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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-06

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Jun 6

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← May 9Jun 6Aug 1 →

Receipts

507 head

▲ 114 vs last sale 393▲ 106 vs year ago 401 · +26.4%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026 Graded Holstein Steer SaleFri Oct 9, 2026 Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.42/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −91.76 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$346.42

72 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$10.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.60

vs TN average

−32.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	347.27	1,951	66
Medium and Large 2	557	337.00	1,877	6thin

One grade step is worth $10.27/cwt here — about $74 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale72 hd

346.42

—

TN average15 barns · 755 hd

358.02

−11.60

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−32.16

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

−91.76

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.97, low $362.69, median $438.18 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

37 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,569	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	460	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,891	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	376.43/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,777	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	475	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,781	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,812	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	557	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,877	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	563	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,985	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	337.82/cwt	335.00–338.00	1,966	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,839	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	637	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,038	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	643	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,977	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,038	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	651	342.84/cwt	318.00–344.00	2,232	47
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,073	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	304.18/cwt	304.00–305.00	2,260	48
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	765	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,238	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	288.21/cwt	288.00–290.00	2,415	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	943	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,640	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,040	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,860	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,267	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	378.64/cwt	347.50–384.00	1,363	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,219	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,326	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	342.33/cwt	341.00–342.50	1,479	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	455	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,490	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	461	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,618	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,559	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	315.33/cwt	313.00–316.00	1,655	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	551	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,747	54
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	559	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,733	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,670	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	630	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,811	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	649	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,973	44
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	660	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,898	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,826	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	767	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,025	22

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Sweetwater, TN

Fri Jun 6, 2025

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

Receipts 507Last week 393Year ago 401

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	461	351.00	351.00
54	550–600	551	317.00	317.00
44	600–650	649	304.00	304.00
22	750–800	767	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	384.00	384.00
7	350–400	360	347.50–384.00	378.64
9	400–450	432	341.00–342.50	342.33
6	450–500	471	331.00	331.00
9	500–550	525	313.00–316.00	315.33
7	550–600	581	287.50	287.50
8	650–700	664	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	327.50	327.50
6	550–600	559	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	630	287.50	287.50
1	650–700	660	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	405	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	352.50	352.50
8	450–500	472	350.00–380.00	376.43
11	500–550	529	342.50	342.50
16	550–600	582	335.00–338.00	337.82
29	600–650	647	315.00	315.00
5	650–700	658	315.00	315.00
48	700–750	743	304.00–305.00	304.18
19	800–850	838	288.00–290.00	288.21
1	1000–1050	1,040	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	613	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	475	375.00	375.00
6	550–600	557	337.00	337.00
3	600–650	643	307.50	307.50
2	650–700	670	300.00	300.00
3	750–800	765	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	460	411.00	411.00
39	550–600	563	352.50	352.50
5	600–650	637	320.00	320.00
47	650–700	651	318.00–344.00	342.84
2	900–950	943	280.00	280.00

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.