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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-07

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Feb 7

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Jan 24Feb 7Mar 7 →

Receipts

325 head

▼ 386 vs last sale 711▼ 96 vs year ago 421 · −22.8%

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 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 $294.39/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −143.79 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$294.39

19 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$3.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.10

vs TN average

−47.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	583	297.50	1,734	2thin
Medium and Large 1	549	294.02	1,615	17thin

One grade step is worth $3.48/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale19 hd

294.39

—

TN average15 barns · 709 hd

313.48

−19.10

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−47.99

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

−143.79

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

36 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,024	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,134	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	453	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,404	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	261.43/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,242	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	266.68/cwt	245.00–290.00	1,275	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	282.78/cwt	260.00–294.00	1,456	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	546	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,747	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,513	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	583	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,734	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	242.34/cwt	237.50–252.50	1,527	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	649	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,785	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	658	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,546	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	680	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,686	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,771	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	769	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,957	23
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	803	252.25/cwt	252.25–252.25	2,026	64
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	882	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,134	20
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,022	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,248	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	914	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	886	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,007	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,154	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,168	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	269.86/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,276	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	250.21/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,196	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	485	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,377	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,362	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	558	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,495	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	237.27/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,360	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,401	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	644	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,597	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,468	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,516	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	775	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,767	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 Feb 7, 2025

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

Receipts 325Last week 711Year ago 421

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	369	273.00	273.00
7	400–450	429	269.00	269.00
7	450–500	473	269.00–270.00	269.86
10	500–550	523	260.50	260.50
5	550–600	573	230.00–239.00	237.27
4	600–650	644	228.00	228.00
1	650–700	680	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	265.00	265.00
4	350–400	366	242.00	242.00
1	400–450	445	262.50	262.50
4	450–500	478	240.00–260.00	250.21
1	550–600	570	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	620	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	485	284.00	284.00
17	550–600	558	268.00	268.00
16	600–650	644	248.00	248.00
27	750–800	775	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	310.00	310.00
8	500–550	546	320.00	320.00
10	600–650	649	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	680	248.00	248.00
23	750–800	769	254.50	254.50
64	800–850	803	252.25	252.25
20	850–900	882	242.00	242.00
3	1000–1050	1,022	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	268.00	268.00
4	450–500	475	250.00–272.50	261.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	478	245.00–290.00	266.68
3	500–550	515	260.00–294.00	282.78
6	550–600	571	265.00	265.00
3	600–650	630	237.50–252.50	242.34
1	700–750	700	240.00	240.00
3	750–800	757	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	583	297.50	297.50
2	650–700	658	235.00	235.00

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.