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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-17

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, May 17

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2072

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Receipts

534 head

▼ 51 vs last sale 585▲ 88 vs year ago 446 · +19.7%

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

32 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 Steers26 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	250–300	Small 4	270	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	540	1
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 4	313	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	626	2
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	330	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	911	11
Dairy Steers	350–400	Small 4	356	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	495	7
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	377	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	980	20
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 4	379	219.98/cwt	212.50–222.50	834	8
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 4	420	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	809	3
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	434	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,152	32
Dairy Steers	450–500	Small 4	470	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	653	4
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 4	475	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,055	5
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	477	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,209	42
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	525	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,239	24
Dairy Steers	500–550	Small 4	538	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	847	2
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 4	545	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,074	1
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 4	572	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,230	3
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	574	229.82/cwt	229.00–230.00	1,319	33
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 4	640	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,190	2
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	654	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,458	56
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 4	655	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,264	3
Dairy Steers	700–750	Small 4	748	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,290	4
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	753	206.75/cwt	206.75–206.75	1,557	56
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 3	847	192.75/cwt	192.75–192.75	1,633	43
Dairy Steers	950–1000	Large 3	984	187.75/cwt	187.75–187.75	1,847	49
Dairy Steers	1000–1050	Large 4	1,040	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,674	1
Dairy Steers	1100–1150	Large 3	1,130	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,853	3
Dairy Steers	1200–1250	Large 3	1,220	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,001	1
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 4	333	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	691	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 4	435	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	892	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 4	567	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	981	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 4	654	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,158	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 4	771	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,372	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 4	858	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,467	5

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages

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

Fri May 17, 2024

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

Receipts 534Last week 585Year ago 446

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	330	276.00	276.00
20	350–400	377	260.00	260.00
32	400–450	434	265.50	265.50
42	450–500	477	253.50	253.50
24	500–550	525	236.00	236.00
33	550–600	574	229.00–230.00	229.82
56	650–700	654	223.00	223.00
56	750–800	753	206.75	206.75
43	800–850	847	192.75	192.75
49	950–1000	984	187.75	187.75
3	1100–1150	1,130	164.00	164.00
1	1200–1250	1,220	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	200.00	200.00
7	350–400	356	139.00	139.00
4	450–500	470	139.00	139.00
2	500–550	538	157.50	157.50
4	700–750	748	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	200.00	200.00
8	350–400	379	212.50–222.50	219.98
3	400–450	420	192.50	192.50
5	450–500	475	222.00	222.00
1	500–550	545	197.00	197.00
3	550–600	572	215.00	215.00
2	600–650	640	186.00	186.00
3	650–700	655	193.00	193.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	207.50	207.50
3	400–450	435	205.00	205.00
9	550–600	567	173.00	173.00
10	650–700	654	177.00	177.00
5	750–800	771	178.00	178.00
5	850–900	858	171.00	171.00

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.