Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2026-04-24

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Apr 24
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3893
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Receipts
163 head
▲ 110 vs last sale 53▼ 19 vs year ago 182 · −10.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The University of Tennessee Production Sale was included as a part of this Replacement Sale, with registered and commercial offerings of bulls, bred and open heifers, and cow-calf pairs.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$4,2305
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$4,2001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$4,0577
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$3,9502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$3,79213
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,9502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$2,8502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,3001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)—$4,0258
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$3,6004thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)—$3,3333thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)—$2,9254thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,208$5,66814
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,410$3,7001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$7,0002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$6,2833thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$6,1367
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$5,8752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$5,6833thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$4,8789
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$4,1001thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$4,5001thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)—$3,8176

Every lot

32 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal) - 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Registered1,2085,667.99/head4,900.00–6,300.005,66814
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,4103,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1Registered—4,166.67/head4,100.00–4,200.004,1676
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1—3,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6002
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1—3,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6004
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1—3,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5002
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1—3,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1—2,925.00/head2,500.00–3,300.002,9254
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs11 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1—7,000.00/head7,000.00–7,000.007,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1Registered—6,700.00/head6,700.00–6,700.006,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1—6,350.00/head6,350.00–6,350.006,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1—6,283.33/head5,850.00–6,500.006,2833
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1—5,910.00/head5,100.00–6,450.005,9105
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1—5,850.00/head5,850.00–5,850.005,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1—5,850.00/head5,850.00–5,850.005,8502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1—5,400.00/head5,400.00–5,400.005,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1—5,350.00/head5,350.00–5,350.005,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1—4,756.25/head4,050.00–5,500.004,7568
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1—4,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1—4,230.00/head3,900.00–4,350.004,2305
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1—4,200.00/head4,200.00–4,200.004,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1—4,183.33/head3,900.00–4,300.004,1836
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1—3,950.00/head3,500.00–4,400.003,9502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1—3,936.36/head3,600.00–4,900.003,93611
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1—3,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1—3,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3—3,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1—2,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3—2,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3—2,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1—3,816.67/head3,500.00–3,900.003,8176
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1—4,500.00/head4,500.00–4,500.004,5001

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.