Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady overall, with no comparisons available for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts, but a higher undertone was noted.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $338.98/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −63.94 against this barn's trailing median of $402.92.

Average price

$338.98

17 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,862

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$26.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.09

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	345.13	1,895	13thin
Medium and Large 2	550	319.02	1,755	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.11/cwt here — about $140 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 sale17 hd

338.98

—

TN average13 barns · 408 hd

336.89

+2.09

This barn, trailing median7 sales

402.92

−63.94

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	2,083	192.50	4,009	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,428	161.46	2,306	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,256	158.33	1,989	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,059	139.43	1,477	5thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,625	156.00	2,535	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,085	128.00	1,389	1thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	354.84/cwt	335.00–362.50	1,856	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	344.86/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	375.00/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,154	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	533	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,652	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	468	292.62/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,369	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	378	347.42/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	313.15/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,926	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	351.28/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,967	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	654	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,158	4
Steers	Small 1	300–350	335	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	310	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	899	1
Bulls	Small 1	800–850	800	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,960	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	171.64/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,017	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,389	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	139.43/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,477	5
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,535	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	161.46/cwt	155.50–166.00	2,306	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	156.01/cwt	148.50–163.50	2,059	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,201	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	603	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,038	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	858	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	587	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,864	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	730	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,081	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	330.04/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,828	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	343.80/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,334	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	468	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	317.02/cwt	316.00–319.00	1,782	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	402.50/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,811	2
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,405	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	4,570	1
Bulls	—	—	1,760	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	3,432	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,643	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	550–600	588	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,352	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,517	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 Sep 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 108Last week 196Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 35Year ago 0

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady overall, with no comparisons available for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts, but a higher undertone was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	415	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	450	360.00–390.00	375.00
6	500–550	523	335.00–362.50	354.84
4	550–600	560	347.50–355.00	351.28
4	600–650	615	312.50–315.00	313.15
1	700–750	745	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	815	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	290.00	290.00
2	450–500	468	285.00–300.00	292.62
1	800–850	800	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	587	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	495	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	515	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	562	316.00–319.00	317.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	367.50	367.50
2	450–500	463	340.00–350.00	344.86
1	500–550	510	335.00	335.00
4	550–600	554	315.00–335.00	330.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	603	338.00	338.00
4	650–700	654	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	730	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	335.00–360.00	347.42
3	500–550	533	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	335.00	335.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	858	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	395.00–410.00	402.50
1	500–550	500	365.00	365.00
4	650–700	679	340.00–345.00	343.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	410.00	410.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	588	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	170.00–173.00	171.64
4	—	1,320	148.50–163.50	156.01
1	—	1,165	141.00	141.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,059	135.00–148.00	139.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,428	155.50–166.00	161.46
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	128.00	128.00
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,405	190.00	190.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	195.00	195.00

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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