Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, due to no report previous week.

Today's offering included one load of video Steers based at 890 selling for 3.35. https://ww.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams2068.pdf

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $327.92/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −75.01 against this barn's trailing median of $402.92.

Average price

$327.92

12 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,778

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$32.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.48

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	341.41	1,827	7thin
Medium and Large 2	552	309.02	1,706	5thin

One grade step is worth $32.40/cwt here — about $120 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

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 sale12 hd

327.92

—

TN average17 barns · 605 hd

337.40

−9.48

This barn, trailing median7 sales

402.92

−75.01

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	—	Low	1,642	205.50	3,373	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,513	172.03	2,603	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,268	161.41	2,046	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,116	151.57	1,691	22

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,673	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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	450–500	478	363.21/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	306.58/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	305.05/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	273.79/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,856	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,344	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,067	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,697	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	328.37/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,852	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	372.55/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,352	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	451.63/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,527	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	302.07/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	385.33/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,653	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	330.06/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,871	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	363.20/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	394.90/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	289.40/cwt	275.00–295.00	2,087	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	265	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	349.93/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,788	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,355	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	136.98/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,459	5
Bulls	—	—	1,215	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,114	1
Bulls	—	—	1,482	199.67/cwt	192.00–204.00	2,959	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,589	180.63/cwt	178.50–184.00	2,870	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	168.21/cwt	162.00–175.00	2,488	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	—	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	—	1,673.33/head	1,420.00–1,825.00	1,673	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	—	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	—	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	163.22/cwt	161.00–166.00	1,898	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	155.24/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,740	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	144.95/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,710	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	176.32/cwt	172.00–185.00	2,200	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	160.84/cwt	151.00–169.00	2,057	41
Bulls	—	—	1,813	213.53/cwt	207.00–228.00	3,871	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,501	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	314.98/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,492	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	298.86/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,017	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	308.98/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,869	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	315.47/cwt	270.00–340.00	1,502	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	360	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,476	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	450.00/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,305	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	305.04/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	254.97/cwt	250.00–260.00	2,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,074	2

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 Aug 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 134Last week 0Year ago 80

Slaughter CattleReceipts 106Last week 0Year ago 59

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 0Year ago 4

No trends established, due to no report previous week.

Today's offering included one load of video Steers based at 890 selling for 3.35. https://ww.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams2068.pdf

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	440.00–460.00	450.00
3	300–350	338	440.00–465.00	451.63
2	350–400	373	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	478	360.00–370.00	363.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	530	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	550	320.00	320.00
2	750–800	778	300.00–310.00	305.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	425	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	530	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	285.00–320.00	302.07
5	450–500	476	270.00–340.00	315.47
3	500–550	527	300.00–310.00	306.58
1	550–600	590	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	610	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	835	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	410.00	410.00
4	300–350	349	385.00	385.00
2	350–400	363	370.00–375.00	372.55
2	400–450	423	385.00	385.00
5	450–500	465	365.00	365.00
7	550–600	564	320.00–335.00	328.37
1	600–650	630	310.00	310.00
4	650–700	678	260.00–295.00	273.79
2	750–800	768	270.00	270.00
2	800–850	805	250.00–260.00	254.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	410.00	410.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	360.00	360.00
1	300–350	345	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	417	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	465	335.00	335.00
2	500–550	518	310.00–320.00	314.98
3	550–600	575	295.00–310.00	305.04
1	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	380.00–410.00	394.90
9	400–450	429	370.00–400.00	385.33
3	450–500	468	360.00–370.00	363.20
4	500–550	511	340.00–360.00	349.93
3	550–600	567	320.00–335.00	330.06
5	600–650	605	305.00–310.00	308.98
5	650–700	675	290.00–310.00	298.86
8	700–750	721	275.00–295.00	289.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	420.00	420.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	126.00	126.00
5	—	1,065	132.00–140.00	136.98
5	—	1,163	161.00–166.00	163.22
11	—	1,121	149.00–159.00	155.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,589	178.50–184.00	180.63
9	—	1,479	162.00–175.00	168.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,180	143.00–147.00	144.95
6	—	1,248	172.00–185.00	176.32
41	—	1,279	151.00–169.00	160.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	174.00	174.00
7	—	1,482	192.00–204.00	199.67
9	—	1,813	207.00–228.00	213.53

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,750.00	2,750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,420.00–1,825.00	1,673.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,900.00	1,900.00

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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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

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