Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to lack of comparable receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $298.02/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −104.90 against this barn's trailing median of $402.92.

Average price

$298.02

18 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$316

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$43.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−43.24

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	318.76	1,812	8thin
Medium and Large 2	548	288.03	1,579	5thin
Medium and Large 3	544	274.82	1,496	5thin

One grade step is worth $43.94/cwt here — about $316 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale18 hd

298.02

—

TN average14 barns · 409 hd

341.26

−43.24

This barn, trailing median7 sales

402.92

−104.90

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	1,907	184.61	3,521	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,482	164.18	2,433	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,262	154.18	1,945	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,134	131.36	1,489	16

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,900	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	600–650	642	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,215	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	279.84/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,023	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,521	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	294.00/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,949	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	295.06/cwt	275.00–305.00	2,240	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	300.91/cwt	292.50–305.00	1,917	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	328.24/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,720	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	312.87/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,802	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	297.53/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,868	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	303.66/cwt	280.00–315.00	2,007	8
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	500	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	378.03/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,584	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	273.69/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,971	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,704	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	149.71/cwt	143.00–156.00	1,816	5
Bulls	—	—	1,907	184.61/cwt	179.00–190.00	3,521	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	109.48/cwt	109.00–110.00	1,032	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,211	126.74/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,535	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	137.58/cwt	133.00–144.00	1,570	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	164.18/cwt	155.00–169.50	2,433	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	—	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	615	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,784	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	166.68/cwt	163.50–172.00	2,247	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	288.35/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	287.56/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,461	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	271.37/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,539	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	371.26/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,337	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	331.71/cwt	310.00–355.00	1,410	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	280.00/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	267.91/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,309	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,631	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	279.92/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,777	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	321.03/cwt	305.00–350.00	1,531	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	365.54/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,352	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	445	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,724	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	307.86/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,798	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	239.93/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	299.81/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,163	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 Oct 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 149Last week 136Year ago 132

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 45Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 3Year ago 3

No trends established due to lack of comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	300	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	565	350.00	350.00
3	600–650	642	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	765	320.00	320.00
1	850–900	860	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	530	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	630	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	733	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	370	355.00–375.00	365.54
1	400–450	400	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	470	362.50	362.50
3	500–550	524	320.00–332.50	328.24
7	550–600	584	300.00–310.00	307.86
3	600–650	637	292.50–305.00	300.91
8	650–700	661	280.00–315.00	303.66
2	700–750	723	275.00–285.00	279.84
5	750–800	759	275.00–305.00	295.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	335.00	335.00
4	450–500	466	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	535	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	585	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	635	275.00–285.00	279.92
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	365.00–380.00	371.26
5	400–450	419	370.00–395.00	378.03
1	500–550	515	360.00	360.00
7	550–600	576	310.00–315.00	312.87
2	600–650	628	295.00–300.00	297.53
5	650–700	663	285.00–300.00	294.00
4	700–750	720	265.00–280.00	273.69
1	750–800	765	275.00	275.00
1	800–850	800	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	290.00–310.00	299.81
2	400–450	425	310.00–355.00	331.71
9	450–500	477	305.00–350.00	321.03
2	500–550	508	275.00–300.00	287.56
3	550–600	575	285.00–290.00	288.35
1	600–650	630	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	660	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	720	235.00–245.00	239.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	250.00–285.00	267.91
1	450–500	490	285.00	285.00
2	500–550	510	270.00–290.00	280.00
3	550–600	567	250.00–290.00	271.37
1	750–800	775	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,213	143.00–156.00	149.71
3	—	1,348	163.50–172.00	166.68
1	—	1,245	139.00	139.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	943	109.00–110.00	109.48
4	—	1,211	121.00–130.00	126.74
10	—	1,141	133.00–144.00	137.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,482	155.00–169.50	164.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,907	179.00–190.00	184.61

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,900.00	2,900.00

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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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle