Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2025-02-12

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 12
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
111 vs last sale 146 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
2 vs last sale 27 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
13 vs last sale 14 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereGraded Holstein Steer SaleFri Aug 14, 2026Graded Feeder Cattle SaleFri Aug 7, 2026Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $260.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 142.92 against this barn's trailing median of $402.92.
Average price
$260.00
1 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,391
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
13.35
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535260.001,3911thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
448411374337median 402.9201/2102/1805/0607/1508/19
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $433.51, low $351.44, median $402.92 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
260.00
TN average13 barns · 244 hd
273.35
−13.35
This barn, trailing median7 sales
402.92
−142.92
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,890159.343,0114thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,150129.871,4942thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,085112.921,2256thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,558125.591,9572thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low970104.001,0091thin

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 Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$1,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

24 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850833222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,8492
BullsMedium and Large 1Full600–650635230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4611
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550535260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3911
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650605250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5131
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750700230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6101
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950940189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,7771
BullsSmall and Medium 1450–500460275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2651
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,6471
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4491
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3391
BullsSmall and Medium 1400–450415245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0171
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450408307.48/cwt305.00–310.001,2552
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2881
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250235260.00/cwt260.00–260.006111
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300265265.00/cwt265.00–265.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435269.77/cwt260.00–280.001,1732
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29001,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bulls2,070168.50/cwt168.50–168.503,4881
Bulls1,830156.28/cwt152.50–160.002,8603
CowsBoner 80-85%1,150129.87/cwt129.00–130.501,4942
CowsLean 85-90%1,125114.30/cwt112.00–118.001,2865
CowsLean 85-90%885106.00/cwt106.00–106.009381
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,558125.59/cwt121.00–130.001,9572
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%970104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0091

How this sale compares

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.