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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-16

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Aug 16

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2072

← Jul 19Aug 16Sep 13 →

Receipts

346 head

▲ 136 vs last sale 210▼ 91 vs year ago 437 · −20.8%

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

28 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 Steers25 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	250–300	Large 3-4	279	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	718	6
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	318	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	890	12
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 4	320	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	800	2
Dairy Steers	350–400	Small 4	367	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	661	3
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 4	370	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	796	1
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	381	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,040	12
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 4	415	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	861	2
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	430	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,230	15
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	477	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,173	18
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 4	478	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,028	5
Dairy Steers	450–500	Small 4	483	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	652	2
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	529	243.50/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,288	20
Dairy Steers	500–550	Small 4	535	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	869	3
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 4	542	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,187	3
Dairy Steers	550–600	Small 4	555	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	805	1
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 4	560	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	798	1
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	585	236.75/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,385	25
Dairy Steers	600–650	Small 4	617	145.68/cwt	137.50–150.00	899	3
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	655	216.60/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,419	46
Dairy Steers	700–750	Small 4	725	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,160	2
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	744	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,629	29
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	760	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,702	3
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3	895	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,665	44
Dairy Steers	1000–1050	Large 3	1,037	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,887	4
Dairy Steers	1050–1100	Large 4	1,055	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,820	2
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	639	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,189	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	730	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,307	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	900–950	Large 3	930	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,832	3

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages

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

Fri Aug 16, 2024

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

Receipts 346Last week 210Year ago 437

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	250.00	250.00
1	350–400	370	215.00	215.00
2	400–450	415	207.50	207.50
5	450–500	478	215.00	215.00
3	500–550	542	219.00	219.00
1	550–600	560	142.50	142.50
2	1050–1100	1,055	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	318	280.00	280.00
12	350–400	381	273.00	273.00
15	400–450	430	286.00	286.00
18	450–500	477	246.00	246.00
20	500–550	529	239.00–245.00	243.50
25	550–600	585	235.00–237.00	236.75
46	650–700	655	216.00–219.00	216.60
29	700–750	744	219.00	219.00
3	750–800	760	224.00	224.00
44	850–900	895	186.00	186.00
4	1000–1050	1,037	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	180.00	180.00
2	450–500	483	135.00	135.00
3	500–550	535	162.50	162.50
1	550–600	555	145.00	145.00
3	600–650	617	137.50–150.00	145.68
2	700–750	725	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	279	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	639	186.00	186.00
4	700–750	730	179.00	179.00
3	900–950	930	197.00	197.00

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.