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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-05

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Jun 5

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← May 8Jun 5Aug 7 →

Receipts

353 head

▼ 53 vs last sale 406▼ 154 vs year ago 507 · −30.4%

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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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 $442.65/cwt on 58 head, down $20.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits +4.47 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$442.65

▼ 20.90 vs prior sale

58 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,440

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

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

$44.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.86

vs TN average

−16.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	447.96	2,477	51
Medium and Large 2	539	403.93	2,175	7thin

One grade step is worth $44.03/cwt here — about $301 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 sale58 hd

442.65

—

TN average16 barns · 746 hd

438.79

+3.86

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

−16.54

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

+4.47

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

43 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	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	385	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,733	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,944	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,762	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,684	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	475	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,351	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,245	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	495	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,153	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,175	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,298	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,107	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,241	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	557	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,568	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,455	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,233	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	633	370.84/cwt	370.00–373.00	2,347	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	645	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,567	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	377.13/cwt	376.00–378.00	2,459	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,412	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	350.27/cwt	345.00–378.00	2,557	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	751	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,636	29
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,618	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,848	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	873	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,994	13
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,045	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,266	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,523	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,589	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,837	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	478	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,089	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,977	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,913	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	558	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,159	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	561	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,042	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,046	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	620	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,938	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,274	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	660	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,063	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,188	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	730	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,281	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,375	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	786	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,523	17
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	945	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,882	2

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 Jun 5, 2026

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

Receipts 353Last week 406Year ago 507

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	495	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	500	435.00	435.00
2	550–600	550	407.50	407.50
7	600–650	633	370.00–373.00	370.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	455	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	530	397.50	397.50
1	550–600	580	385.00	385.00
1	650–700	670	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	475	495.00	495.00
28	550–600	557	461.00	461.00
32	600–650	645	398.00	398.00
29	750–800	751	351.00	351.00
13	850–900	873	343.00	343.00
2	1000–1050	1,045	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	490.00	490.00
3	400–450	432	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	489	459.00	459.00
13	500–550	527	436.00	436.00
10	550–600	575	427.00	427.00
16	650–700	652	376.00–378.00	377.13
6	700–750	730	345.00–378.00	350.27
4	750–800	770	340.00	340.00
1	850–900	850	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	561	364.00	364.00
1	600–650	620	312.50	312.50
1	650–700	660	312.50	312.50
1	700–750	700	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	435.00	435.00
1	750–800	760	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	437.00	437.00
25	550–600	558	387.00	387.00
25	600–650	648	351.00	351.00
1	700–750	730	312.50	312.50
17	750–800	786	321.00	321.00
2	900–950	945	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	447.50	447.50
3	400–450	440	417.50	417.50
6	450–500	481	411.00	411.00
11	500–550	527	363.00	363.00
7	550–600	573	357.00	357.00
3	600–650	625	340.00	340.00

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.