Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $311.68/cwt on 3 head, down $39.76 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −81.85 against this barn's trailing median of $393.53.

Average price

$311.68

▼ 39.76 vs prior sale

3 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$153

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$4.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.54

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	315.00	1,670	1thin
Small 1	588	310.02	1,823	2thin

One grade step is worth $4.98/cwt here — about −$153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $433.51, low $330.49, median $393.53 across 8 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 sale3 hd

311.68

—

TN average11 barns · 155 hd

327.22

−15.54

This barn, trailing median8 sales

393.53

−81.85

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	1,735	194.91	3,382	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,511	162.30	2,452	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,190	156.86	1,866	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,082	144.50	1,563	3thin

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)	—	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,692	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,322	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,107	145.03/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,605	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	159.25/cwt	152.00–169.00	1,908	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,474	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	162.30/cwt	154.00–170.00	2,452	7
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	665	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,796	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	588	310.02/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,823	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	418	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,407	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	318.04/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,277	5
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	620	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	291.24/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,919	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,642	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,670	1
Bulls	—	—	1,735	194.91/cwt	190.00–199.00	3,382	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	383.38/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,685	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,964	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	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 Sep 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 55Last week 103Year ago 123

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 54Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 10

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	150.00	150.00
1	—	990	133.50	133.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,107	143.00–147.00	145.03
6	—	1,198	152.00–169.00	159.25
1	—	1,390	178.00	178.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,511	154.00–170.00	162.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,735	190.00–199.00	194.91

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	588	305.00–315.00	310.02
1	600–650	620	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	665	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	420	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	458	380.00–390.00	383.38
1	600–650	615	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	725	280.00	280.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	530	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	567	317.00	317.00
4	650–700	659	290.00–295.00	291.24
2	700–750	745	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	595	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	680	312.50	312.50
5	700–750	716	310.00–320.00	318.04
1	800–850	800	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	315.00	315.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,100.00	2,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00

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

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