Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-24

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $321.90/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −124.83 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$321.90

63 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$28.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.55

vs TN average

−19.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	325.52	1,816	55
Medium and Large 2	557	297.02	1,654	8thin

One grade step is worth $28.50/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.97, low $433.30, median $446.73 across 6 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 sale63 hd

321.90

—

TN average14 barns · 513 hd

315.35

+6.55

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−19.04

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−124.83

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

49 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - 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 2	550–600	550	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,141	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	301.75/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,412	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,316	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	651	288.96/cwt	267.00–291.00	1,881	84
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	297.02/cwt	291.00–315.00	1,654	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	758	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,850	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	327.09/cwt	322.00–328.00	1,822	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	468	325.96/cwt	321.00–330.00	1,525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	651	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,719	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	863	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,976	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	378	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,465	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	865	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,167	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	355.18/cwt	337.50–359.00	1,634	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	748	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,937	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	720	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	345	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	305	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,564	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,476	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,557	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,979	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,069	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,149	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,304	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,371	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	615	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	656	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,696	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,079	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	764	213.32/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,630	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	748	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,788	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	260.79/cwt	259.00–261.00	1,682	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,788	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	635	254.91/cwt	254.50–256.00	1,619	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	861	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,963	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,571	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	572	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,519	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	523	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,389	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	469	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,477	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	845	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,102	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,226	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.

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East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Sweetwater, TN

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	545	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	550	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	306.00	306.00
9	450–500	468	290.00–306.00	301.75
7	500–550	527	280.00	280.00
7	550–600	574	272.50	272.50
5	600–650	633	246.00	246.00
2	700–750	728	205.00	205.00
2	1000–1050	1,015	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	469	315.00	315.00
59	550–600	560	280.50	280.50
75	650–700	656	258.50	258.50
57	700–750	748	239.00	239.00
46	850–900	861	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	523	265.50	265.50
4	550–600	572	265.50	265.50
7	600–650	635	254.50–256.00	254.91
6	750–800	764	210.00–214.00	213.32
1	800–850	845	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	205.00	205.00
1	450–500	470	280.00	280.00
8	550–600	557	291.00–315.00	297.02
1	600–650	645	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	407.50	407.50
2	350–400	378	387.50	387.50
17	450–500	460	337.50–359.00	355.18
52	550–600	557	322.00–328.00	327.09
1	600–650	645	267.00	267.00
84	650–700	651	267.00–291.00	288.96
71	700–750	748	259.00	259.00
6	750–800	758	244.00	244.00
62	850–900	865	250.50	250.50
5	1050–1100	1,069	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	395.00	395.00
2	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	590	292.50	292.50
9	600–650	645	259.00–261.00	260.79
7	700–750	745	240.00	240.00
1	850–900	875	224.00	224.00
2	900–950	920	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	445	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	468	321.00–330.00	325.96
1	600–650	615	292.50	292.50
12	650–700	651	264.00	264.00
1	700–750	720	236.00	236.00
2	850–900	863	229.00	229.00

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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