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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Apr 3

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Mar 6Apr 3May 8 →

Receipts

322 head

▼ 125 vs last sale 447▼ 55 vs year ago 377 · −14.6%

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 $477.97/cwt on 56 head, up $27.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +39.79 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$477.97

▲ 27.15 vs prior sale

56 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$430

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

$49.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.01

vs TN average

−5.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	480.60	2,674	53
Medium and Large 2	520	431.41	2,243	3thin

One grade step is worth $49.19/cwt here — about $430 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale56 hd

477.97

—

TN average15 barns · 659 hd

477.98

−0.01

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−5.21

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

+39.79

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

38 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	377	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,413	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,192	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	425	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,231	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,177	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	463	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,523	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,354	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	480	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,352	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	431.41/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,243	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,522	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	557	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,718	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,572	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	638	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,603	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,550	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	652	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,830	34
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	715	369.50/cwt	369.00–370.00	2,642	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,538	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	775	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,868	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,708	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	835	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,797	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,795	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	933	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,172	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,020	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,111	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,890	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,896	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,079	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	451	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,075	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	467	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,253	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,151	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,112	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	553	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,394	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	559	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,242	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,232	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	353.10/cwt	352.50–355.00	2,210	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	636	379.04/cwt	361.00–382.00	2,411	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	728	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,220	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	746	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,551	12
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,015	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,842	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 3, 2026

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

Receipts 322Last week 447Year ago 377

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	515.00	515.00
3	400–450	447	465.00	465.00
6	450–500	478	450.00	450.00
5	500–550	528	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	620	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	451	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	505	400.00	400.00
7	550–600	559	401.00	401.00
3	700–750	728	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	480.00	480.00
4	600–650	626	352.50–355.00	353.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	467	482.50	482.50
33	550–600	553	433.00	433.00
21	600–650	636	361.00–382.00	379.04
12	700–750	746	342.00	342.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	463	545.00	545.00
39	550–600	557	488.00	488.00
34	650–700	652	434.00	434.00
26	750–800	775	370.00	370.00
1	800–850	835	335.00	335.00
2	900–950	933	340.00	340.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	525.00	525.00
1	450–500	480	490.00	490.00
2	600–650	638	408.00	408.00
4	700–750	715	369.00–370.00	369.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	555.00	555.00
3	500–550	520	425.00–445.00	431.41
1	700–750	725	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	640.00	640.00
7	400–450	431	505.00	505.00
14	450–500	478	492.50	492.50
7	500–550	531	475.00	475.00
7	550–600	578	445.00	445.00
7	600–650	639	399.00	399.00
1	750–800	785	345.00	345.00
1	850–900	860	325.00	325.00

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.