Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $395.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −65.92 against this barn's trailing median of $460.92.

Average price

$395.00

3 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,113

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$20

per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 1

$7.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.77

vs TN average

−49.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1	525	400.00	2,100	1thin
Medium and Large 1	540	392.50	2,120	2thin

One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about −$20 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

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 sale3 hd

395.00

—

TN average16 barns · 295 hd

402.77

−7.77

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−49.10

This barn, trailing median3 sales

460.92

−65.92

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	1,627	193.26	3,145	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,634	158.81	2,595	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,254	148.56	1,864	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	130.32	1,360	6thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,778	151.75	2,699	6thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,354	150.24	2,034	5thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,129	137.67	1,555	7thin

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 Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,988	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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	—	—	1,703	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	3,321	2
Bulls	—	—	1,905	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	4,001	1
Bulls	—	—	1,413	183.14/cwt	180.00–186.00	2,588	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	500–550	525	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	151.28/cwt	144.00–156.00	1,930	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	159.90/cwt	159.00–161.00	2,191	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	134.67/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,518	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	510	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	565	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,667	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	450–500	495	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,079	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	418	286.57/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,198	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	485	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,625	1
Bulls	Small 1Fleshy	400–450	435	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	400–450	405	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	450–500	460	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,702	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	400–450	430	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,828	1
Heifers	Small 1	200–250	220	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	425	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	475	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,999	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,987.50/head	2,925.00–3,050.00	2,988	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	848	118.51/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,005	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,815	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	3,049	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	156.97/cwt	154.00–162.00	2,508	5
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	150.24/cwt	148.00–156.00	2,034	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,275	150.56/cwt	149.00–152.00	1,920	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	141.84/cwt	139.00–144.00	1,730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	520	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,716	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	133.77/cwt	128.00–141.00	1,422	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	123.43/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,240	2
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,885	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	3,110	1
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,757	149.10/cwt	144.00–156.00	2,620	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	805	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,705	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	565	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,317	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,399	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,011	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	945	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,024	21

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 Dec 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 83Last week 72Year ago 73

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 35Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 10Year ago 5

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,703	195.00	195.00
1	—	1,905	210.00	210.00
2	—	1,413	180.00–186.00	183.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,276	144.00–156.00	151.28
2	—	1,370	159.00–161.00	159.90
3	—	1,127	130.00–141.00	134.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	168.00	168.00
5	—	1,598	154.00–162.00	156.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,063	128.00–141.00	133.77
2	—	1,005	122.00–125.00	123.43
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	848	114.00–124.00	118.51
2	—	1,275	149.00–152.00	150.56
3	—	1,220	139.00–144.00	141.84
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,354	148.00–156.00	150.24
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,885	165.00	165.00
5	—	1,757	144.00–156.00	149.10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	495	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	525	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	500.00	500.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	410.00	410.00
3	800–850	805	336.00	336.00
21	900–950	945	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	315	420.00	420.00
1	350–400	390	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	580	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	650	307.50	307.50
1	700–750	700	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	418	280.00–295.00	286.57
1	500–550	510	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	565	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	460	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	475	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	525.00	525.00
2	300–350	333	420.00	420.00
1	350–400	360	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	545	355.00	355.00
1	850–900	850	260.00	260.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,925.00–3,050.00	2,987.50

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

Steers · 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