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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-04

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Oct 4

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Sep 20Oct 4Oct 18 →

Receipts

89 head

▼ 711 vs last sale 800▼ 132 vs year ago 221 · −59.7%

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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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $224.25/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −154.27 against this barn's trailing median of $378.52.

Average price

$224.25

8 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,275

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$11.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.33

vs TN average

−22.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	225.71	1,303	7thin
Medium and Large 2	510	214.00	1,091	1thin

One grade step is worth $11.71/cwt here — about $211 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale8 hd

224.25

—

TN average15 barns · 773 hd

229.58

−5.33

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−22.53

This barn, trailing median8 sales

378.52

−154.27

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

29 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,082	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,176	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,299	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,176	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,294	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,559	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,477	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,645	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,751	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,798	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,017	2
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,170	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,071	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	346	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	796	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	806	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	890	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	945	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,154	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,091	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,219	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,316	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	208.92/cwt	202.00–210.50	1,385	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	208.60/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,554	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,465	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,494	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,549	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,701	1

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 Oct 4, 2024

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

Receipts 89Last week 800Year ago 221

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	225.00	225.00
2	450–500	483	239.00	239.00
1	500–550	530	230.00	230.00
6	550–600	585	225.00	225.00
11	650–700	663	202.00–210.50	208.92
7	700–750	745	200.00–210.00	208.60
1	750–800	770	194.00	194.00
3	800–850	815	190.00	190.00
1	950–1000	950	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	410	217.00	217.00
1	450–500	450	210.00	210.00
1	500–550	510	214.00	214.00
1	650–700	655	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	755	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	282.50	282.50
2	400–450	435	250.00	250.00
3	450–500	482	244.00	244.00
1	650–700	690	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	278.00	278.00
8	450–500	481	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	545	237.50	237.50
1	550–600	585	230.00	230.00
3	650–700	665	234.50	234.50
4	700–750	731	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	785	223.00	223.00
1	800–850	840	214.00	214.00
2	950–1000	965	209.00	209.00
1	1150–1200	1,170	177.00	177.00

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.