Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to no sales the last two weeks in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.72/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −21.26 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$353.72

12 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,947

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.84

vs TN average

−56.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	353.72	1,947	12thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.81, low $340.56, median $374.98 across 11 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 sale12 hd

353.72

—

TN average14 barns · 924 hd

360.56

−6.84

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

−56.38

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

−21.26

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	1,918	207.02	3,970	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	163.70	1,992	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,504	158.17	2,379	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	141.30	1,568	2thin
Dairy Bulls	—	Low	1,325	180.50	2,392	2thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,698	158.18	2,686	2thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,300	156.23	2,031	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,187	140.97	1,674	4thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,025	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,114	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	317.53/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,137	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,296	1
Dairy Steers	Small 4	500–550	540	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,242	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	445.92/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	410.89/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,750	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	339.84/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,954	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	348.30/cwt	330.00–367.50	2,177	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	535	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,552	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	380	415.21/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,578	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	159.02/cwt	158.00–160.00	1,953	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	141.30/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,568	2
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,698	158.18/cwt	153.50–162.00	2,686	2
Bulls	—	—	2,055	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	4,316	1
Bulls	—	—	1,610	203.53/cwt	203.00–204.00	3,277	2
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,230	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,153	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	525.00/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	360.66/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,940	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,862	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,809	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	335.90/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,261	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	335.13/cwt	328.00–337.50	2,363	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	423.91/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,039	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,079	1
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,420	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	668	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,271	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	364.09/cwt	350.00–377.50	2,123	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	436.68/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,865	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,048	2
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,395	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	5,053	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	156.23/cwt	153.00–159.00	2,031	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	158.17/cwt	149.50–166.50	2,379	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	173.06/cwt	172.00–174.00	2,068	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,223	147.62/cwt	139.00–151.50	1,805	3
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,307	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 Jan 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 111Last week 83Year ago 33

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 60Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 12Year ago 18

No market trends available due to no sales the last two weeks in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	385	440.00	440.00
6	400–450	426	390.00–420.00	410.89
4	450–500	476	380.00	380.00
8	500–550	538	345.00–380.00	360.66
4	550–600	575	325.00–350.00	339.84
2	600–650	640	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	673	315.00–320.00	317.53
1	800–850	835	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	668	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	435.00–440.00	436.68
1	450–500	495	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	542	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	610	400.00	400.00
1	650–700	690	347.50	347.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	640.00	640.00
2	350–400	375	500.00–550.00	525.00
3	400–450	417	420.00–460.00	445.92
5	450–500	481	420.00–430.00	423.91
1	500–550	510	365.00	365.00
3	550–600	583	350.00–377.50	364.09
2	600–650	625	330.00–367.50	348.30
3	650–700	673	320.00–350.00	335.90
4	700–750	705	328.00–337.50	335.13
1	800–850	835	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	385.00–430.00	415.21
1	500–550	535	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	300.00	300.00
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	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
4	—	1,228	158.00–160.00	159.02
2	—	1,195	172.00–174.00	173.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	135.00–147.00	141.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,504	149.50–166.50	158.17
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,698	153.50–162.00	158.18
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,300	153.00–159.00	156.23
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,223	139.00–151.50	147.62
1	—	1,080	121.00	121.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,055	210.00	210.00
2	—	1,610	203.00–204.00	203.53
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,395	211.00	211.00
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	175.00	175.00
1	—	1,420	186.00	186.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	2,025.00	2,025.00

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

Heifers · 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