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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-22

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Aug 22

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Aug 1Aug 22Sep 19 →

Receipts

349 head

▼ 647 vs last sale 996▲ 101 vs year ago 248 · +40.7%

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 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 $391.61/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −46.57 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$391.61

33 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,160

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$17.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.76

vs TN average

−8.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	394.32	2,175	28
Medium and Large 2	552	376.40	2,077	5thin

One grade step is worth $17.92/cwt here — about $98 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 sale33 hd

391.61

—

TN average17 barns · 849 hd

388.85

+2.76

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

−8.28

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

−46.57

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

37 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,643	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,722	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,851	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	469	435.99/cwt	428.00–439.00	2,045	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,833	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,950	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,037	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,049	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	555	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,298	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,094	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,229	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	366.50/cwt	366.50–366.50	2,353	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,238	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,573	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	356.09/cwt	340.00–364.50	2,350	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	678	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,454	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	353.73/cwt	348.00–354.00	2,628	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	749	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,741	32
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	763	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,785	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	326.41/cwt	321.00–327.50	2,722	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	840	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,898	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	893	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,813	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,651	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,659	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,602	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	375.92/cwt	367.50–378.00	1,801	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	480	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,016	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,832	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	1,937	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,899	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	562	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,124	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,838	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,059	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,070	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	657	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,319	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,331	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	753	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,553	14

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 Aug 22, 2025

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

Receipts 349Last week 996Year ago 248

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	445.00	445.00
5	400–450	431	385.00	385.00
5	450–500	479	367.50–378.00	375.92
8	500–550	533	363.50	363.50
14	550–600	580	355.00	355.00
30	600–650	647	320.00	320.00
5	700–750	733	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	420.00	420.00
18	550–600	562	378.00	378.00
15	650–700	657	353.00	353.00
14	750–800	753	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	495	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	535	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	570	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	447	414.00	414.00
1	450–500	490	398.00	398.00
11	500–550	529	385.00	385.00
8	550–600	579	385.00	385.00
30	600–650	642	366.50	366.50
3	650–700	660	340.00–364.50	356.09
22	700–750	743	348.00–354.00	353.73
6	800–850	834	321.00–327.50	326.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	469	428.00–439.00	435.99
9	550–600	555	414.00	414.00
13	600–650	648	397.00	397.00
2	650–700	678	362.00	362.00
32	700–750	749	366.00	366.00
5	750–800	763	365.00	365.00
6	800–850	840	345.00	345.00
2	850–900	893	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	387.00	387.00
3	450–500	470	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	535	383.00	383.00
3	550–600	563	372.00	372.00
7	600–650	643	348.00	348.00

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.