Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts from last week's sale, but a higher undertone was noted for slaughter cows and bulls. Heavy receipts with high supply of preconditioned feeder cattle and strong demand was noted for all classes of cattle in response to the annual Customer Appreciation event which included lunch, door prizes, and drawing for prizes for all sellers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $418.90/cwt on 60 head, down $0.92 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 11 comparable sales and sits +43.91 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$418.90

▼ 0.92 vs prior sale

60 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,269

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.50

vs TN average

−6.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	418.90	2,269	60

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 sale60 hd

418.90

—

TN average16 barns · 834 hd

404.40

+14.50

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

−6.29

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

+43.91

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	210.00	3,785	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,410	182.15	2,568	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,197	180.04	2,155	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,034	160.08	1,655	15
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,429	177.17	2,532	4thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,249	166.34	2,078	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 Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$3,020	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,950	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,741	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,381	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,200	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$3,550	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,725	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	—	$2,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$4,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$4,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$4,200	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,875	1thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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	450–500	477	440.18/cwt	415.00–465.00	2,100	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	483.47/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,103	20
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	340	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	489.53/cwt	470.00–515.00	1,650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,776	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	795	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	493	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,984	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	562	418.31/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,351	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	602	392.97/cwt	380.50–395.50	2,366	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	360	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,847	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	312.83/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,259	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	300	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,365	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	458	499.29/cwt	490.00–501.00	2,287	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	318	571.54/cwt	555.00–590.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	746	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,581	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	363.34/cwt	352.50–367.50	2,307	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	468.82/cwt	460.00–485.00	1,782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	322.45/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	483.06/cwt	435.00–490.00	2,570	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	674	375.76/cwt	375.00–382.50	2,533	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	425	502.52/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,136	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	363	533.84/cwt	520.00–537.50	1,938	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	453.62/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,164	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	713	373.00/cwt	365.00–374.00	2,659	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	353.58/cwt	345.00–358.00	2,358	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,292	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	855	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	473	526.38/cwt	505.00–540.00	2,490	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	937	331.59/cwt	329.75–333.50	3,107	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	586	457.14/cwt	442.50–497.50	2,679	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	370	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	2,303	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,223	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	414	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,339	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	300	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	574.18/cwt	540.00–600.00	2,216	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	305.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,541	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,142	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,254	163.68/cwt	160.00–167.00	2,053	5
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,429	177.17/cwt	172.00–180.00	2,532	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	150.68/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,477	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	162.43/cwt	155.00–169.00	1,701	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	191.39/cwt	188.00–196.00	2,580	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	177.53/cwt	168.00–183.00	2,558	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	188.44/cwt	186.00–196.00	2,339	10
Bulls	—	—	1,740	218.49/cwt	218.00–219.00	3,802	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	176.68/cwt	168.00–184.00	2,083	25
Bulls	—	—	1,820	207.58/cwt	196.00–213.00	3,778	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,725.00/head	2,700.00–2,750.00	2,725	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	4,200.00/head	4,200.00–4,200.00	4,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,483.33/head	2,450.00–2,550.00	2,483	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,137.50/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,138	4
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,950.00/head	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,950	3
Bred Cows	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	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,200.00/head	2,100.00–2,300.00	2,200	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,842.86/head	2,550.00–3,150.00	2,843	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	4,500.00/head	4,500.00–4,500.00	4,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	4,500.00/head	4,500.00–4,500.00	4,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	798	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	569.75/cwt	530.00–590.00	2,102	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	500.00/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,075	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	389.96/cwt	387.50–397.50	2,492	4
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	510	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,066	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	375	490.72/cwt	440.00–510.00	1,840	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	380	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	581.18/cwt	580.00–585.00	1,935	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	369.18/cwt	360.00–376.00	2,470	7
Heifers	Small 1Fleshy	600–650	600	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	449.92/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,876	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	417.93/cwt	395.00–440.00	2,215	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	373.49/cwt	369.00–387.50	2,155	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	554.96/cwt	530.00–575.00	1,571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	466.84/cwt	442.50–490.00	2,451	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	406.64/cwt	385.00–420.00	2,415	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	410.05/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,112	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,849	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 Mar 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 791Last week 94Year ago 637

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 30Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 79Last week 3Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	530.00–575.00	554.96
3	300–350	337	470.00–515.00	489.53
4	350–400	380	460.00–485.00	468.82
20	400–450	435	480.00–485.00	483.47
10	450–500	477	415.00–465.00	440.18
24	500–550	530	395.00–440.00	417.93
4	550–600	577	369.00–387.50	373.49
12	600–650	635	352.50–367.50	363.34
10	700–750	722	300.00–325.00	312.83
1	750–800	750	300.00	300.00
13	900–950	933	297.50	297.50
1	950–1000	975	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	440.00	440.00
1	350–400	380	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	375.00	375.00
1	750–800	795	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	300	455.00	455.00
4	450–500	493	402.50	402.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	555.00–590.00	571.54
5	350–400	363	520.00–537.50	533.84
6	400–450	425	500.00–505.00	502.52
13	450–500	458	490.00–501.00	499.29
10	500–550	515	445.00	445.00
21	550–600	562	400.00–435.00	418.31
66	600–650	602	380.50–395.50	392.97
3	650–700	667	345.00–358.00	353.58
14	700–750	746	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	505.00	505.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	470.00	470.00
1	650–700	650	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	580.00	580.00
18	350–400	386	540.00–600.00	574.18
4	450–500	477	450.00–465.00	453.62
15	500–550	532	435.00–490.00	483.06
2	600–650	605	410.00	410.00
1	750–800	750	340.00	340.00
2	850–900	878	320.00–325.00	322.45
1	950–1000	960	310.00	310.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	660.00	660.00
5	350–400	370	622.50	622.50
4	400–450	414	565.00	565.00
12	450–500	473	505.00–540.00	526.38
69	550–600	586	442.50–497.50	457.14
10	650–700	674	375.00–382.50	375.76
9	700–750	713	365.00–374.00	373.00
1	850–900	855	335.00	335.00
114	900–950	937	329.75–333.50	331.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	580.00–585.00	581.18
12	350–400	369	530.00–590.00	569.75
5	400–450	415	490.00–520.00	500.00
7	500–550	525	442.50–490.00	466.84
5	550–600	594	385.00–420.00	406.64
4	600–650	639	387.50–397.50	389.96
7	650–700	669	360.00–376.00	369.18
3	750–800	778	332.50	332.50
2	800–850	833	300.00–310.00	305.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	417	445.00–455.00	449.92
2	750–800	798	304.00	304.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	440.00–510.00	490.72
1	500–550	510	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	425.00	425.00
3	500–550	515	405.00–420.00	410.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	173.00	173.00
5	—	1,254	160.00–167.00	163.68
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,429	172.00–180.00	177.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	980	150.00–152.00	150.68
12	—	1,047	155.00–169.00	162.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,348	188.00–196.00	191.39
12	—	1,441	168.00–183.00	177.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,241	186.00–196.00	188.44
25	—	1,179	168.00–184.00	176.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,740	218.00–219.00	218.49
7	—	1,820	196.00–213.00	207.58

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
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,550.00	2,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,700.00–2,750.00	2,725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	3,550.00	3,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,700.00	2,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	4,200.00	4,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	4,500.00	4,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	4,500.00	4,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	2,450.00–2,550.00	2,483.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,137.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,800.00	2,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	2,100.00–2,300.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	2,550.00–3,150.00	2,842.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,075.00	2,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,025.00	2,025.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,550.00	2,550.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,875.00	1,875.00

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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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

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How this sale compares

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

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