995164.771,6394thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$3,0001thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,5861
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added380520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,9761
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added453460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0844
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added563437.49/cwt435.00–440.002,4632
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added705363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,5592
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4821
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added850340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,8901
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5081
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8172
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526376.16/cwt360.00–390.001,9795
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1001
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,0761
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy647349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,2583
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,1321
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added770315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4261
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Small 1255400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0201
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed325525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7061
Bulls500–550Small 1Full535310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6591
Bulls550–600Small 1565345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9491
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1598372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,2282
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1481
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2101
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,2701
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,095201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,2011
Bulls——1,734216.51/cwt211.00–225.003,7544
Bulls——1,770240.00/cwt240.00–240.004,2482
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%928166.69/cwt162.00–175.001,5473
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,195159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,9001
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213181.63/cwt177.00–188.002,2034
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,409177.68/cwt172.00–184.002,5047
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,429194.95/cwt192.00–197.002,7864
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0003,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001

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.