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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Oct 9

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2072

← Sep 11Oct 9latest

Receipts

206 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 240▼ 233 vs year ago 439 · −53.1%

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

21 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 Steers19 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 4	378	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,323	2
Dairy Steers	350–400	Small 4	396	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,010	4
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 4	417	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,543	6
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	432	368.07/cwt	355.00–369.00	1,590	14
Dairy Steers	450–500	Small 4	476	243.44/cwt	220.00–260.00	1,159	5
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	480	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,757	22
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 4	489	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,614	4
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	525	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	1,898	21
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 4	525	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,580	2
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	576	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,056	14
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 4	581	270.05/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,569	4
Dairy Steers	550–600	Small 4	593	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,512	5
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	648	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,064	33
Dairy Steers	700–750	Small 4	735	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,985	1
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3-4	749	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,082	22
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3-4	853	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,218	4
Dairy Steers	950–1000	Large 3-4	963	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,417	6
Dairy Steers	1000–1050	Large 3	1,042	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,605	3
Dairy Steers	1100–1150	Large 3	1,127	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,806	3
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3-4	653	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,057	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 4	768	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,112	2

This sale against other markets

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

Fri Oct 9, 2026

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

Receipts 206Last week 240Year ago 439

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	432	355.00–369.00	368.07
22	450–500	480	366.00	366.00
21	500–550	525	361.50	361.50
14	550–600	576	357.00	357.00
33	600–650	648	318.50	318.50
3	1000–1050	1,042	250.00	250.00
3	1100–1150	1,127	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	350.00	350.00
6	400–450	417	370.00	370.00
4	450–500	489	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	525	301.00	301.00
4	550–600	581	255.00–275.00	270.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	255.00	255.00
5	450–500	476	220.00–260.00	243.44
5	550–600	593	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	735	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
22	700–750	749	278.00	278.00
4	850–900	853	260.00	260.00
6	950–1000	963	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	768	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	653	315.00	315.00

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.