Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available for feeder or slaughter classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.82/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −88.17 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$286.82

15 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,599

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$39.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.68

vs TN average

−29.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	289.45	1,610	14thin
Medium and Large 2	575	250.00	1,438	1thin

One grade step is worth $39.45/cwt here — about $172 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale15 hd

286.82

—

TN average14 barns · 448 hd

299.50

−12.68

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−29.73

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

−88.17

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	1,818	174.50	3,172	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,147	150.44	1,725	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,486	134.36	1,997	5thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	126.00	1,279	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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$2,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	473	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,771	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	286.24/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,669	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	400.34/cwt	375.00–425.00	1,481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	358.93/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,167	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	245.87/cwt	236.00–265.00	1,529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,806	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	289.02/cwt	270.00–312.00	1,619	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	316.55/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	365.98/cwt	335.00–380.00	1,416	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	210.03/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,490	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	460	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	381.77/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,615	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,296	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	370.97/cwt	330.00–385.00	1,799	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	330	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,344	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	153.66/cwt	152.50–155.00	1,652	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	147.22/cwt	145.50–149.00	1,793	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	134.36/cwt	131.00–136.50	1,997	5
Bulls	—	—	1,785	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,981	1
Bulls	—	—	1,850	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,367	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,279	1

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 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 92Last week 33Year ago 97

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 25Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 3Year ago 11

No market trends available for feeder or slaughter classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	450.00	450.00
1	300–350	305	405.00	405.00
2	350–400	370	375.00–425.00	400.34
3	400–450	423	370.00–400.00	381.77
4	450–500	485	330.00–385.00	370.97
2	500–550	503	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	550	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	610	298.00	298.00
2	750–800	770	230.00	230.00
2	800–850	805	205.00–215.00	210.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	317.50	317.50
2	550–600	583	285.00–287.50	286.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	345.00–370.00	358.93
8	350–400	387	335.00–380.00	365.98
3	450–500	473	310.00–325.00	316.55
1	500–550	505	295.00	295.00
13	550–600	560	270.00–312.00	289.02
3	600–650	622	236.00–265.00	245.87
4	650–700	669	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	575	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	400.00	400.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	2,000.00	2,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	152.50–155.00	153.66
2	—	1,218	145.50–149.00	147.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,486	131.00–136.50	134.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,785	167.00	167.00
1	—	1,850	182.00	182.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	126.00	126.00

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.

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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