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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Mar 6

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

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Receipts

447 head

▲ 268 vs last sale 179▼ 134 vs year ago 581 · −23.1%

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 $450.82/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +12.64 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$450.82

47 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,474

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$7.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.15

vs TN average

−24.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	453.18	2,510	33
Medium and Large 2	537	445.28	2,389	14thin

One grade step is worth $7.90/cwt here — about $121 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 sale47 hd

450.82

—

TN average15 barns · 650 hd

466.97

−16.15

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−24.74

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

+12.64

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

44 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,010	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	377	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,149	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	380	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,204	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,269	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,980	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,133	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	459	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,433	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	500.81/cwt	495.00–502.00	2,354	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	480	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,424	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	508	448.47/cwt	430.00–505.00	2,278	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,579	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,067	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,475	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	556	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,530	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	418.54/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,381	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	389.30/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,449	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	646	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,713	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	666	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,464	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	681	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,554	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	710	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,432	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	722	374.96/cwt	356.00–379.00	2,707	66
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	751	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,674	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	774	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,651	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Value Added	837	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,628	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	860	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,752	26
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,654	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,023	279.98/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,864	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,365	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	451.60/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,630	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	383.53/cwt	350.00–420.00	1,603	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	428.47/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,860	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	457	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,136	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	463	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,806	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	437.83/cwt	395.00–445.00	2,071	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,083	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	560	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,226	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	562	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,248	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,147	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	328.75/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,078	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	643	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,977	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	658	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,296	38
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	760	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,204	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	777	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,409	43
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	985	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,758	1

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 Mar 6, 2026

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

Receipts 447Last week 179Year ago 581

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	600.00	600.00
2	350–400	398	570.00	570.00
4	400–450	433	492.50	492.50
6	450–500	470	495.00–502.00	500.81
6	500–550	529	487.50	487.50
7	550–600	569	410.00–420.00	418.54
7	600–650	629	385.00–390.00	389.30
1	850–900	870	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	580.00	580.00
12	450–500	459	530.00	530.00
20	550–600	556	455.00	455.00
28	600–650	646	420.00	420.00
4	650–700	681	375.00	375.00
66	700–750	722	356.00–379.00	374.96
10	750–800	751	356.00	356.00
26	850–900	860	320.00	320.00
2	1000–1050	1,023	270.00–290.00	279.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	570.00	570.00
4	450–500	480	505.00	505.00
4	500–550	508	430.00–505.00	448.47
9	550–600	550	450.00	450.00
7	650–700	666	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	710	342.50	342.50
4	750–800	774	342.50	342.50
3	800–850	837	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	495.00	495.00
1	500–550	530	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	457	467.50	467.50
18	550–600	562	400.00	400.00
38	650–700	658	349.00	349.00
43	750–800	777	310.00	310.00
1	950–1000	985	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	390.00	390.00
9	550–600	560	397.50	397.50
11	600–650	643	307.50	307.50
2	750–800	760	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	418	350.00–420.00	383.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	361	410.00–460.00	451.60
5	400–450	434	400.00–435.00	428.47
7	450–500	473	395.00–445.00	437.83
1	500–550	505	412.50	412.50
3	550–600	593	362.00	362.00
4	600–650	632	325.00–330.00	328.75

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.