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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-28

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Aug 28

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Aug 7Aug 28Sep 18 →

Receipts

204 head

▼ 1,005 vs last sale 1,209▲ 204 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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 $362.69/cwt on 26 head, down $71.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −75.49 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$362.69

▼ 71.02 vs prior sale

26 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,026

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$28.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.70

vs TN average

−8.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	365.98	2,045	23
Medium and Large 2	558	337.50	1,884	3thin

One grade step is worth $28.48/cwt here — about $160 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 sale26 hd

362.69

—

TN average14 barns · 427 hd

363.39

−0.70

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

−8.31

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

−75.49

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

39 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,392	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,531	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,681	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,498	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	452	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,840	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,730	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,831	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	555	378.50/cwt	356.00–401.00	2,101	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,017	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,960	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,007	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	653	350.51/cwt	341.00–353.50	2,289	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	331.81/cwt	331.00–333.00	2,187	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	311.42/cwt	309.00–318.00	2,317	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	747	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,443	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,277	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	825	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,401	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,341	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	857	301.62/cwt	290.00–304.50	2,585	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	743	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	336.97/cwt	335.00–341.00	1,314	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,430	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	486	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,725	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,604	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	490	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,593	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	505	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,626	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,723	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,798	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	605	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,900	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	612	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,885	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	307.69/cwt	305.00–308.00	1,982	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	646	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,103	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,057	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,967	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,021	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,122	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	770	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,272	11

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 28, 2026

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

Receipts 204Last week 1,209Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	330.00	330.00
3	350–400	390	335.00–341.00	336.97
2	400–450	430	332.50	332.50
4	450–500	486	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	540	319.00	319.00
4	550–600	578	311.00	311.00
9	600–650	644	305.00–308.00	307.69
5	650–700	670	307.00	307.00
6	700–750	735	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	612	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	505	322.00	322.00
1	600–650	605	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	486	355.00	355.00
12	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
9	600–650	646	325.50	325.50
11	750–800	770	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	285.00	285.00
1	750–800	755	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	435.00	435.00
2	350–400	378	405.00	405.00
1	400–450	415	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	465	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	527	347.50	347.50
6	550–600	583	346.00	346.00
1	600–650	610	329.00	329.00
15	650–700	659	331.00–333.00	331.81
11	700–750	744	309.00–318.00	311.42
1	800–850	830	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	407.00	407.00
14	550–600	555	356.00–401.00	378.50
21	650–700	653	341.00–353.50	350.51
13	700–750	747	327.00	327.00
5	850–900	857	290.00–304.50	301.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	352.50	352.50
1	500–550	505	342.50	342.50
2	550–600	585	335.00	335.00
1	750–800	785	290.00	290.00
2	800–850	825	291.00	291.00

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.