Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher with no comparisons for slaughter bulls or feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $456.46/cwt on 7 head, up $30.33 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 7 comparable sales and sits +53.54 against this barn's trailing median of $402.92.

Average price

$456.46

▲ 30.33 vs prior sale

7 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,357

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+18.77

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	456.46	2,357	7thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $433.51, low $351.44, median $402.92 across 7 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 sale7 hd

456.46

—

TN average14 barns · 324 hd

437.69

+18.77

This barn, trailing median7 sales

402.92

+53.54

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	1,385	207.00	2,867	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,385	183.20	2,537	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,145	180.85	2,070	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,070	148.00	1,584	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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	—	$3,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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	—	—	1,385	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,867	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	181.95/cwt	174.00–187.00	2,429	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	192.11/cwt	190.00–194.00	2,982	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,332	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,584	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,430	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	323	417.79/cwt	375.00–455.00	1,349	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	423	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,523	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	425	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,955	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	695	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	821	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	495	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,099	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	680	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	433	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,277	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	660	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	347.36/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,303	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,401	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	290	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	490	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,058	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	424.81/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,009	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	470.05/cwt	445.00–492.50	2,369	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	313.46/cwt	312.00–315.00	2,260	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	567.62/cwt	565.00–570.00	1,788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	405	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	444	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,976	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	673	316.13/cwt	310.00–322.50	2,128	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	178.32/cwt	170.00–182.00	2,013	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	325	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	585	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,165	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,890	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	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 May 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 97Last week 96Year ago 64

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 33Year ago 59

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 2Year ago 8

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher with no comparisons for slaughter bulls or feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	207.00	207.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,335	174.00–187.00	181.95
3	—	1,552	190.00–194.00	192.11
1	—	1,380	169.00	169.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	148.00	148.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	196.00	196.00
6	—	1,129	170.00–182.00	178.32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	375.00–455.00	417.79
1	650–700	695	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	565.00–570.00	567.62
1	350–400	360	525.00	525.00
1	400–450	400	490.00	490.00
1	450–500	490	490.00	490.00
5	500–550	504	445.00–492.50	470.05
1	550–600	550	437.50	437.50
1	600–650	600	370.00	370.00
2	650–700	663	340.00–355.00	347.36
6	700–750	721	312.00–315.00	313.46
1	750–800	780	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	445.00	445.00
3	450–500	490	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	545	407.50	407.50
2	650–700	673	310.00–322.50	316.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	465	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	435.00	435.00
2	500–550	515	407.50	407.50
1	650–700	680	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	365	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	415	405.00	405.00
2	450–500	473	420.00–430.00	424.81
1	500–550	515	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	615	385.00	385.00
1	650–700	660	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	445.00	445.00
1	550–600	585	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	372.50	372.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	570.00	570.00
1	400–450	405	560.00	560.00
1	450–500	495	490.00	490.00
1	650–700	660	427.50	427.50
4	800–850	821	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	470.00	470.00

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
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	3,350.00	3,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,000.00	3,000.00

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

Bulls · 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