Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to limited receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $298.20/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −104.72 against this barn's trailing median of $402.92.

Average price

$298.20

6 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$23.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.22

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	302.04	1,640	5thin
Medium and Large 2	545	279.00	1,521	1thin

One grade step is worth $23.04/cwt here — about $120 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

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 sale6 hd

298.20

—

TN average14 barns · 343 hd

317.42

−19.22

This barn, trailing median7 sales

402.92

−104.72

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,885	178.50	3,365	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,333	144.75	1,929	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,420	131.09	1,862	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,224	111.33	1,363	13

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,238	$1,938	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,775	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	265.04/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	314.38/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,358	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,717	1
Steers	Small 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,000	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	625	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	385	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,304	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	674	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,816	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	700–750	715	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	615	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,368	1
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	705	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	495	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	461	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	388.78/cwt	387.50–390.00	1,613	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	518	293.86/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	339.76/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	302.04/cwt	275.00–312.00	1,640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	243.75/cwt	242.50–245.00	1,974	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,026	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	250–300	288	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,210	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,238	1,937.50/head	1,875.00–2,000.00	1,938	2
Bulls	—	—	1,885	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	3,365	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,908	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	2,077	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	116.23/cwt	114.00–119.50	1,331	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,358	125.52/cwt	122.00–129.50	1,705	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	122.73/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,433	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,786	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,526	129.20/cwt	123.50–134.00	1,972	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,527	106.72/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,630	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	873	89.33/cwt	75.00–100.00	780	2

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.

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

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Wed Mar 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 73Last week 112Year ago 152

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 30Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 7Year ago 7

No trends established due to limited receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	432	312.50–315.00	314.38
3	450–500	475	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	575	260.00–270.00	265.04
1	600–650	620	277.00	277.00
1	650–700	650	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	337.00	337.00
2	550–600	565	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	645	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	290.00–298.00	293.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	387.50–390.00	388.78
3	450–500	483	335.00–350.00	339.76
5	500–550	543	275.00–312.00	302.04
1	650–700	665	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	765	248.00	248.00
2	800–850	810	242.50–245.00	243.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	674	269.50	269.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	615	222.50	222.50
1	700–750	705	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	420.00	420.00
7	450–500	461	368.00	368.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	420	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	545	279.00	279.00
1	650–700	655	254.00	254.00
1	900–950	925	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	291.00	291.00
Steers — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,000	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	625	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	332.50	332.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,775.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,238	1,875.00–2,000.00	1,937.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,885	178.50	178.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	161.00	161.00
2	—	1,168	122.00–124.00	122.73
7	—	1,526	123.50–134.00	129.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	150.50	150.50
1	—	1,285	139.00	139.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,145	114.00–119.50	116.23
2	—	1,358	122.00–129.50	125.52
3	—	1,527	105.00–110.00	106.72
2	—	873	75.00–100.00	89.33

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.

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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle