Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

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 $398.66/cwt on 5 head, down $20.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 11 comparable sales and sits +23.67 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$398.66

▼ 20.24 vs prior sale

5 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,205

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.37

vs TN average

−29.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	398.66	2,205	5thin

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 sale5 hd

398.66

—

TN average15 barns · 580 hd

411.02

−12.37

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

−29.70

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

+23.67

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	1,651	207.99	3,434	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,595	206.00	3,286	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,133	177.96	2,016	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,043	161.42	1,684	5thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,200	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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,247	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,393	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,358	3
Bulls	—	—	1,795	228.05/cwt	227.00–230.00	4,093	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,257	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,393	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,381	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	164.27/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,758	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	177.96/cwt	177.00–179.00	2,016	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,403	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	3,286	1
Bulls	—	—	1,423	188.08/cwt	175.00–196.00	2,676	3
Bulls	—	—	1,693	207.91/cwt	199.00–215.00	3,520	6
Steers	Small 1	450–500	480	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,100	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	650–700	655	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,194	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	400–450	425	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,955	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	540	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,998	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	700–750	740	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,627	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	500–550	500	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,300	2
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	450–500	493	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,071	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	360.20/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,204	3
Steers	Small 1Value Added	550–600	570	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	478.29/cwt	467.50–500.00	2,545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	584.64/cwt	575.00–600.00	2,151	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	425	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	430.56/cwt	427.50–440.00	1,998	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	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	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	390.82/cwt	379.00–415.00	2,189	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	602.14/cwt	580.00–625.00	1,897	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	295	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	718	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,836	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,153	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	719	331.96/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,387	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,333	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	436.89/cwt	435.00–437.50	1,870	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	427.95/cwt	402.50–455.00	2,452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	427.52/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,304	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,650	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 Apr 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 103Last week 131Year ago 92

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 56Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 3Year ago 6

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	580.00	580.00
1	250–300	260	670.00	670.00
2	300–350	315	580.00–625.00	602.14
3	350–400	368	575.00–600.00	584.64
3	400–450	428	545.00	545.00
3	450–500	467	505.00	505.00
4	500–550	539	420.00–430.00	427.52
2	550–600	573	402.50–455.00	427.95
1	600–650	635	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	725	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	590.00	590.00
3	500–550	532	467.50–500.00	478.29
2	550–600	550	435.00	435.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	437.50	437.50
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	460.00	460.00
1	550–600	570	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	740	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	570.00	570.00
1	600–650	635	415.00	415.00
4	700–750	718	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	530.00	530.00
1	300–350	330	500.00	500.00
4	400–450	428	435.00–437.50	436.89
4	450–500	464	427.50–440.00	430.56
4	550–600	560	379.00–415.00	390.82
3	600–650	612	340.00–370.00	360.20
1	700–750	740	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	460.00	460.00
2	450–500	493	420.00	420.00
1	650–700	655	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	555.00	555.00
1	400–450	425	515.00	515.00
1	500–550	525	430.00	430.00
5	700–750	719	325.00–335.00	331.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,795	227.00–230.00	228.05
3	—	1,423	175.00–196.00	188.08
6	—	1,693	199.00–215.00	207.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,070	162.00–168.00	164.27
1	—	935	150.00	150.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	177.00–179.00	177.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	206.00	206.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,850.00	2,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,700.00	2,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,200.00	2,200.00

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