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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-24

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Jan 24

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Nov 15Jan 24Feb 7 →

Receipts

711 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 675▲ 711 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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 $321.90/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −116.28 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$321.90

63 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$28.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.55

vs TN average

−19.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	325.52	1,816	55
Medium and Large 2	557	297.02	1,654	8thin

One grade step is worth $28.50/cwt here — about $162 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 sale63 hd

321.90

—

TN average14 barns · 513 hd

315.35

+6.55

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−19.04

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

−116.28

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

49 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	305	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,113	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,304	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	345	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,406	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	769	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	378	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,465	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	460	355.18/cwt	337.50–359.00	1,634	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	468	325.96/cwt	321.00–330.00	1,525	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,316	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	557	327.09/cwt	322.00–328.00	1,822	52
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	297.02/cwt	291.00–315.00	1,654	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,726	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	615	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,799	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	645	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,722	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	260.79/cwt	259.00–261.00	1,682	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,371	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	651	288.96/cwt	267.00–291.00	1,881	84
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	651	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,719	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	720	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,699	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,788	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	748	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,937	71
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	758	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,850	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	863	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,976	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	865	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,167	62
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,960	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,079	2
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,069	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,149	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,102	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,340	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	301.75/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,412	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	469	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,477	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	523	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,389	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,476	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,226	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,141	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	560	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,571	59
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	572	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,519	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,564	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,557	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	635	254.91/cwt	254.50–256.00	1,619	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	656	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,696	75
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,492	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	748	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,788	57
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	764	213.32/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,630	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Value Added	845	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,766	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	861	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,963	46
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,015	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,979	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 Jan 24, 2025

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Receipts 711Last week 675Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	545	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	550	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	306.00	306.00
9	450–500	468	290.00–306.00	301.75
7	500–550	527	280.00	280.00
7	550–600	574	272.50	272.50
5	600–650	633	246.00	246.00
2	700–750	728	205.00	205.00
2	1000–1050	1,015	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	469	315.00	315.00
59	550–600	560	280.50	280.50
75	650–700	656	258.50	258.50
57	700–750	748	239.00	239.00
46	850–900	861	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	523	265.50	265.50
4	550–600	572	265.50	265.50
7	600–650	635	254.50–256.00	254.91
6	750–800	764	210.00–214.00	213.32
1	800–850	845	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	205.00	205.00
1	450–500	470	280.00	280.00
8	550–600	557	291.00–315.00	297.02
1	600–650	645	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	407.50	407.50
2	350–400	378	387.50	387.50
17	450–500	460	337.50–359.00	355.18
52	550–600	557	322.00–328.00	327.09
1	600–650	645	267.00	267.00
84	650–700	651	267.00–291.00	288.96
71	700–750	748	259.00	259.00
6	750–800	758	244.00	244.00
62	850–900	865	250.50	250.50
5	1050–1100	1,069	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	395.00	395.00
2	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	590	292.50	292.50
9	600–650	645	259.00–261.00	260.79
7	700–750	745	240.00	240.00
1	850–900	875	224.00	224.00
2	900–950	920	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	445	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	468	321.00–330.00	325.96
1	600–650	615	292.50	292.50
12	650–700	651	264.00	264.00
1	700–750	720	236.00	236.00
2	850–900	863	229.00	229.00

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.