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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-23

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Aug 23

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Aug 2Aug 23Sep 6 →

Receipts

248 head

▼ 1,225 vs last sale 1,473▼ 53 vs year ago 301 · −17.6%

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 $254.98/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −183.20 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$254.98

41 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,386

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$43.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.99

vs TN average

−15.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	260.33	1,411	36
Medium and Large 2	555	216.40	1,201	5thin

One grade step is worth $43.93/cwt here — about $210 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 sale41 hd

254.98

—

TN average16 barns · 647 hd

261.97

−6.99

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

−15.52

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

−183.20

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

25 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	866	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,075	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,244	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	220.54/cwt	218.00–223.00	1,076	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,383	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,173	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,464	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,241	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,339	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,528	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,540	36
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,669	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,818	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,058	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,114	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,009	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	230.95/cwt	223.00–231.50	1,201	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,181	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,295	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,139	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,382	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,493	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,285	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,545	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	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 Aug 23, 2024

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

Receipts 248Last week 1,473Year ago 301

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	441	240.00	240.00
12	450–500	474	235.00	235.00
15	500–550	520	223.00–231.50	230.95
14	550–600	577	224.50	224.50
33	600–650	634	218.00	218.00
2	650–700	685	218.00	218.00
12	700–750	729	212.00	212.00
2	850–900	850	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	209.00	209.00
3	500–550	532	222.00	222.00
2	600–650	633	180.00	180.00
1	700–750	710	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	247.50	247.50
1	400–450	415	259.00	259.00
4	450–500	473	263.00	263.00
24	500–550	526	263.00	263.00
12	550–600	574	255.00	255.00
5	600–650	649	235.50	235.50
36	650–700	654	235.50	235.50
22	700–750	745	224.00	224.00
2	800–850	830	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	218.00–223.00	220.54
3	500–550	533	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	588	211.00	211.00
2	600–650	620	216.00	216.00

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.