Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $328.50/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −74.42 against this barn's trailing median of $402.92.

Average price

$328.50

5 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,822

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.08

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	328.50	1,822	5thin

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

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 sale5 hd

328.50

—

TN average15 barns · 411 hd

336.58

−8.08

This barn, trailing median7 sales

402.92

−74.42

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	—	High	1,802	195.78	3,527	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,551	156.74	2,431	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,259	156.42	1,970	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	133.25	1,412	7thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,283	129.12	1,657	2thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$3,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,283	129.12/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	385.10/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	356.67/cwt	350.00–360.00	838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	326.26/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,546	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,980	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	360.04/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,725	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	303.80/cwt	282.50–315.00	1,908	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,082	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	286.70/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	326.03/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	325.27/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,067	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,244	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	243.75/cwt	240.00–245.00	2,006	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,092	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	430.11/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,011	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,833	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	149.51/cwt	145.00–154.00	2,023	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	167.67/cwt	166.00–169.00	2,109	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,481	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	326.25/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,850	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,467	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	156.74/cwt	149.50–162.50	2,431	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	133.25/cwt	126.00–144.00	1,412	7
Bulls	—	—	1,908	204.52/cwt	204.00–205.00	3,902	2
Bulls	—	—	1,695	187.04/cwt	180.00–194.00	3,170	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 Nov 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 89Last week 100Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 48Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 10Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	124.00–135.00	129.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	145.00–154.00	149.51
3	—	1,258	166.00–169.00	167.67
1	—	1,075	136.50	136.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,551	149.50–162.50	156.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,060	126.00–144.00	133.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,908	204.00–205.00	204.52
2	—	1,695	180.00–194.00	187.04

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	425.00–435.00	430.11
1	250–300	275	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	388	380.00–390.00	385.10
3	400–450	423	350.00	350.00
4	450–500	479	350.00–370.00	360.04
1	500–550	505	337.50	337.50
4	550–600	567	325.00–330.00	326.25
8	600–650	628	282.50–315.00	303.80
2	700–750	720	260.00	260.00
4	800–850	823	240.00–245.00	243.75
1	850–900	890	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	905	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	350.00–360.00	356.67
2	300–350	328	320.00–330.00	325.27
1	350–400	370	320.00	320.00
4	400–450	418	315.00–335.00	326.03
6	450–500	474	310.00–350.00	326.26
1	500–550	510	295.00	295.00
3	550–600	590	282.50–295.00	286.70
2	650–700	660	300.00	300.00
2	750–800	780	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	372.50	372.50
3	650–700	680	330.00	330.00
2	750–800	788	315.00	315.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,050.00	3,050.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle