Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower overall with decreased demand noted. No comparisons available for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts, however higher-quality offerings were noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $350.29/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −110.63 against this barn's trailing median of $460.92.

Average price

$350.29

10 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.75

vs TN average

−54.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	350.29	1,892	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $488.79, low $444.29, median $460.92 across 3 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 sale10 hd

350.29

—

TN average15 barns · 494 hd

376.05

−25.75

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−54.35

This barn, trailing median3 sales

460.92

−110.63

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	1,631	182.63	2,979	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	160.73	2,015	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	157.08	2,369	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,142	142.46	1,627	6thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,823	164.46	2,998	2thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,445	152.00	2,196	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,133	142.37	1,613	2thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	365.34/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,377	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	382.47/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,683	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	355.60/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,867	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	337.10/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	379.32/cwt	370.00–390.00	835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	353.17/cwt	347.50–362.50	1,861	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	398.29/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	878	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,019	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	321.86/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	305	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	311.89/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,775	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	451.79/cwt	430.00–475.00	1,423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	606	354.15/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,146	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	787	324.04/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,550	10
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	505	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,465	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	385	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,482	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	410	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,517	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,442	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	535	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,552	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	395	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,086	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	157.08/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,369	5
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,196	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	169.98/cwt	169.00–171.00	2,210	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	156.11/cwt	151.50–162.00	1,920	4
Bulls	—	—	1,840	188.35/cwt	180.50–195.00	3,466	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,213	171.18/cwt	170.00–172.50	2,076	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,492	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1100–1150	1,120	181.73/cwt	155.00–195.00	2,035	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	900–950	935	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,636	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	142.37/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,613	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	142.46/cwt	136.00–147.00	1,627	6
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,823	164.46/cwt	162.50–166.50	2,998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	709	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,205	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	240.11/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,976	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,168	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	615	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,076	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	645	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,903	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,933	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	589	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,062	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	363.66/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,727	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	365.83/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,396	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	315.01/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,644	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	347.48/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,946	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	338.40/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	337.50/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,312	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	382.72/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,638	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 Sep 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 196Last week 123Year ago 141

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 53Year ago 51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	440.00	440.00
2	400–450	428	375.00–390.00	382.72
1	450–500	480	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	525	352.50–360.00	355.60
4	550–600	560	340.00–355.00	347.48
3	600–650	628	335.00–340.00	338.40
2	650–700	685	330.00–345.00	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	520.00	520.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	606	350.00–365.00	354.15
15	650–700	655	360.00–368.00	365.83
10	750–800	787	320.00–325.00	324.04
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	410	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	370.00–390.00	379.32
1	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
5	350–400	377	360.00–370.00	365.34
1	400–450	440	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	470	325.00–350.00	337.10
5	500–550	522	310.00–320.00	315.01
4	550–600	570	320.00–322.50	321.86
2	800–850	823	235.00–245.00	240.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	589	350.00	350.00
7	700–750	709	311.00	311.00
3	850–900	878	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	275.00	275.00
2	450–500	465	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	535	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	465.00	465.00
2	300–350	315	430.00–475.00	451.79
3	350–400	375	395.00–405.00	398.29
2	400–450	440	380.00–385.00	382.47
4	450–500	475	355.00–375.00	363.66
3	500–550	527	347.50–362.50	353.17
4	550–600	569	310.00–317.50	311.89
2	700–750	703	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	385.00	385.00
4	400–450	406	367.50	367.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	320.00	320.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	935	175.00	175.00
3	1100–1150	1,120	155.00–195.00	181.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,508	150.00–165.00	157.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,300	169.00–171.00	169.98
4	—	1,230	151.50–162.00	156.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,142	136.00–147.00	142.46
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	152.00	152.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	140.00–145.00	142.37
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,823	162.50–166.50	164.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,840	180.50–195.00	188.35
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	170.00–172.50	171.18

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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