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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-18

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Sep 18

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Aug 28Sep 18Oct 16 →

Receipts

629 head

▲ 425 vs last sale 204▼ 41 vs year ago 670 · −6.1%

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 $369.38/cwt on 96 head, up $6.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −68.80 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$369.38

▲ 6.69 vs prior sale

96 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

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

$42.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.32

vs TN average

−33.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	386.00	2,173	22
Medium and Large 1	557	374.26	2,084	50
Medium and Large 2	547	343.97	1,882	24

One grade step is worth $42.03/cwt here — about $291 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 sale96 hd

369.38

—

TN average15 barns · 784 hd

371.70

−2.32

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−33.98

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

−68.80

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

55 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	333	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,515	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,693	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	392	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,774	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,806	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	394.87/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,726	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	457	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,015	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	465	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,023	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	390.73/cwt	390.00–392.50	1,821	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,891	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	490	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,960	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,988	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	344.95/cwt	339.00–381.00	1,856	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	556	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,907	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	563	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,173	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	563	380.26/cwt	370.00–381.00	2,141	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,989	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	636	342.76/cwt	318.00–344.00	2,180	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	323.67/cwt	320.00–331.00	2,084	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,287	44
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,983	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	329.76/cwt	320.00–331.00	2,199	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	713	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,260	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	727	327.51/cwt	319.00–330.00	2,381	90
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,342	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,403	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	844	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,532	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	855	320.72/cwt	304.00–325.25	2,742	76
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	875	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,573	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,663	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,015	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,791	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	272	419.57/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,141	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,399	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	408.95/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,554	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	386	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,428	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,611	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,460	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	425	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,562	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	468	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,699	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,539	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,680	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	483	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,734	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	505	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,793	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,807	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	543	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,781	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	563	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,982	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,916	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	624	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,028	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	653	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,168	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,998	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	715	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,102	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	747	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,323	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,109	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,277	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 Sep 18, 2026

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

Receipts 629Last week 204Year ago 670

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	483	359.00	359.00
25	500–550	543	328.00	328.00
4	600–650	624	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	715	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	420.00	420.00
3	350–400	380	385.00–420.00	408.95
1	400–450	420	347.50	347.50
2	450–500	470	327.50	327.50
1	550–600	590	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	386	370.00	370.00
10	500–550	505	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	367.50	367.50
7	450–500	468	363.00	363.00
29	550–600	563	352.00	352.00
39	650–700	653	332.00	332.00
10	700–750	747	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	410.00–425.00	419.57
2	350–400	393	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	480	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	533	339.00	339.00
5	550–600	579	331.00	331.00
3	650–700	655	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	760	277.50	277.50
1	800–850	825	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	455.00	455.00
3	350–400	392	452.50	452.50
1	450–500	490	400.00	400.00
7	550–600	556	343.00	343.00
20	600–650	636	318.00–344.00	342.76
2	700–750	713	317.00	317.00
1	850–900	875	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	437	390.00–420.00	394.87
14	450–500	466	390.00–392.50	390.73
15	500–550	538	339.00–381.00	344.95
2	550–600	585	340.00	340.00
3	650–700	650	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	775	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	457	441.00	441.00
22	550–600	563	386.00	386.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	465	435.00	435.00
31	550–600	563	370.00–381.00	380.26
44	600–650	648	353.00	353.00
90	700–750	727	319.00–330.00	327.51
76	850–900	855	304.00–325.25	320.72
1	1000–1050	1,015	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	437.50	437.50
6	400–450	425	425.00	425.00
2	450–500	488	387.50	387.50
11	500–550	530	375.00	375.00
8	550–600	570	350.00	350.00
3	600–650	644	320.00–331.00	323.67
9	650–700	667	320.00–331.00	329.76
5	700–750	746	314.00	314.00
4	800–850	844	300.00	300.00
2	950–1000	965	276.00	276.00

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.