Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 10.00 to 11.00 higher overall with strong demand noted. No market trends available for slaughter bulls and feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.58/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −54.40 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$320.58

12 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$38.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.32

vs TN average

−13.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	333.38	1,742	8thin
Medium and Large 2	529	295.00	1,561	4thin

One grade step is worth $38.38/cwt here — about $182 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale12 hd

320.58

—

TN average16 barns · 778 hd

324.91

−4.32

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−13.53

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

−54.40

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	1,823	216.92	3,954	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,423	176.62	2,513	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,195	176.48	2,110	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	157.38	1,619	7thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,855	180.00	3,339	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	164.00	2,099	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,154	156.95	1,811	4thin

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)	1,388	$2,688	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,350	$2,588	2thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,099	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,374	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	166.96/cwt	166.00–168.00	1,686	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	187.14/cwt	183.00–194.00	2,336	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	171.15/cwt	167.00–179.00	2,001	8
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,078	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,263	158.90/cwt	158.00–160.00	2,007	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	175.56/cwt	165.00–180.00	2,437	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	2,587.50/head	2,500.00–2,675.00	2,588	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,388	2,687.50/head	2,500.00–2,850.00	2,688	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,983	1
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,855	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,339	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	155.19/cwt	151.00–162.00	1,647	4
Bulls	—	—	1,750	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	3,378	1
Bulls	—	—	1,841	222.90/cwt	220.00–229.00	4,104	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,033	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,966	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	540	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	298.26/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,831	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	297.62/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	540	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	395.14/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	372.41/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,519	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	282.50/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	511	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,748	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	353.48/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,166	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	613	344.01/cwt	330.50–346.00	2,109	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,762	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 Jun 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 109Last week 121Year ago 104

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 34Year ago 68

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 7Year ago 4

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	164.00	164.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	176.00	176.00
2	—	1,263	158.00–160.00	158.90
1	—	895	134.00	134.00
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	180.00	180.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	147.00	147.00
2	—	1,010	166.00–168.00	166.96
4	—	1,061	151.00–162.00	155.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,248	183.00–194.00	187.14
8	—	1,169	167.00–179.00	171.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,388	165.00–180.00	175.56
1	—	1,630	183.00	183.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	193.00	193.00
4	—	1,841	220.00–229.00	222.90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	350.00–360.00	353.48
1	350–400	375	330.00	330.00
4	400–450	408	360.00–387.50	372.41
3	450–500	487	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	530	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	585	295.00	295.00
2	600–650	615	280.00–285.00	282.50
1	700–750	735	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	511	342.00	342.00
2	600–650	610	290.00–305.00	297.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	529	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	440.00	440.00
2	350–400	360	390.00–400.00	395.14
1	550–600	570	300.00	300.00
7	600–650	614	290.00–302.50	298.26
1	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	715	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	505	402.50	402.50
8	600–650	613	330.50–346.00	344.01
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	525	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	605	310.00	310.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,350	2,500.00–2,675.00	2,587.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,388	2,500.00–2,850.00	2,687.50

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

Slaughter Cattle

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