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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-14

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Nov 14

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Oct 17Nov 14Jan 9 →

Receipts

473 head

▼ 174 vs last sale 647▼ 202 vs year ago 675 · −29.9%

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 $346.87/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −91.31 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$346.87

49 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$33.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.96

vs TN average

−78.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	351.02	1,983	43
Medium and Large 2	571	317.08	1,812	6thin

One grade step is worth $33.94/cwt here — about $172 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale49 hd

346.87

—

TN average14 barns · 334 hd

360.82

−13.96

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−78.00

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

−91.31

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

44 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,299	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,473	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,607	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,615	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	470	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,633	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	342.69/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,638	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,709	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,795	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	566	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,052	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,923	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	582	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,862	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,080	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	663	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,307	57
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	668	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,211	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	751	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,441	67
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	751	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,095	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,202	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,120	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Value Added	830	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,992	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	855	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,360	41
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,190	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,445	4
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,020	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,570	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,129	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,240	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,403	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	303.39/cwt	285.00–311.00	1,399	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	468	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,521	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	311.30/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,482	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	289.69/cwt	283.00–291.00	1,521	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	547	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,668	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,596	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,647	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	605	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,724	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,664	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	652	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,865	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,700	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,740	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	740	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,813	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,900	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	782	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,072	44

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 14, 2025

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

Receipts 473Last week 647Year ago 675

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	332.50	332.50
5	400–450	437	321.00	321.00
8	450–500	476	310.00–321.00	311.30
12	500–550	525	283.00–291.00	289.69
9	550–600	578	285.00	285.00
2	600–650	640	260.00	260.00
15	650–700	654	260.00	260.00
5	700–750	748	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	605	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	740	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	305.00	305.00
5	450–500	461	285.00–311.00	303.39
1	550–600	555	287.50	287.50
1	700–750	725	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	325.00	325.00
15	500–550	547	305.00	305.00
11	650–700	652	286.00	286.00
44	750–800	782	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	415	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	468	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	530	322.50	322.50
1	550–600	570	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	566	362.50	362.50
57	650–700	663	348.00	348.00
67	750–800	751	325.00	325.00
41	850–900	855	276.00	276.00
2	1000–1050	1,020	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	347.50	347.50
4	550–600	582	320.00	320.00
3	650–700	668	331.00	331.00
5	750–800	751	279.00	279.00
1	800–850	830	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	351.00	351.00
6	400–450	423	380.00	380.00
13	450–500	478	330.00–345.00	342.69
6	500–550	531	338.00	338.00
11	550–600	581	331.00	331.00
15	650–700	652	319.00	319.00
13	750–800	754	292.00	292.00
1	800–850	800	265.00	265.00
6	850–900	859	255.00	255.00
4	950–1000	959	255.00	255.00

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.