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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-06

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Feb 6

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Jan 9Feb 6Mar 6 →

Receipts

179 head

▼ 242 vs last sale 421▼ 146 vs year ago 325 · −44.9%

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 class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $394.82/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 7 of 8 comparable sales and sits +16.31 against this barn's trailing median of $378.52.

Average price

$394.82

28 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,182

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$25.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.12

vs TN average

−36.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	402.00	2,224	20
Medium and Large 2	551	376.88	2,078	8thin

One grade step is worth $25.13/cwt here — about $146 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 sale28 hd

394.82

—

TN average10 barns · 220 hd

396.94

−2.12

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−36.72

This barn, trailing median8 sales

378.52

+16.31

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $423.83, low $330.74, median $378.52 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

30 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,809	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,044	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	488.60/cwt	477.50–500.00	1,881	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	415	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,023	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,052	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,112	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	449	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,234	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,139	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	467.51/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,258	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	490	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,389	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	562	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,585	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	590	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,360	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	638	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,393	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	649	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,661	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	660	341.24/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,252	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	759	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,713	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	863	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,891	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,652	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	465	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,046	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,876	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	404.83/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,935	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,200	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,917	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	553	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,101	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	556	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,224	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	646	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,196	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	664	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,158	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	768	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,534	23
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	960	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,592	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 Feb 6, 2026

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

Receipts 179Last week 421Year ago 325

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	457.50	457.50
3	450–500	478	395.00–410.00	404.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	540	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	553	380.00	380.00
3	650–700	664	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	720	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	500	440.00	440.00
19	550–600	556	400.00	400.00
26	600–650	646	340.00	340.00
23	750–800	768	330.00	330.00
1	950–1000	960	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	540.00	540.00
2	350–400	385	477.50–500.00	488.60
3	400–450	432	475.00	475.00
2	450–500	483	465.00–470.00	467.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	449	497.50	497.50
6	550–600	562	460.00	460.00
8	600–650	649	410.00	410.00
14	750–800	759	357.50	357.50
22	850–900	863	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	487.50	487.50
1	450–500	490	487.50	487.50
1	550–600	590	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	638	375.00	375.00
4	650–700	660	340.00–342.50	341.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	560.00	560.00
1	400–450	440	480.00	480.00
1	450–500	460	465.00	465.00

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.