Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $389.05/cwt on 6 head, down $0.04 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 11 comparable sales and sits +14.07 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$389.05

▼ 0.04 vs prior sale

6 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,140

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.40

vs TN average

−31.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	389.05	2,140	6thin

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 sale6 hd

389.05

—

TN average15 barns · 875 hd

397.45

−8.40

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

−31.91

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

+14.07

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	1,993	212.50	4,234	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,496	162.22	2,427	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,172	159.49	1,869	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,104	153.67	1,697	6thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,870	159.00	2,973	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,480	157.50	2,331	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,220	144.00	1,757	1thin

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)	—	$2,925	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$3,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	—	1,945	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	4,026	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,591	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,480	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	2,331	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,604	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	161.24/cwt	155.00–169.00	2,411	11
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,870	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,973	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,987	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	250–300	255	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,971	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	349.95/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,334	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	392	451.62/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,947	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	345	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,312	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	386.44/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,048	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	930	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	387.49/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,259	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	410	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	388	627.50/cwt	627.50–627.50	2,435	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,467	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	456.02/cwt	447.50–465.00	2,157	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	433.38/cwt	400.00–452.50	2,284	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,233	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	156.40/cwt	154.00–159.00	1,753	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,428	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,757	1
Bulls	—	—	2,040	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	4,447	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	162.36/cwt	157.00–168.00	1,942	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	350	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,488	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,925.00/head	2,850.00–3,000.00	2,925	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	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 Mar 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 63Last week 72Year ago 98

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 45Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 3Year ago 12

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
1	—	1,945	207.00	207.00
1	—	2,040	218.00	218.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	148.00	148.00
4	—	1,196	157.00–168.00	162.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	173.00	173.00
11	—	1,495	155.00–169.00	161.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,121	154.00–159.00	156.40
1	—	1,020	140.00	140.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	157.50	157.50
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,870	159.00	159.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	144.00	144.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	347.50	347.50
1	1000–1050	1,030	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	600.00	600.00
2	350–400	388	627.50	627.50
3	400–450	440	507.50	507.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	600.00	600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	575.00	575.00
2	400–450	428	455.00	455.00
2	450–500	473	447.50–465.00	456.02
3	500–550	527	400.00–452.50	433.38
1	600–650	600	360.00	360.00
3	650–700	667	345.00–360.00	349.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	930	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	428	440.00	440.00
3	450–500	475	415.00	415.00
3	500–550	530	370.00–395.00	386.44
2	550–600	583	385.00–390.00	387.49
4	650–700	656	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	450.00–455.00	451.62
1	450–500	470	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	425.00	425.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,950.00	1,950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,850.00–3,000.00	2,925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,750.00	3,750.00

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

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