Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts from this week's sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −89.98 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$285.00

1 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−29.02

vs TN average

−36.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	285.00	1,667	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.81, low $340.56, median $374.98 across 11 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

285.00

—

TN average14 barns · 1,008 hd

314.02

−29.02

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−36.38

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

−89.98

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	2,090	167.60	3,503	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,602	146.45	2,346	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	142.50	1,831	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,034	118.95	1,229	4thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,198	129.31	1,549	3thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,985	122.00	2,422	1thin

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)	950	$2,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls	Small and Medium 1Fleshy	600–650	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	359.05/cwt	349.00–370.00	1,688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,386	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1Value Added	450–500	485	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,867	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	375	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,850	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	750–800	785	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,354	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	600–650	628	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,649	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	383	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	450–500	480	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,742	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1	800–850	800	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	448	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,505	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,051	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,172	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bulls	—	—	2,090	167.60/cwt	160.00–174.50	3,503	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	123.60/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,339	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	929	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,831	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,602	146.45/cwt	144.00–149.50	2,346	3
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,985	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	2,422	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	129.31/cwt	122.50–134.00	1,549	3

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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 33Last week 637Year ago 93

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 75Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 50Year ago 6

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts from this week's sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	450.00	450.00
2	450–500	470	349.00–370.00	359.05
1	600–650	625	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	385.00	385.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	427.50	427.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	349.00	349.00
1	800–850	830	250.00	250.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	800	245.00	245.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	285.00	285.00
2	600–650	628	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	448	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	362.50	362.50
1	300–350	330	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	440	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	490	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	605	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	285.00	285.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,850.00	2,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	2,250.00	2,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,090	160.00–174.50	167.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,083	120.00–128.00	123.60
1	—	885	105.00	105.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	142.50	142.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,602	144.00–149.50	146.45
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,985	122.00	122.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,198	122.50–134.00	129.31

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

Heifers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle