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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-12

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Apr 12

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2072

← Mar 15Apr 12May 17 →

Receipts

585 head

▲ 101 vs last sale 484▲ 171 vs year ago 414 · +41.3%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026 Graded Feeder Cattle SaleFri Oct 16, 2026 Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026

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Every lot

30 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Holstein Steer 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 · Dairy Steers24 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	250–300	Small 4	265	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	517	1
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	333	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	956	15
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 4	340	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	791	1
Dairy Steers	300–350	Small 4	340	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	697	1
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 4	374	222.35/cwt	215.00–237.50	832	8
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	380	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,015	19
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 4	419	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	880	11
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	425	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,105	15
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 4	475	217.47/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,033	6
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	478	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,248	34
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	529	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,270	42
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 4	534	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,108	5
Dairy Steers	550–600	Small 4	557	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,086	3
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 4	574	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,165	5
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	580	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,334	53
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	643	204.28/cwt	204.00–207.00	1,314	86
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 4	648	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,296	7
Dairy Steers	650–700	Small 4	668	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	902	2
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	744	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,384	42
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	760	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,463	61
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3	879	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,494	39
Dairy Steers	950–1000	Small 4	960	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,392	1
Dairy Steers	1000–1050	Large 3	1,046	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,726	10
Dairy Steers	1050–1100	Large 4	1,095	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,506	1
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	475	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,021	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	549	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,139	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	578	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,272	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	674	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,449	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	738	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,351	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	900–950	Large 3	905	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,561	2

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages

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East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Holstein Steer Sale - Sweetwater, TN

Fri Apr 12, 2024

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

Receipts 585Last week 484Year ago 414

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	333	287.00	287.00
19	350–400	380	267.00	267.00
15	400–450	425	260.00	260.00
34	450–500	478	261.00	261.00
42	500–550	529	240.00	240.00
53	550–600	580	230.00	230.00
86	600–650	643	204.00–207.00	204.28
42	700–750	744	186.00	186.00
61	750–800	760	192.50	192.50
39	850–900	879	170.00	170.00
10	1000–1050	1,046	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	232.50	232.50
8	350–400	374	215.00–237.50	222.35
11	400–450	419	210.00	210.00
6	450–500	475	210.00–219.00	217.47
5	500–550	534	207.50	207.50
5	550–600	574	203.00	203.00
7	600–650	648	200.00	200.00
1	1050–1100	1,095	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	195.00	195.00
1	300–350	340	205.00	205.00
3	550–600	557	195.00	195.00
2	650–700	668	135.00	135.00
1	950–1000	960	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	215.00	215.00
4	500–550	549	207.50	207.50
3	550–600	578	220.00	220.00
5	650–700	674	215.00	215.00
2	700–750	738	183.00	183.00
2	900–950	905	172.50	172.50

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.