Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2025-05-21

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, May 21
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067
Feeder Cattle receipts
49 head
15 vs last sale 64 33 vs year ago 82 · 40.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
10 vs last sale 59 5 vs year ago 44 · +11.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
3 vs last sale 8 5 vs year ago 10 · 50.0%
Also sold hereGraded Holstein Steer SaleFri Aug 14, 2026Graded Feeder Cattle SaleFri Aug 7, 2026Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 3.00 to 6.00 higher overall with limited comparable receipts available for slaughter bulls, but a higher undertone was noted. Also, 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 $328.75/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 74.17 against this barn's trailing median of $402.92.
Average price
$328.75
2 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,849
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
5.66
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563328.751,8492thin
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
448411374337median 402.9201/2102/1805/0607/1508/19
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 sale2 hd
328.75
TN average15 barns · 378 hd
334.41
−5.66
This barn, trailing median7 sales
402.92
−74.17
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,841212.003,9028thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,240170.232,11114
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,461166.842,43810
CowsLean 85-90%Average983152.841,5022thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,385140.001,9391thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,400$2,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$1,9001thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450435325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4141
CowsLean 85-90%983152.84/cwt145.00–159.001,5022
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,385140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9391
CowsBoner 80-85%1,285178.22/cwt177.00–180.002,2904
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250225447.33/cwt420.00–480.001,0062
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,3001,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bulls1,816220.14/cwt215.00–231.003,9984
CowsBoner 80-85%1,222167.04/cwt159.00–174.002,04110
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,500180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,7001
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,495169.14/cwt163.00–175.002,5297
Bulls1,865203.86/cwt197.00–209.003,8024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,323152.23/cwt150.00–154.002,0142
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600570335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9101
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250245450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1031
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,1411
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470314.89/cwt307.50–322.501,4803
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400390350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3651
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300260460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,1961
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350330380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2541
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450432360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5553
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450406390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5834
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7671
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800755265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0011
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600555322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,7901
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400365414.45/cwt395.00–435.001,5132
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465383.99/cwt372.50–395.001,7862

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.