Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-10

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 $375.97/cwt on 6 head, down $30.25 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 11 comparable sales and sits +0.98 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$375.97

▼ 30.25 vs prior sale

6 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.74

vs TN average

−24.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	375.97	1,999	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

375.97

—

TN average15 barns · 504 hd

388.70

−12.74

National average163 barns · 8,321 hd

400.52

−24.55

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

+0.98

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	1,653	221.01	3,653	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,416	183.96	2,605	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	181.63	2,203	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	164.77	1,639	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)	1,000	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	166.69/cwt	162.00–175.00	1,547	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	181.63/cwt	177.00–188.00	2,203	4
Bulls	—	—	1,770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	4,248	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,095	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,201	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	177.68/cwt	172.00–184.00	2,504	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	194.95/cwt	192.00–197.00	2,786	4
Bulls	Small 1	250–300	255	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	770	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,482	1
Bulls	Small 1Full	500–550	535	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,659	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	565	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,076	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	437.49/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	376.16/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,979	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,228	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	705	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	325	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	453	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,084	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	380	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,100	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,900	1
Bulls	—	—	1,734	216.51/cwt	211.00–225.00	3,754	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	647	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,258	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,148	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 Jun 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 51Last week 71Year ago 121

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 45Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 0Last week 19Year ago 7

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

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	—	1,000	3,000.00	3,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	928	162.00–175.00	166.69
1	—	1,195	159.00	159.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,213	177.00–188.00	181.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,409	172.00–184.00	177.68
4	—	1,429	192.00–197.00	194.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,770	240.00	240.00
4	—	1,734	211.00–225.00	216.51
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	201.00	201.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	565	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Small 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	598	372.50	372.50
1	600–650	605	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	680	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	715	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	525.00	525.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	770	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	413	440.00	440.00
5	500–550	526	360.00–390.00	376.16
1	550–600	560	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	650	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	647	349.00	349.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	520.00	520.00
1	700–750	730	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	520.00	520.00
4	450–500	453	460.00	460.00
2	550–600	563	435.00–440.00	437.49
2	700–750	705	363.00	363.00
1	850–900	850	340.00	340.00

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle