Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows gauging 8.00 to 16.00 higher overall with increased demand and buyer presence noted. Lean cows mostly steady with no trends established for slaughter bulls due to no receipts last week. No market trends available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $317.97/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −84.96 against this barn's trailing median of $402.92.

Average price

$317.97

4 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−18.36

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	317.97	1,719	4thin

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

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 sale4 hd

317.97

—

TN average14 barns · 368 hd

336.33

−18.36

This barn, trailing median7 sales

402.92

−84.96

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	1,620	190.18	3,081	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,482	165.61	2,454	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,201	156.26	1,876	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	967	128.02	1,238	5thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	135.00	1,553	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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,075	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,450	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$3,150	2thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	252.55/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	355	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	293.09/cwt	291.00–297.50	1,855	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	223.75/cwt	220.00–227.50	2,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	362.59/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	672	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,386	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,017	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	450	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,824	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	450–500	485	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,673	1
Heifers	Small 1	200–250	240	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	804	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	149.03/cwt	140.00–160.00	1,753	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	174.92/cwt	174.00–176.00	2,501	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	160.95/cwt	154.00–165.00	2,427	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,553	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	128.02/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,238	5
Bulls	—	—	1,620	190.18/cwt	183.00–195.00	3,081	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,200	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	319.93/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	174.32/cwt	168.00–185.00	2,202	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	573	302.60/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	407.52/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,316	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,091	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,992	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	337.44/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	407.53/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,528	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	460	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	330.00/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	332.37/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,406	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	311.24/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,892	4

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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 84Last week 24Year ago 106

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 32Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 8Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	405.00–410.00	407.53
1	400–450	410	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	465	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	540	345.00	345.00
2	550–600	563	335.00–340.00	337.44
3	600–650	613	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	820	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	412.50	412.50
3	650–700	672	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	455.00	455.00
2	300–350	323	405.00–410.00	407.52
1	350–400	355	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	415	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	478	360.00–365.00	362.59
2	500–550	528	315.00–325.00	319.93
2	550–600	553	316.00	316.00
4	600–650	608	300.00–315.00	311.24
1	700–750	715	232.50	232.50
2	750–800	755	245.00–260.00	252.55
2	900–950	905	220.00–227.50	223.75
1	950–1000	960	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	423	330.00–335.00	332.37
2	450–500	495	325.00–335.00	330.00
1	500–550	505	315.00	315.00
3	550–600	565	298.00	298.00
3	600–650	633	291.00–297.50	293.09
1	700–750	740	272.50	272.50
1	900–950	925	230.00	230.00
1	950–1000	950	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	300.00–305.00	302.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,176	140.00–160.00	149.03
4	—	1,263	168.00–185.00	174.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	174.00–176.00	174.92
4	—	1,508	154.00–165.00	160.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	967	124.00–132.00	128.02
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	135.00	135.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,620	183.00–195.00	190.18

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	2,075.00	2,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,450.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	3,150.00	3,150.00

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle