Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher overall, with no market trends available for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.44/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −42.55 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$332.44

12 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,853

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.74

vs TN average

−18.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	332.44	1,853	12thin

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 sale12 hd

332.44

—

TN average16 barns · 910 hd

343.18

−10.74

National average152 barns · 8,349 hd

350.81

−18.37

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

−42.55

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	1,809	210.93	3,816	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,527	173.74	2,653	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,257	171.32	2,153	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	934	145.93	1,362	9thin

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)	1,450	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$1,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$3,425	2thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,150	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bulls	—	—	1,690	203.51/cwt	198.00–212.00	3,439	6
Bulls	—	—	2,048	225.77/cwt	222.00–230.00	4,624	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	167.95/cwt	164.00–170.00	2,076	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	176.93/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,286	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	171.86/cwt	168.00–178.00	2,647	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	520	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,169	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	355	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	330	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	313.63/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,957	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,373	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	373.57/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,507	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	319.84/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,842	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	305	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,915	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	332.47/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,799	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	354.99/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	305.04/cwt	295.00–315.00	2,010	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	375.22/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,238	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	314.26/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,955	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	304.96/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,089	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	363.63/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,065	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	338.29/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,429	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,985	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	288.13/cwt	280.00–310.00	2,072	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	705	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,752	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	148.88/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,423	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	135.61/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,159	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	763	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	369.86/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,820	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,425.00/head	3,300.00–3,550.00	3,425	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 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 117Last week 134Year ago 152

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 106Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 13Year ago 3

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher overall, with no market trends available for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,750.00	1,750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,450	2,650.00	2,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,300.00–3,550.00	3,425.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,690	198.00–212.00	203.51
3	—	2,048	222.00–230.00	225.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,236	164.00–170.00	167.95
3	—	1,292	175.00–180.00	176.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,540	168.00–178.00	171.86
1	—	1,450	185.00	185.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	956	145.00–157.00	148.88
2	—	855	130.00–140.00	135.61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
2	750–800	763	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	450.00	450.00
2	550–600	568	360.00–367.50	363.63
7	650–700	671	360.00–380.00	373.57
3	700–750	718	335.00–340.00	338.29
1	750–800	775	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	555	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	415.00	415.00
1	250–300	285	410.00	410.00
3	300–350	330	370.00–385.00	375.22
7	450–500	468	345.00–370.00	354.99
4	500–550	541	320.00–340.00	332.47
4	550–600	576	310.00–335.00	319.84
7	600–650	624	310.00–320.00	313.63
6	650–700	659	295.00–315.00	305.04
5	700–750	719	280.00–310.00	288.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	355	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	500.00	500.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	410.00	410.00
1	400–450	400	345.00	345.00
3	450–500	492	360.00–390.00	369.86
2	500–550	523	335.00	335.00
3	550–600	597	332.50	332.50
3	600–650	622	310.00–317.50	314.26
2	650–700	685	300.00–310.00	304.96
2	700–750	713	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	340.00	340.00

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle