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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-04

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Apr 4

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Mar 7Apr 4May 9 →

Receipts

377 head

▼ 204 vs last sale 581▼ 91 vs year ago 468 · −19.4%

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

Today's offerings included the following load lot: 1 load ML 1 preconditioned Steers, 781 lbs., $270.75, medium flesh, mostly black/bwf.

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 $369.73/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −68.45 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$369.73

41 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,045

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

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

$51.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.57

vs TN average

+0.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	382.23	2,119	31
Medium and Large 2	549	331.00	1,817	10thin

One grade step is worth $51.23/cwt here — about $303 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale41 hd

369.73

—

TN average14 barns · 634 hd

357.16

+12.57

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+0.72

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

−68.45

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

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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	328	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,402	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	375.30/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,257	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,365	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	377	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,517	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,455	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,610	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,649	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	440	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,496	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	395.56/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,895	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	373.50/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,938	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,578	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	553	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,853	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	557	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,144	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,156	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	644	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,874	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	271.70/cwt	250.00–282.50	1,758	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	658	324.48/cwt	303.00–327.50	2,135	33
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	276.68/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,832	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	665	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,935	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,893	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	755	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,888	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	781	270.75/cwt	270.75–270.75	2,115	66
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	823	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,082	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	853	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,962	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	249.96/cwt	247.50–252.50	2,187	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	945	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,339	6
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2Value Added	1,005	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,186	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,095	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,327	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,358	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	379	376.35/cwt	370.00–378.00	1,426	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,441	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	455	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,456	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	473	344.12/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,628	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,582	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	510	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,382	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,499	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	559	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,834	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,539	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	653	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,815	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	667	238.26/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,589	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,658	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,730	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	730	221.16/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,614	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	765	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,740	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	774	240.56/cwt	240.50–243.00	1,862	42
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,794	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	875	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,706	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	940	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,068	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 Apr 4, 2025

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

Receipts 377Last week 581Year ago 468

Today's offerings included the following load lot: 1 load ML 1 preconditioned Steers, 781 lbs., $270.75, medium flesh, mostly black/bwf.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	402.50	402.50
1	400–450	400	402.50	402.50
23	550–600	557	385.00	385.00
33	650–700	658	303.00–327.50	324.48
66	750–800	781	270.75	270.75
2	800–850	823	253.00	253.00
6	900–950	945	247.50	247.50
4	1050–1100	1,095	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	390.00	390.00
7	400–450	434	380.00	380.00
11	450–500	479	390.00–402.50	395.56
4	500–550	519	355.00–380.00	373.50
4	550–600	575	375.00	375.00
3	650–700	662	275.00–277.50	276.68
2	850–900	875	247.50–252.50	249.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	365.00–385.00	375.30
2	350–400	383	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	535	295.00	295.00
3	600–650	647	250.00–282.50	271.70
1	700–750	735	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	427.50	427.50
1	400–450	440	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	455	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	545	335.00	335.00
6	550–600	553	335.00	335.00
5	600–650	644	291.00	291.00
2	650–700	665	291.00	291.00
1	750–800	755	250.00	250.00
2	850–900	853	230.00	230.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	336.00	336.00
3	450–500	483	327.50	327.50
1	550–600	570	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	670	247.50	247.50
3	700–750	712	243.00	243.00
1	800–850	825	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	455	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	510	271.00	271.00
2	550–600	550	272.50	272.50
1	600–650	625	240.00	240.00
3	650–700	667	235.00–240.00	238.26
2	700–750	730	215.00–227.50	221.16
1	750–800	765	227.50	227.50
1	850–900	875	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	379	370.00–378.00	376.35
11	450–500	473	335.00–345.00	344.12
21	550–600	559	328.00	328.00
36	650–700	653	278.00	278.00
42	750–800	774	240.50–243.00	240.56
1	900–950	940	220.00	220.00

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.