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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-06

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Sep 6

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Aug 23Sep 6Sep 20 →

Receipts

135 head

▼ 113 vs last sale 248▲ 1 vs year ago 134 · +0.7%

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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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle included in this, the Southeast Pride sale, are home-raised with EID tags, and follow a strict backgrounding protocol consisting of weaning for a minimum of 45 days and double-vaccinating.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $260.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −178.18 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$260.00

7 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,453

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.88

vs TN average

−9.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	260.00	1,453	7thin

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 sale7 hd

260.00

—

TN average11 barns · 248 hd

252.12

+7.88

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

−9.40

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

−178.18

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

10 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	470	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,363	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	559	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,453	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	655	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,621	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,796	25
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,891	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	473	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,183	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	559	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,291	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	655	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,434	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	662	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,529	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,638	27

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 Sep 6, 2024

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

Receipts 135Last week 248Year ago 134

All cattle included in this, the Southeast Pride sale, are home-raised with EID tags, and follow a strict backgrounding protocol consisting of weaning for a minimum of 45 days and double-vaccinating.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	290.00	290.00
7	550–600	559	260.00	260.00
19	650–700	655	247.50	247.50
25	750–800	750	239.50	239.50
13	850–900	850	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	250.00	250.00
12	550–600	559	231.00	231.00
19	650–700	662	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	750–800	755	217.00	217.00

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.