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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-15

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Nov 15

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Oct 18Nov 15Jan 24 →

Receipts

675 head

▼ 102 vs last sale 777▼ 17 vs year ago 692 · −2.5%

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 $238.41/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −140.11 against this barn's trailing median of $378.52.

Average price

$238.41

110 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,327

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$12.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.18

vs TN average

−26.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	240.98	1,350	87
Medium and Large 2	543	228.70	1,241	23

One grade step is worth $12.28/cwt here — about $109 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 sale110 hd

238.41

—

TN average15 barns · 918 hd

231.23

+7.18

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−26.69

This barn, trailing median8 sales

378.52

−140.11

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

51 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,138	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	290.38/cwt	250.00–302.50	1,101	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,237	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,222	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	454	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,221	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	470	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,452	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,328	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,255	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,452	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,279	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	554	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,429	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	557	293.75/cwt	293.75–293.75	1,636	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,328	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,566	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	631	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,552	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,633	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,365	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,651	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	659	265.75/cwt	265.75–265.75	1,751	39
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,782	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	768	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,820	52
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	768	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,812	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,780	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,976	4
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,070	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,739	1
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,145	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,861	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	910	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	858	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	939	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	435	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,027	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,046	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	458	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,040	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,018	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	473	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,173	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	239.74/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,141	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	233.79/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,227	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	222.29/cwt	222.00–223.00	1,183	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	538	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,264	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	564	246.81/cwt	230.00–248.75	1,392	57
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,271	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,313	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,271	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	223.38/cwt	217.00–224.00	1,427	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	649	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,476	64
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	653	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,476	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,498	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	763	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,663	42
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	765	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,668	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,587	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,520	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 Nov 15, 2024

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

Receipts 675Last week 777Year ago 692

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	364	250.00	250.00
13	400–450	436	240.00	240.00
20	450–500	476	235.00–240.00	239.74
15	500–550	525	231.00–234.00	233.79
15	550–600	581	226.00	226.00
25	600–650	639	217.00–224.00	223.38
2	700–750	720	208.00	208.00
2	800–850	835	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	473	248.00	248.00
57	550–600	564	230.00–248.75	246.81
64	600–650	649	227.50	227.50
42	750–800	763	218.00	218.00
2	950–1000	950	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	232.00	232.00
3	400–450	425	221.00	221.00
1	450–500	465	219.00	219.00
7	500–550	532	222.00–223.00	222.29
4	550–600	575	221.00	221.00
1	600–650	605	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	236.00	236.00
2	450–500	458	227.00	227.00
12	500–550	538	235.00	235.00
3	650–700	653	226.00	226.00
1	750–800	765	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	454	269.00	269.00
17	550–600	554	258.00	258.00
4	600–650	631	246.00	246.00
2	750–800	768	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	470	309.00	309.00
37	550–600	557	293.75	293.75
39	650–700	659	265.75	265.75
52	750–800	768	237.00	237.00
4	950–1000	950	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	250.00–302.50	290.38
4	400–450	435	281.00	281.00
7	450–500	479	262.00	262.00
2	500–550	533	240.00	240.00
3	550–600	575	231.00	231.00
1	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	650	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	305.00	305.00
6	400–450	431	287.00	287.00
7	450–500	476	279.00	279.00
16	500–550	530	274.00	274.00
17	550–600	582	269.00	269.00
24	600–650	648	252.00	252.00
5	650–700	655	252.00	252.00
7	750–800	755	236.00	236.00
2	800–850	828	215.00	215.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	162.50	162.50
1	1100–1150	1,145	162.50	162.50

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.