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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-01

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Aug 1

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Jun 6Aug 1Aug 22 →

Receipts

996 head

▲ 489 vs last sale 507▼ 477 vs year ago 1,473 · −32.4%

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 classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $393.27/cwt on 153 head. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −44.91 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$393.27

153 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$32.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.12

vs TN average

+11.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	399.28	2,222	125
Medium and Large 2	558	366.46	2,046	28

One grade step is worth $32.82/cwt here — about $176 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale153 hd

393.27

—

TN average13 barns · 576 hd

375.15

+18.12

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

+11.59

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

−44.91

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

59 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,656	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,806	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,958	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	454	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,703	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	464	446.01/cwt	420.00–447.00	2,069	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	386.78/cwt	331.00–430.00	1,822	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,972	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,904	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,117	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	548	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,863	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	558	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,277	76
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	564	380.47/cwt	372.50–384.00	2,146	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	373.40/cwt	317.50–380.00	2,162	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	362.02/cwt	315.00–377.50	2,111	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	628	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,229	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,285	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	354.26/cwt	332.50–355.00	2,310	63
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	658	360.70/cwt	324.00–372.00	2,373	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	661	379.54/cwt	355.00–382.00	2,509	97
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	715	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,166	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	736	347.61/cwt	328.00–349.00	2,558	79
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,444	36
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,408	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,424	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	811	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,595	35
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,547	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,723	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	936	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,911	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,338	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,494	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,451	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,659	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	438	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,566	2
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	438	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,150	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	473	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,816	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	335.38/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,590	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,724	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	480	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,716	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,717	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,897	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	543	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,721	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	553	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,814	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	557	350.60/cwt	325.00–351.00	1,953	66
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,888	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,800	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	618	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,638	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,178	78
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	318.21/cwt	311.00–319.00	2,091	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	660	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,848	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	723	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,916	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	735	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,955	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,229	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	762	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,217	37
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	5

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 Aug 1, 2025

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

Receipts 996Last week 507Year ago 1,473

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	437.00	437.00
2	400–450	430	420.00	420.00
13	450–500	478	412.50	412.50
28	500–550	536	395.00	395.00
21	550–600	579	317.50–380.00	373.40
63	650–700	652	332.50–355.00	354.26
36	700–750	743	329.00	329.00
9	800–850	819	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	464	420.00–447.00	446.01
76	550–600	558	408.00	408.00
97	650–700	661	355.00–382.00	379.54
79	700–750	736	328.00–349.00	347.61
35	800–850	811	320.00	320.00
8	900–950	936	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	454	375.00	375.00
2	500–550	548	340.00	340.00
10	550–600	564	372.50–384.00	380.47
2	600–650	628	355.00	355.00
13	650–700	658	324.00–372.00	360.70
1	700–750	715	303.00	303.00
1	800–850	800	303.00	303.00
1	900–950	900	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	440	445.00	445.00
7	450–500	471	331.00–430.00	386.78
8	500–550	529	360.00	360.00
8	550–600	583	315.00–377.50	362.02
6	600–650	633	361.00	361.00
1	750–800	750	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	473	384.00	384.00
66	550–600	557	325.00–351.00	350.60
78	650–700	650	335.00	335.00
37	750–800	762	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	357.50	357.50
5	450–500	480	357.50	357.50
3	500–550	543	317.00	317.00
14	550–600	553	328.00	328.00
1	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
3	650–700	660	280.00	280.00
3	700–750	735	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	390.00	390.00
4	350–400	383	390.00	390.00
4	400–450	431	385.00	385.00
17	450–500	479	360.00	360.00
20	500–550	533	356.00	356.00
34	550–600	581	325.00	325.00
31	650–700	657	311.00–319.00	318.21
6	700–750	743	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	262.50	262.50
2	600–650	618	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	387	375.00	375.00
6	450–500	474	315.00–350.00	335.38
5	500–550	525	327.00	327.00
1	550–600	595	302.50	302.50
1	600–650	625	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	675	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	723	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	380.00	380.00
5	550–600	580	320.00	320.00

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.