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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-10

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, May 10

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Apr 5May 10Jun 7 →

Receipts

450 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 468▼ 75 vs year ago 525 · −14.3%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026 Graded Holstein Steer SaleFri Oct 9, 2026 Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.90/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −122.62 against this barn's trailing median of $378.52.

Average price

$255.90

64 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,415

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$254

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$37.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.95

vs TN average

−11.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	258.25	1,431	60
Medium and Large 2	534	220.63	1,178	4thin

One grade step is worth $37.63/cwt here — about $254 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale64 hd

255.90

—

TN average11 barns · 576 hd

254.95

+0.95

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−11.69

This barn, trailing median8 sales

378.52

−122.62

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $423.83, low $330.74, median $378.52 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

47 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,044	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	294.82/cwt	282.50–307.50	1,047	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,255	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,148	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	463	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,408	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	470	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,316	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,368	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,164	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	266.74/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,392	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,204	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	563	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,627	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,507	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	595	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,473	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,635	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	645	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,683	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	665	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,530	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,610	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,433	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	779	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,842	60
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,760	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	875	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,838	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,758	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	938	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,951	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	955	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,127	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,074	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	435	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,190	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,086	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	455	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,012	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	460	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,258	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,111	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	213.72/cwt	212.50–215.00	994	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,133	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,253	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	556	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,446	55
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,363	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	590	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,313	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	618	221.12/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,367	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,521	46
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,260	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,484	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	766	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,593	55
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,539	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	920	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,771	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,058	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,418	2

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Sweetwater, TN

Fri May 10, 2024

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

Receipts 450Last week 468Year ago 525

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	273.50	273.50
23	450–500	460	273.50	273.50
55	550–600	556	260.00	260.00
46	650–700	650	234.00	234.00
55	750–800	766	208.00	208.00
1	900–950	920	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	390	289.00	289.00
4	400–450	436	249.00	249.00
1	450–500	465	239.00	239.00
4	500–550	520	241.00	241.00
1	550–600	590	231.00	231.00
5	600–650	630	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	715	207.50	207.50
1	850–900	855	180.00	180.00
2	1050–1100	1,058	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	222.50	222.50
1	550–600	590	222.50	222.50
2	600–650	618	215.00–227.00	221.12
1	700–750	700	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	250.00	250.00
2	400–450	413	260.00	260.00
2	450–500	465	212.50–215.00	213.72
3	500–550	515	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
23	450–500	463	304.00	304.00
37	550–600	563	289.00	289.00
39	600–650	645	261.00	261.00
60	750–800	779	236.50	236.50
2	900–950	938	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	302.50	302.50
6	350–400	385	326.00	326.00
1	400–450	425	270.00	270.00
2	450–500	480	285.00	285.00
3	500–550	522	255.00–272.50	266.74
5	550–600	573	263.00	263.00
10	600–650	641	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	735	219.00	219.00
2	800–850	828	212.50	212.50
1	900–950	925	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	595	247.50	247.50
4	650–700	665	230.00	230.00
3	750–800	750	191.00	191.00
1	850–900	875	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	282.50–307.50	294.82
1	450–500	485	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	560	215.00	215.00

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.