Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, regarding slaughter classes- breaker cows 4.00 lower, with boning cows 7.00 higher, bulls 5.00 higher, and no comparisons available for lean cows due to limited comparable receipts. No market trends available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts, however, high-quality offerings and a higher undertone were noted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.05/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −51.93 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$323.05

7 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.57

vs TN average

−9.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	323.05	1,726	7thin

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 sale7 hd

323.05

—

TN average16 barns · 772 hd

322.49

+0.57

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−9.77

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

−51.93

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	1,716	199.48	3,423	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,261	161.37	2,034	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,396	154.74	2,160	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	880	122.00	1,074	1thin
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,530	179.00	2,739	1thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,630	155.59	2,536	3thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,479	148.82	2,201	5thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,248	135.71	1,694	6thin

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)	1,300	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$2,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,900	1thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	930	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,232	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	276.00/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,982	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	288.03/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,183	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	282.51/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	298	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,192	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	285	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	308.74/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	328.78/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,690	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	382.86/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,631	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	820	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	330	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,485	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,479	148.82/cwt	145.00–157.00	2,201	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,074	1
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	155.59/cwt	151.00–158.00	2,536	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,351	177.16/cwt	174.00–182.00	2,393	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	156.51/cwt	148.00–164.00	1,930	13
Bulls	—	—	1,718	195.71/cwt	190.00–199.00	3,362	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,227	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	351.25/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,690	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	390.40/cwt	375.00–397.50	1,765	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	352.73/cwt	347.50–357.00	1,831	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,415	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	384.25/cwt	372.50–410.00	1,787	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	389.31/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,265	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,469	3
Bulls	—	—	1,713	205.76/cwt	201.00–210.00	3,525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	960	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,136	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	432	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,447	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	425	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,413	1
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,530	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,739	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,575	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,268	144.21/cwt	143.00–145.50	1,829	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	155.00/cwt	150.00–161.00	2,201	7
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	133.85/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,660	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,290	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,871	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	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 May 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 108Last week 84Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 41Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 7Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	410.00	410.00
1	400–450	410	417.50	417.50
6	450–500	452	375.00–397.50	390.40
8	500–550	519	347.50–357.00	352.73
2	550–600	560	361.00	361.00
2	600–650	603	280.00–285.00	282.51
4	700–750	718	270.00–279.00	276.00
1	750–800	755	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	860	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	930	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	298	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	615	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	820	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	370.00–415.00	389.31
3	350–400	372	395.00	395.00
4	400–450	426	365.00–400.00	382.86
8	450–500	481	340.00–359.00	351.25
5	500–550	514	320.00–335.00	328.78
2	550–600	585	307.50–310.00	308.74
4	600–650	630	285.00–289.00	288.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	335.00	335.00
2	950–1000	960	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	465	372.50–410.00	384.25
2	600–650	615	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	730	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	795	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	520.00	520.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,479	145.00–157.00	148.82
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,630	151.00–158.00	155.59
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,240	128.00–140.00	133.85
1	—	1,290	145.00	145.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	122.00	122.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,351	174.00–182.00	177.16
13	—	1,233	148.00–164.00	156.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	174.00	174.00
2	—	1,268	143.00–145.50	144.21
7	—	1,420	150.00–161.00	155.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,718	190.00–199.00	195.71
3	—	1,713	201.00–210.00	205.76
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	179.00	179.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	2,400.00	2,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,900.00	2,900.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle