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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-07

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Jun 7

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

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Receipts

401 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 450▼ 200 vs year ago 601 · −33.3%

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $284.39/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −153.79 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$284.39

50 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$50.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.53

vs TN average

−24.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	288.41	1,599	46
Medium and Large 2	580	238.13	1,381	4thin

One grade step is worth $50.29/cwt here — about $218 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale50 hd

284.39

—

TN average12 barns · 869 hd

291.92

−7.53

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

−24.77

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

−153.79

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.97, low $362.69, median $438.18 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

36 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,008	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,178	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,270	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	473	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,277	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,398	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	482	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,554	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,431	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	558	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,696	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	270.81/cwt	269.00–271.00	1,557	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,383	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	654	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,864	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	272.38/cwt	257.00–277.50	1,781	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	710	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,789	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,857	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	773	257.28/cwt	252.00–257.50	1,989	49
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,883	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	872	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,067	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	928	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,209	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,261	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,005	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,221	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	811	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	273.49/cwt	261.00–277.50	1,124	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	454	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,298	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	251.75/cwt	243.00–256.00	1,206	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,150	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	261.76/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,387	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550	274.25/cwt	274.25–274.25	1,508	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	563	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,486	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	252.66/cwt	243.00–254.00	1,455	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,611	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	644	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,662	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	690	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,594	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,755	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	792	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,826	48

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 Jun 7, 2024

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

Receipts 401Last week 450Year ago 601

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	257.50	257.50
4	400–450	411	261.00–277.50	273.49
3	450–500	479	243.00–256.00	251.75
6	500–550	530	250.00–266.00	261.76
8	550–600	576	243.00–254.00	252.66
7	600–650	633	254.50	254.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	454	286.00	286.00
43	550–600	550	274.25	274.25
24	600–650	644	258.00	258.00
48	750–800	792	230.50	230.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	230.00	230.00
6	550–600	563	264.00	264.00
1	650–700	690	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	380	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	438	290.00	290.00
8	450–500	478	292.50	292.50
11	500–550	526	272.00	272.00
11	550–600	575	269.00–271.00	270.81
5	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
16	650–700	654	257.00–277.50	272.38
7	750–800	764	243.00	243.00
1	800–850	810	232.50	232.50
1	1000–1050	1,005	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	322.50	322.50
24	550–600	558	304.00	304.00
31	650–700	654	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	710	252.00	252.00
49	750–800	773	252.00–257.50	257.28
3	850–900	872	237.00	237.00
2	900–950	928	238.00	238.00
1	950–1000	950	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	270.00	270.00
3	550–600	575	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	232.50	232.50

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.